Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (, ''Serhij Mykolajovyč Juran''; born 11 June 1969) is a Ukrainian-born Russian professional

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manager and a former player. As a striker, he represented the USSR and

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at international level. He has Russian, Ukrainian and Portuguese nationality.

Club career

At club level he played in six countries. After his playing career abruptly ended in 2001 following a skull injury, he became a manager.

International career

He was capped by the

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(and later the CIS), and despite being born in

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and having been honored as the best Ukrainian footballer, chose to represent

after the breakup of the

. He was part of the CIS squad at the

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, appearing in two matches, and part of the Russia squad at the

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, making one appearance. In 2009, he was part of the Russia squad that won the

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, a friendly tournament for retired players.

Coaching career

His first experience in coaching was as assistant manager under

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in Spartak Moscow, 2003. After three months, Chernyshov and his assistants were fired from Spartak. In 2004 Yuran managed Dynamo Stavropol. After a brief spell with

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n side FC Ditton from January to May 2006, Yuran was appointed as manager of

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n champions FC TVMK in July 2006, but in December he unexpectedly left the team. Soon, he took charge at the

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side Shinnik Yaroslavl, aiming to win promotion to the

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. Since summer of 2008 Sergey Yuran was head coach of

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, he was fired on 2 December 2008, despite the fact that the club managed to stay in the

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.
On 29 December 2014, he became manager of

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club

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. On 27 January 2020, he was hired once again by

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, now in the

. The club only played 2 games after the resumption of the 2019–20 season after the winter break and then the season was abandoned due to the

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. As Khimki were 2nd in the league at the time of abandonment, the club was promoted to the

. He led Khimki to the 2019–20 Russian Cup final, where the club lost to

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. On 1 August 2020, he was fired by Khimki. On 21 October 2020, he was hired by FNL club SKA-Khabarovsk. On 23 February 2022, Yuran was hired by

for his third spell at the club, with the team in last place in the

standings at the time. Under his management, Khimki avoided relegation through the playoffs. After just 4 games in the 2022–23 season, with the club in 7th place, Yuran left Khimki by mutual consent. On 4 April 2023, Yuran was hired by

club Pari NN. Pari remained in the Premier League after beating Rodina Moscow in the relegation play-offs. Yuran left Pari NN on 28 April 2024, following six consecutive league losses.

Personal life

Yuran was married to a daughter of the Ukrainian coach Oleksandr Chubarov. Sergei has a son Artyom Yuran who is a professional footballer.

Career statistics

Player

Honours

Club

Dynamo Kyiv *

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Benfica *

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: 1993–94 *

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: 1992–93 Porto *Primeira Divisão: 1994–95 Spartak Moscow *

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Individual

* Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 1990 *

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Top Scorer: 1992 (shared with

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)

References

External links

International record
at RSSSF.com
Yuran abroad, all goals
at Legioner.Kulichki.com

at Permian.ru * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yuran, Sergei 1969 births Footballers from Luhansk Living people Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Naturalised citizens of Portugal Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's under-21 international footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Russian men's footballers Russia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Dual internationalists (men's football) FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Dynamo Kyiv players S.L. Benfica footballers FC Porto players FC Spartak Moscow players Millwall F.C. players Fortuna Düsseldorf players VfL Bochum players SK Sturm Graz players Soviet Second League players Soviet First League players Soviet Top League players Primeira Liga players Russian Premier League players English Football League players Bundesliga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players UEFA Euro 1992 players 1994 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Champions League top scorers Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Russian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in England Russian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Russian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Russian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Russian football managers PFC Dynamo Stavropol managers FC Daugava managers FC TVMK managers FC Shinnik Yaroslavl managers FC Khimki managers FC Astana managers Simurq PIK managers FC Sibir Novosibirsk managers FC Baltika Kaliningrad managers FC Mika managers FC SKA-Khabarovsk managers FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod managers Latvian Higher League managers Russian First League managers Russian Premier League managers Kazakhstan Premier League managers Armenian Premier League managers Russian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Latvia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate football managers in Estonia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate football managers in Azerbaijan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate football managers in Armenia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia 20th-century Russian sportsmen