Yuri Shikunov

Soviet and Russian footballer and manager (1939–2021)

Yuri Shikunov
Personal information
Full name Yuri Ivanovich Shikunov
Date of birth (1939-12-08)8 December 1939
Place of birth Taganrog, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 15 March 2021(2021-03-15) (aged 81)
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1958 Torpedo Taganrog 52 (15)
1959–1967 SKA Rostov-on-Don 215 (15)
1968 Rostselmash 26 (7)
Total 293 (37)
Managerial career
1983–1984 SKA Rostov-on-Don (director)
1991–1995 Rostselmash (director)
1993 Rostselmash-D (assistant)
1997 Shakhtyor Shakhty
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1964 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yuri Ivanovich Shikunov (Russian: Юрий Иванович Шикунов; 8 December 1939 – 15 March 2021[1]) was a Soviet and Russian footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.[2][3]

Honours

Club

  • Soviet Top League runner-up: 1966

Country

  • UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1964

Individual

  • Included in list of the 33 best players of the USSR
    • No. 2: 1960
    • No. 3: 1961

Awards

  • Master of Sports of the USSR: 1960
  • Honoured Coach of the Russian SFSR: 1990

References

  1. ^ "Умер Юрий Шикунов" [Yuri Shikunov has died]. Russian Premier League. 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ Шикунов Юрий Ивнаоивч
  3. ^ Юрий Шикунов: «Мы выходили на каждый матч, как на последний»
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Soviet Union squad1964 European Nations' Cup runners-up
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