Yuri Anatolyevich Petrov (; 18 July 1974 – 28 April 2023) was a Russian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a striker. He spent most of his professional career in the Netherlands, notably with

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and

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Club career

Petrov played one game in the

UEFA Cup 1993–94 The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, ...

for

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. He was fired by

in 1998 because of alcohol abuse. He later played for clubs in Russia and Ukraine and returned to Holland to play for

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in 2006.

International career

Petrov represented Russia at the

1993 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1993 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 9th edition FIFA World Youth Championship. U20 Brazil defeated Ghana, 2–1 for its third title. It took place a ...

Personal life and death

Petrov was married to Tanya Kazakova and they had two children. They divorced because of him developing a severe drinking problem. Petrov died on 28 April 2023, at the age of 48.

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* 1974 births 2023 deaths Ukrainian people of Russian descent Footballers from Kryvyi Rih Russian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players FC Dnipro players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players MFC Mykolaiv players RKC Waalwijk players FC Twente players ADO Den Haag players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Volyn Lutsk players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Volendam players ASWH players VV Haaglandia players Russian expatriate men's footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Russian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Soviet men's footballers 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-forward-1970s-stub