Valery Yuryevich Petrakov (russian: Валерий Юрьевич Петраков, born 16 May 1958) is a Russian soccer manager and a former striker. He is the manager of

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Playing career

In 1975, at the age of 17, Petrakov began his career with his local team,

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. In 1976, he transferred to

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where he would play for four seasons. He played for FC Torpedo Moscow from 1981–1985 and returned to Lokomotiv Moscow for one more season in 1986. Petrakov spent his final six years abroad with

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in Germany and then with IFK Luleå in Sweden before retiring to coaching. His playing career included two caps and one goal for the Soviet National Team. He was a member of the 1977

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champion as well as the 1980 European Youth Championship winner. In 1986, he played on Lokomotiv's successful

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squad.

Coaching career

Immediately after retirement, he was appointed as manager for IFK Luleå, where he finished his playing career. In 1995, he returned to Russia to head another former club, Torpedo Moscow. While he did not win any championships at Torpedo, his clubs appeared in the

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in 1996-1997 and 2000-2001. His club also appeared in the 1997

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. In 2001, he moved to Tomsk which played in the Russian First Division at the time. Failing to achieve promotion there, he returned to the

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with

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. He had a brief, unsuccessful stint with

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in 2005 where he was dismissed after four matches. He returned to Tomsk for the 2006 season and achieved an 8th place finish. He signs a contract as the new head coach from

FC Alania Vladikavkaz FC Spartak Vladikavkaz (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Спартак Владикавказ») was a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia–Alania. Founded in 1921, the club playe ...

on 4 December 200

On 11 November 2019, he joined

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Personal life

His son Yuri Petrakov is now a professional footballer.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrakov, Valery 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Bryansk Soviet footballers Soviet expatriate footballers Russian footballers Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in East Germany Expatriate footballers in Sweden Soviet Top League players FC Dynamo Bryansk players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Torpedo Moscow players Russian football managers Soviet Union international footballers FC Tom Tomsk managers FC Moscow managers FC Rostov managers FC Spartak Vladikavkaz managers Russian Premier League managers FC Khimki managers FC Torpedo Moscow managers IFK Luleå players Association football forwards FC Luch Vladivostok managers