Yuri Petrov
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yuri Anatolyevich Petrov | ||
| Date of birth | 18 July 1974 | ||
| Place of birth |
Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Date of death | 28 April 2023 (aged 48) | ||
| Place of death | Tilburg, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 14 | (1) |
| 1992 | Spartak Moscow | 5 | (1) |
| 1992–1994 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 20 | (2) |
| 1994 | SK Mykolaiv | 2 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | RKC Waalwijk | 12 | (7) |
| 1995–1997 | FC Twente | 74 | (15) |
| 1998–2001 | RKC Waalwijk | 71 | (10) |
| 2001–2002 | ADO Den Haag (loan) | 32 | (5) |
| 2002 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | (0) |
| 2003 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 4 | (2) |
| 2003 | Volyn Lutsk | 9 | (1) |
| 2004 | SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk | 13 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Metalist Kharkiv | 12 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | FC Volendam | 40 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | ASWH | ||
| Haaglandia | |||
| PSV (amateur team) | |||
| International career | |||
| 1993 | Russia U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 1994 | Russia U21 | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yuri Anatolyevich Petrov (Ukrainian: Юрій Анатолійович Петров, Russian: Юрий Анатольевич Петров; 18 July 1974 – 28 April 2023) was a professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in the Ukrainian SSR, Petrov represented Russia internationally at youth level.
Petrov spent most of his professional career in the Netherlands, notably with RKC Waalwijk and FC Twente.
Club career
Petrov was born in Kryvyi Rih.[2] He signed a professional contract with Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk at the age of 16.[3]
He played one game in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup for Lokomotiv Moscow.
Eredivisie club FC Twente signed him for a club record fee from RKC Waalwijk.[3] He was fired by FC Twente in 1998 because of alcohol abuse.[4] He later played for clubs in Russia and Ukraine and returned to Holland to play for FC Volendam in 2006.[5]
In the 2000–01 season Petrov helped RKC Waalwijk achieve seventh place in the Eredivisie after the club had been at the bottom of the league in previous years.[2]
International career
Petrov represented Russia at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.[6]
Personal life and death
Petrov was married to Tanya Kazakova and they had two children.[3] They divorced because of him developing a severe drinking problem.[3]
At the end of 2012 he was living at Traverse, a social assistance centre in Tilburg.[3]
Petrov died on 28 April 2023 in Tilburg, at the age of 48.[7]
References
- ^ Yuri Petrov at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b van Beek, Yvonne (30 April 2023). "Youri Petrov (1974–2023): succesvol bij RKC, maar die verslaving kwam hij nooit te boven" [Youri Petrov (1974–2023): successful at RKC, but he never overcame his addiction]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ a b c d e van der Steen, Henri (3 June 2017). "Youri Petrov, ex-voetballer van FC Twente, is alles kwijt" [Youri Petrov, former footballer for FC Twente, has lost everything]. Tubantia (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ FC Twente ontslaat Youri Petrov - FC Twente (in Dutch)
- ^ Volendam contracteert Petrov — ELF Voetbal (in Dutch)
- ^ "Yuri Petrov". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Футболист Юрий Петров ушёл из жизни в возрасте 48 лет". osnmedia.ru/. Retrieved 17 August 2014. (in Russian)
External links
- Yuri Petrov at UAF (in Ukrainian)