Yuri Kurnenin

Yuri Kurnenin

Personal information
Full name	Yuri Anatolyevich Kurnenin
Date of birth	(1954-06-14)14 June 1954
Place of birth	Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russian SFSR
Date of death	30 July 2009(2009-07-30) (aged 55)
Place of death	Minsk, Belarus
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender/Midfielder
Youth career
1964–1970	Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo
1971–1972	Dinamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1975	Dinamo Moscow	17	(2)
1976–1987	Dinamo Minsk	315	(26)
Managerial career
1989–1990	KIM Vitebsk (assistant)
1991–1992	Dinamo Brest
1993–1994	Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk
1995–1996	Syria
1997	Al-Ahli Muscat
1998	Dinamo Minsk (assistant)
1999–2000	Dinamo Minsk
2001	Chernomorets Novorossiysk (assistant)
2003	Shakhtyor Soligorsk (assistant)
2003	Dinamo Minsk (assistant)
2003–2005	Belarus (assistant)
2006–2009	Belarus U-21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yuri Anatolyevich Kurnenin (Belarusian: Юрый Анатолевіч Курненін, Russian: Юрий Анатольевич Курненин; 14 June 1954 – 30 July 2009^[1]) was a Belarusian professional football player and coach of Russian origin. As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1973 for FC Dynamo Moscow.^[2]

To date, he remains the only Belarusian manager to have coached a national team in a major competition, when he coached Syria in the 1996 AFC Asian Cup.

Honours

• Soviet Top League champion: 1982.
• Soviet Top League bronze: 1973, 1975, 1983.
• Soviet Cup finalist: 1987.

European club competitions

• UEFA Cup 1974–75 with FC Dynamo Moscow: 1 game, 1 goal.
• European Cup 1983–84 with FC Dinamo Minsk: 6 games, 2 goals.
• UEFA Cup 1984–85 with FC Dinamo Minsk: 6 games.
• UEFA Cup 1986–87 with FC Dinamo Minsk: 2 games.

References

1. "Умер Юрий Курненин". naviny.by. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
2. "Курненин Юрий Анатольевич, 14.06.1954, футболист". footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 26 April 2020.