Yuri Zhevnov (; born 17 April 1981) is a Belarusian professional

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coach and a former player who played as a

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. He is the goalkeepers' coach with Zenit St. Petersburg.

Club career

Zhevnov started his career in the third division. In 2000, he signed for

BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; , ''BATE Barysaw,'' ), commonly referred to as BATE or BATE Borisov, is a Belarusian professional football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusian Premier League, of which the ...

. During a 2004–05 UEFA Cup qualification match against

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he scored a goal from his own half. In 2005, Zhevnov signed for

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. On 23 February 2010, he moved to

Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (, ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Pr ...

from FC Moscow on a four-year deal.

International career

Zhevnov is a former

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of the Belarus national team and made 58 appearances. On 3 September 2010, he captained Belarus to a surprise 1–0 victory over

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at the

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. "This is definitely one of the biggest wins in our history, but it's going to take a bit of time before we realise what we've done," said Zhevnov. "Victories give you strength and confidence, so we hope to build on this." Belarus have never appeared in a major tournament, and Zhevnov set qualification out of Group D for the

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tournament as the team's primary goalkeeper.

Personal life

He has

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ian and

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n citizenships.

Honours

BATE Borisov *

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League (, ''Vyšejšaja Liha'' or ''Vysheyshaya Liga''; ; "Top League"), also called the BETERA Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Belarus and the highest level of the B ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

Zenit Saint Petersburg *

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, 2011–12 * Russian Cup: 2009–10 *

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Individual * Belarusian Footballer of the Year: 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhevnov, Yuri 1981 births Living people Belarusian men's footballers Belarusian expatriate men's footballers Belarus men's international footballers FC RUOR Minsk players Belarusian Premier League players FC BATE Borisov players FC Moscow players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players Men's association football goalkeepers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Russian Premier League players Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Russia