Yuri Nikiforov

Personal information
Yuri Nikiforov
Full name	Yuri Valeryevich Nikiforov
Date of birth	September 16, 1970 (1970-09-16) (age 37)
Place of birth	Odessa, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m
Playing position	Central defender, defensive midfielder
Youth clubs
	Chornomorets Odessa
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987 1988 1988–1989 1989 1993–1996 1996–1998 1998–2002 2002-2003 2003–2004	SKA Odessa Chornomorets Odessa Dynamo Kyiv Chornomorets Odessa Spartak Moscow Sporting de Gijón PSV Eindhoven RKC Waalwijk Urawa Red Diamonds	5 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 65 (4) 85 (16) 65 (3) 96 (5) 29 (1) 12 (0)
National team
1992 1992 1992–2002	CIS Ukraine Russia	4 (0) 3 (0) 55 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Yuri Valerijević Nikiforov (Russian: Юрий Валерьевич Никифоров) (born 16 September 1970 in Odessa) is a Ukrainian-Russian former football player.

He played for USSR, briefly for the Ukraine and later for the Russia national football team and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

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v • d • e Russia squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Cherchesov • 2 Kuznetsov • 3 Gorlukovich • 4 Galiamin • 5 Nikiforov • 6 Ternavski • 7 Piatnitski • 8 Popov • 9 Salenko • 10 Karpin • 11 Beschastnykh • 12 Tetradze • 13 Borodyuk • 14 Korneev • 15 Radchenko • 16 Kharine • 17 Tsymbalar • 18 Onopko • 19 Mostovoi • 20 Lediakhov • 21 Khlestov • 22 Yuran • Coach: Sadyrin

v • d • e Russia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Nigmatullin • 2 Kovtun • 3 Nikiforov • 4 Smertin • 5 Solomatin • 6 Semshov • 7 Onopko • 8 Karpin • 9 Titov • 10 Mostovoi • 11 Beschastnykh • 12 Cherchesov • 13 Dayev • 14 Chugainov • 15 Alenichev • 16 Kerzhakov • 17 Semak • 18 Sennikov • 19 Pimenov • 20 Izmailov • 21 Khokhlov • 22 Sychev • 23 Filimonov • Coach: Romantsev