Yuri Utkulbayev

Yuri Anvarovich Utkulbayev (Russian: Юрий Анварович Уткульбаев; born 16 December 1969) is a Russian football manager and a former player.

Yuri Utkulbayev

Utkulbayev coaching Neftekhimik in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Yuri Anvarovich Utkulbayev
Date of birth	(1969-12-16) 16 December 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Kazan, Russian SFSR
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Rubin Kazan
	DYuSSh Tasma Kazan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1990	Torpedo-klubnaya Miass
1991	Torpedo Miass	24	(0)
1992–1993	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	50	(0)
1994	Irtysh Tobolsk	21	(0)
1995–1997	Rubin Kazan	75	(0)
1998–1999	Rubin-2 Kazan
1999–2001	Privolzhanin Kazan (futsal)
Managerial career
1995–2012	Rubin Kazan (assistant)
2012	KAMAZ (director of sports)
2014–2015	Rubin-2 Kazan
2015	Rubin Kazan (Under-21)
2015	Rubin Kazan (caretaker)
2015–2016	Aktobe
2016–2020	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
2022–2023	Rubin Kazan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

Since December 2015 till 2016, he worked as a manager of Aktobe.^[1]

In late 2022, Utkulbayev was appointed head coach of Russian First League club Rubin Kazan.^[2] He left Rubin by mutual consent in April 2023.^[3]