Yuri Kurnenin

Yuri Anatolyevich Kurnenin (Belarusian: Юрый Анатолевіч Курненін, Russian: Юрий Анатольевич Курненин; 14 June 1954 – 30 July 2009) was a Belarusian professional football player and coach of Russian origin. As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1973 for FC Dynamo Moscow.

To date, he remains the only Belarusian manager to have coached a national team in a major competition, when he coached Syria in the 1996 AFC Asian Cup.

Honours

• Soviet Top League champion: 1982.
• Soviet Top League bronze: 1973, 1975, 1983.
• Soviet Cup finalist: 1987.

European club competitions

• UEFA Cup 1974–75 with FC Dynamo Moscow: 1 game, 1 goal.
• European Cup 1983–84 with FC Dinamo Minsk: 6 games, 2 goals.
• UEFA Cup 1984–85 with FC Dinamo Minsk: 6 games.
• UEFA Cup 1986–87 with FC Dinamo Minsk: 2 games.

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