Yuri Matveyev

Yuri Aleksandrovich Matveyev (Russian: Юрий Александрович Матвеев; born 8 June 1967) is a Russian association football coach and a former player who is the manager of FC Uralets-TS Nizhny Tagil.

Yuri Matveyev

Matveev in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Yuri Aleksandrovich Matveyev
Date of birth	(1967-06-08) 8 June 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	FC Uralets-TS Nizhny Tagil (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1987	FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil	97	(25)
1988–1989	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	71	(27)
1990	FC Zenit Leningrad	7	(0)
1990	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	32	(6)
1991	FC Torpedo Moscow	12	(1)
1992–1993	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	39	(24)
1993–1994	Ankaragücü	15	(1)
1994–1995	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	34	(18)
1996	PFC CSKA Moscow	15	(2)
1996–1997	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	19	(2)
1998–2000	FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	65	(17)
2000	FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	13	(1)
International career
1992–1993	Russia	4	(0)
Managerial career
2009–2011	FC Ural Yekaterinburg (assistant)
2010	FC Ural Yekaterinburg (caretaker)
2011	FC Ural Yekaterinburg
2012–2018	FC Ural Yekaterinburg (coach)
2015	FC Ural Yekaterinburg (caretaker)
2016	FC Ural Yekaterinburg (caretaker)
2018–2020	FC Ural-2 Yekaterinburg
2020–2021	FC Ural Yekaterinburg
2024–	FC Uralets-TS Nizhny Tagil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Matveyev made his debut for Russia in a friendly against Mexico on 16 August 1992. That was the first game Russia played under its name after the breakup of USSR.

Honours

• Soviet Premier League bronze: 1991.
• Soviet Cup runner-up: 1991.
• Top 33 players year-end list: 1992, 1998.
• Top scorer in Russian Premier League: 1992 (20 goals in 28 games).

Coaching career

Following several stints as a caretaker manager for FC Ural Yekaterinburg, he was hired as a permanent manager on 28 July 2020.^[1] On 10 August 2021, he left Ural by mutual consent.^[2]