Yuri Farzunovich Gazzaev (Russian: Юрий Фарзунович Газзаев, Ossetian: Гæззаты Фарзуны фырт Юри; born 27 November 1960) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Yuri Gazzaev
Gazzaev coaching Yenisey Krasnoyarsk in 2019
Personal information
Full name Yuri Nurmagomedov Gazzaev
Date of birth (1960-11-27) 27 November 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth Ordjonikidze, Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder/Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1978 FC Spartak Ordzhonikidze 2 (0)
1979–1981 FC Dynamo Moscow 14 (3)
1981–1983 FC Spartak Ordzhonikidze 63 (33)
1984 FC Dynamo Moscow 0 (0)
1984–1985 FC Spartak Ordzhonikidze 42 (9)
1985–1986 FC Lokomotiv Moscow 4 (0)
1986–1990 FC Spartak Vladikavkaz 123 (29)
1991 FK Mačva Šabac
1991 PFC Spartak Nalchik 8 (1)
1992 Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
1993 BK-IFK Vaasa (4)
1994 FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz 6 (1)
1994–1995 Chamois Niortais F.C. 7 (0)
1997 FC Mozdok 7 (1)
1998–1999 FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz 23 (5)
Managerial career
1997 FC Mozdok
1998 FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz
1999–2001 FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz
2001–2002 FC Titan Reutov
2002–2009 FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
2009–2010 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
2011–2012 FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
2012–2018 FC Volgar Astrakhan
2018 FC Spartak Vladikavkaz
2019–2020 FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
2020–2021 FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career edit

As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet First League in 1978 for FC Spartak Ordzhonikidze.[1]

He signed for Chamois Niortais F.C. on a fake paperwork, pretending he was 9 years younger than he actually was (his birth year was changed from 1960 to 1969). He was released a few months later after the fraud was discovered.[citation needed]

Personal life edit

His son Ruslan Gazzayev was a professional footballer.[citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ Yuri Gazzaev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)  

External links edit