Yury Belyayev (footballer)

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Belyayev.
Yury Belyayev
Yury Beliaev 2010.jpg
Belyayev meeting with CSKA Moscow supporters
Personal information
Full name Yury Ivanovich Belyayev
Date of birth (1934-04-02)2 April 1934
Place of birth Moscow, Soviet Union
Date of death 14 December 2019(2019-12-14) (aged 85)
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951 CSDA Moscow
1952—1954 Avangard Kolomna
1955–1960 CSKA Moscow 111 (52)
National team
1956 USSR
Teams managed
1966–1967 CSKA Moscow (coach)
Honours
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yury Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Юрий Иванович Беляев; 2 April 1934 – 14 December 2019) was a Soviet football player and coach. A forward, he played in 111 matches for CSKA Moscow, scoring 52 goals. He was a member of the national team that won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics,[1] but he did not play in any matches.[2]

Belyayev came up in the youth system of CSKA Moscow but moved to Avangard Kolomna in 1952. He returned to the Red Army team in 1955 where he played for five seasons. Over that span, he was part of a squad that won the Russian Cup in 1955.[1]

After retiring from playing, he became a coach. In 1966, he was named as a coach at CSKA where he spent one season. He returned to the coaching staff in 1982 for one season. From 1974 to 1980, he coached in the Soviet Armed Forces.[3]

In 1991, Belyayev was honored as a Merited Master of Sport by the Soviet Union.[1]

On 14 December 2019, Belyayev died at the age of 85.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Умер олимпийский чемпион 1956 года в составе сборной СССР по футболу Юрий Беляев" (in Russian). TASS. 2019-12-14.
  2. ^ "Yury Belyayev". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Ушёл из жизни чемпион Олимпийских игр 1956 года Беляев" (in Russian). Championat.ru. 2019-12-14.
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