Yuri Vasilyevich Gavrilov (; born 3 May 1953 in

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) is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who played for

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and

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. He made 46 appearances for the

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and scored 10 goals. He also competed for the Soviet Union at the

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and the

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in Spain. His creative skills are immortalized by

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's famous phrase "If you don't know what to do with the ball, pass it to Gavrilov". Yuri Gavrilov has his own football school in Moscow called SC Svyatogor.

Career

Gavrilov's football career started in Iskra Moscow football school when he was 7. He was invited by school director who saw Yury playing with other kids on the Iskra stadium. When he was 19,

took him to Dinamo Moscow from Iskra amateur team. But there was an expensive number of quality players in 1970s Dinamo, and Gavrilov couldn't find a permanent place in Dinamo squad. Gavrilov followed

into

in 1977. Gavrilov achieved the key

playmaker In association football, a playmaker is a footballer who controls the flow of the team's play, and is often involved in offensively and defensively playing Passing (association football), passing moves which lead to Goal (sport), goals, through ...

role in new Spartak Moscow team built up by Beskov. After being winger in Dinamo, Gavrilov's new role in Spartak team let him show his best abilities and proved himself one of the all-time best

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football creative mid-fielders. While he made a lot of good passes, he scored a lot of goals as well. Gavrilov was

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top goal-scorer twice, scored 140 times during his career. During his professional career Gavrilov played also for the Finnish club Porin Pallotoverit and

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n club FC Agro Chişinău. In 2001 Gavrilov took charge of the

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for one game. He coached DR Congo in the

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match against

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Personal life

His son

Yuri Gavrilov Yuri Gavrilov may refer to: * Yuri Gavrilov (handballer) (1967–2021), a Ukrainian handball player * Yuri Gavrilov (footballer, born 1953), a Russian football manager * Yuri Gavrilov (footballer, born 2002), a Russian football player {{hndis, ...

also professional footballer.

References

External links

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Pictures of Yuri Gavrilov in Finland

YouTube Channel of Yuri Gavrilov

Pictures of Yuri Gavrilov

Yury Gavrilov Foundation for the support and development of physical culture and sport
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