Yuri Semin

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playername= Yuri Semin


fullname = Yuri Pavlovich Semin
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1947|5|11
cityofbirth = Orenburg
countryofbirth = Soviet Union
currentclub = Dynamo Kyiv
position = Coach "(former midfielder, striker)"
years = 1964 1965–1967 1968–1971 1972–1973 1974 1975–1977 1978–1980
clubs = Spartak Oryol Spartak Moscow Dynamo Moscow Kairat Almaty Chkalovets Novosibirsk Lokomotiv Moscow Kuban Krasnodar Career
caps(goals) = 280 (39)
nationalyears =
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manageryears = 1982 1983 1986–2005 2005 2005–2006 2008–
managerclubs = FC Kuban Krasnodar Pamir Dushanbe Lokomotiv Moscow Russia Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Kyiv

Yuri Semin ( _ru. Юрий Павлович Сёмин, last name also transliterated as Syomin) (born 11 May 1947 in Orenburg) is a Russian football coach most notable for his work as FC Lokomotiv Moscow manager and president. Semin has also been a head coach of Russia national team. He is currently in charge of Ukrainian side FC Dynamo Kyiv.

Biography

Yuri Semin was born on 11 May 1947 in Orenburg. His family moved to Oryol some time later. As a child he has showed interest in football, ice hockey, volleyball, and athletics.

Player career

At the age of 16, while still attending school, Semin started his player career at Spartak Oryol, a Soviet Second League club.

One year later he was invited to Spartak Moscow. He has scored two first Spartak's goals in a European competition (in 1966 against OFK Beograd).

At the age of 20, Semin changed club again, this time to Dynamo Moscow. With this club, he won his only player's trophy, the 1970 Soviet Cup. He calls the spell with Dynamo the most successful period of his player career.

Semin left Dynamo due to disagreements with the coach after he was not fielded in a European match. After that he has changed several other clubs. Semin played for Kairat Almaty, Chkalovets Novosibirsk, Lokomotiv Moscow, and Kuban Krasnodar. He ended his career as a player at the age of 33.

Coach career

Yuri Semin started his coaching career in 1983, when he was called to save Pamir Dushanbe, a First League team, from relegation. Semin succeeded and was recognized as the honorary coach of Tajik SSR for this achievement.

In 1986 Semin went on to coach FC Lokomotiv Moscow, where he spent 19 years. During the period of his work Lokomotiv transformed from a mid-table club to one of the leaders of Russian football, winning the championship in 2002 and 2004. Semin also enjoyed cup success, winning Soviet Cup once, Russian Cup four times and reaching Cup Winners' Cup semifinal twice.

In 2005 Semin left Lokomotiv for the Russia national team to help it reach the 2006 FIFA World Cup final tournament. He failed to achieve that and decided to leave the national team. Since November 2005, Semin is coaching Dynamo Moscow, but was fired in 2006. In 2007 he returned to FC Lokomotiv Moscow as club president, but one year later his contract was terminated due to team's low league position. [http://www.sports.ru/football/3670748.html]

Clubs played for

*Spartak Oryol (1964)
*Spartak Moscow (1965-1967)
*Dynamo Moscow (1968-1971)
*Kairat Almaty (1972-1973)
*Chkalovets Novosibirsk (1974)
*Lokomotiv Moscow (1975-1977)
*Kuban Krasnodar (1978-1980)

Winner of the 1970 Soviet Cup and runner-up of Soviet Top League with Dynamo.

Teams coached

*Kuban Krasnodar (1982)
*Pamir Dushanbe (since 1983)
*Lokomotiv Moscow (1986-1989, 1991-2005)
*Russia (1992-1994 and 1996-1999 as assistant coach, 2005 as head coach)
*New Zealand U21 (1990)
*Dynamo Moscow (2006)
*Dynamo Kyiv (2007-"present")

Achievements

*Russian Premier League
**Winner: 2 (2002, 2004)
**Runner-up: 4 (1995, 1999, 2000, 2001)
**3rd position: 2 (1994, 1998)
*Russian Cup
**Winner: 4 (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001)
*Soviet Cup
**Runner-up: 1 (1990)
*Cup Winners' Cup
**Semifinalist (1997/98, 1998/99)All of this has been achieved with Lokomotiv.

References

* [http://rusteam.permian.ru/coaches/semin.html Yuri Semin's Russian hills] , by Yury Yarygin, "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", 15 April 2005 ru icon