Yury Pavlovich Syomin is a Russian football coach.
20 Facts About Yury Syomin
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Yury Syomin has managed FC Lokomotiv Moscow for 4 different stints, for a total of over 23 years.
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Yury Syomin's son Andrei Syomin is a player and a coach.
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At the age of 16, while still attending school, Syomin started his player career at Spartak Oryol, a Soviet Second League club.
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Yury Syomin has scored two first Spartak's goals in a European competition.
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At the age of 20, Yury Syomin changed club again, this time to Dynamo Moscow.
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Yury Syomin calls the spell with Dynamo the most successful period of his player career.
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Yury Syomin left Dynamo due to disagreements with the coach after he was not fielded in a European match.
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Yury Syomin played for Kairat Almaty, Chkalovets Novosibirsk, Lokomotiv Moscow, and Kuban Krasnodar.
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Yury Syomin ended his career as a player at the age of 33.
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Yury Syomin started his coaching career in 1983, when he was called to save Pamir Dushanbe, a First League team, from relegation.
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Yury Syomin succeeded and was recognized as the honorary coach of Tajik SSR for this achievement.
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In 1986 Yury Syomin went on to coach FC Lokomotiv Moscow, where he spent 19 years.
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Yury Syomin enjoyed cup success, winning Russian Cup five times, Russian Super Cup twice and reaching Cup Winners' Cup semifinal twice.
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In 2005 Yury Syomin left Lokomotiv for the Russia national team to help it reach the 2006 FIFA World Cup final tournament.
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Yury Syomin failed to achieve that and decided to leave the national team.
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In November 2005, Yury Syomin began coaching Dynamo Moscow, but was sacked in 2006.
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Yury Syomin was fired as Lokomotiv manager on 29 November 2010.
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On 29 May 2013 Yury Syomin was officially unveiled as manager of Gabala of the Azerbaijani Premier League.
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Yury Syomin was announced as Anzhi Makhachkala manager on 18 June 2015, signing a one-year contract with the option of an additional year.