Yuri Alekseyevich Drozdov (; born 16 January 1972) is a Russian association football coach and a former player who spent most of his playing career at

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup a record ...

Career

Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', , ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footba ...

. Since leaving Lokomotiv in 2003, Drozdov has had short spells at

FC Alania Vladikavkaz FC Spartak Vladikavkaz () was a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia–Alania. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League during the communist era, and won its first and only league t ...

and FC Zhenis Astana, before joining the

Russian First Division The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system. The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used to ...

side

FC Khimki FC Khimki () was a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. History The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on ...

, helping the club to promotion to the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

in 2006.

International

He was part of the USSR U-20 football team, which finished third in

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the eighth staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, an international football competition organized by FIFA for men's youth national teams, and the eighth since it was established in 1977 as the FIF ...

Personal life

He is the father of footballers Nikita Drozdov and Ilya Drozdov.

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* 1972 births Living people Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's youth international footballers Soviet Union men's under-21 international footballers Russian men's footballers Russia men's international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Jenis players FC Khimki players Russian Premier League players Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Russian football managers FC Vityaz Podolsk players Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders FC FShM Moscow players FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk players Sportspeople from Pyatigorsk Footballers from Stavropol Krai 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-defender-1970s-stub