: Nikiforov as coach of Dynamo Moscow in 2019
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Yuriy Valeryevich Nikiforov
Date of birth: (1970-09-16) 16 September 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth: Odesa, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Height: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s): Centre-back
⚽ Team information:
Current team: Russia (assistant coach)
⚽ Youth career:
: Chornomorets Odesa
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987: Chornomorets Odesa 0 (0)
1987: SKA Odesa 5 (0)
1988: Chornomorets Odesa 1 (0)
1988–1989: Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
1990–1993: Chornomorets Odesa 76 (4)
1993–1996: Spartak Moscow 85 (16)
1993: Spartak-d Moscow 3 (2)
1996–1998: Sporting Gijón 65 (2)
1998–2002: PSV 99 (5)
2002–2003: RKC 23 (1)
2003–2004: Urawa Red Diamonds 12 (0)
Total: 369 (30)
⚽ International career:
1986–1987: Soviet Union U-16
1990–1991: Soviet Union U-21 5 (0)
1992: CIS 4 (0)
1992: Ukraine 3 (0)
1993–2002: Russia 55 (6)
⚽ Managerial career:
2014–2015: Irtysh Pavlodar (assistant)
2015: Kuban Krasnodar (assistant)
2017: Dynamo-2 Moscow (assistant)
2017: Dynamo Moscow (reserves assistant)
2017–2019: Dynamo Moscow (assistant)
2022–: Russia (assistant)
: * Club domestic league appearances and goals