- Yuri Nikiforov
Infobox Football biography
playername = Yuri Nikiforov
fullname = Yuri Valeryevich Nikiforov
height = 1.85 m
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|9|16
cityofbirth =Odessa
countryofbirth =Soviet Union
position = Central defender, defensive midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Chornomorets Odessa
years = 1987
1988
1988–1989
1989
1993–1996
1996–1998
1998–2002
2002-2003
2003–2004
clubs =SKA Odessa
Chornomorets Odessa
Dynamo Kyiv
Chornomorets Odessa
Spartak MoscowSporting de Gijón PSV Eindhoven RKC Waalwijk Urawa Red Diamonds
caps(goals) = 5 (0)
1 (0)
0 (0)
65 (4)
85 (16)
65 (3)
96 (5)
29 (1)
12 (0)
nationalyears = 1992
1992
1992–2002
nationalteam = CIS
Ukraine
Russia
nationalcaps(goals) = 4 (0)
3 (0)
55 (6)Yuri Valerijević Nikiforov ( _ru. Юрий Валерьевич Никифоров) (born
16 September ,1970 inOdessa ) is a Ukrainian-Russian former football player.He played for
Dinamo Kiev (only for reserve team),Chernomorets Odessa ,FC Spartak Moscow ,Sporting de Gijón (Spain),PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands),RKC Waalwijk (Netherlands) andUrawa Red Diamonds (Japan).He played for USSR, briefly for the Ukraine and later for the
Russia national football team and was a participant at the1994 FIFA World Cup and at the2002 FIFA World Cup .Honours
* World Under-16 champion in 1987
* European Under-19 champion in 1988
*Ukrainian Cup winner in 1992
*Russian Premier League champion in 1993, 1994, 1996
*Russian Cup winner in 1994
*Eredivisie champion in 2000, 2001
*Emperor's Cup winner in 2003External links
* [http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/nikiforov-intl.html Yury Nikiforov - International Appearances] at
RSSSF
* [http://rusteam.permian.ru/players/nikiforov.html Profile] at RussiaTeam ru icon
* [http://klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=en&id=799795712242879 Statistics] at KLISF
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=15381 National Football Teams]
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