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Yuri Petrov
Personal information
Full name Yuri Anatolyevich Petrov
Date of birth (1974-07-18)18 July 1974
Place of birth Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Date of death 28 April 2023(2023-04-28) (aged 48)
Place of death Tilburg
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 14 (1)
1992 Spartak Moscow 5 (1)
1992–1994 Lokomotiv Moscow 20 (2)
1994 SK Mykolaiv 2 (0)
1994–1995 RKC Waalwijk 12 (7)
1995–1997 FC Twente 74 (15)
1998–2001 RKC Waalwijk 71 (10)
2001–2002 ADO Den Haag (loan) 32 (5)
2002 RKC Waalwijk 2 (0)
2003 Alania Vladikavkaz 4 (2)
2003 Volyn Lutsk 9 (1)
2004 SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk 13 (0)
2004–2006 Metalist Kharkiv 12 (0)
2006–2008 FC Volendam 40 (5)
2008–2009 ASWH
Haaglandia
PSV (amateur team)
International career
1993 Russia U-20 3 (0)
1994 Russia U-21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yuri Anatolyevich Petrov (Russian: Юрий Анатольевич Петров; 18 July 1974 – 28 April 2023) was a Russian footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his professional career in the Netherlands, notably with RKC Waalwijk and FC Twente.

Club career

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Petrov played one game in the UEFA Cup 1993–94 for Lokomotiv Moscow. He was fired by FC Twente in 1998 because of alcohol abuse.[1] He later played for clubs in Russia and Ukraine and returned to Holland to play for FC Volendam in 2006.[2]

International career

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Petrov represented Russia at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.[3]

Personal life and death

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Petrov was married to Tanya Kazakova and they had two children. They divorced because of him developing a severe drinking problem.[4]

Petrov died on 28 April 2023, at the age of 48.[5]

References

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  1. ^ FC Twente ontslaat Youri Petrov - FC Twente (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Volendam contracteert Petrov — ELF Voetbal (in Dutch)
  3. ^ "Yuri Petrov". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  4. ^ Youri Petrov, ex-voetballer van FC Twente, is alles kwijt — Tubantia (in Dutch)
  5. ^ "Футболист Юрий Петров ушёл из жизни в возрасте 48 лет". osnmedia.ru/. Retrieved 17 August 2014. (in Russian)
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