Yuri Utkulbayev

Yuri Anvarovich Utkulbayev (Russian: Юрий Анварович Уткульбаев; born 16 December 1969) is a Russian football manager and a former player.

Yuri Utkulbayev

Utkulbayev coaching Neftekhimik in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Yuri Anvarovich Utkulbayev
Date of birth	(1969-12-16) 16 December 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	Kazan, Russian SFSR
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	FC Rubin Kazan
	DYuSSh Tasma Kazan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1990	FC Torpedo-klubnaya Miass
1991	FC Torpedo Miass	24	(0)
1992–1993	FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	50	(0)
1994	FC Irtysh Tobolsk	21	(0)
1995–1997	FC Rubin Kazan	75	(0)
1998–1999	FC Rubin-2 Kazan
1999–2001	Privolzhanin Kazan (futsal)
Managerial career
1995–2012	Rubin Kazan (assistant)
2012	FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (director of sports)
2014–2015	Rubin-2 Kazan
2015	Rubin Kazan (Under-21)
2015	Rubin Kazan (caretaker)
2015–2016	FC Aktobe
2016–2020	FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
2022–2023	Rubin Kazan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

Since December 2015 till 2016, he worked as a manager of FC Aktobe.^[1]

In late 2022, Utkulbayev was appointed head coach of Russian First League club Rubin Kazan.^[2] He left Rubin by mutual consent in April 2023.^[3]

References

1. Юрий Уткульбаев представлен коллективу (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 22 December 2015.
2. "Экс-наставник «Актобе» утвержден на посту главного тренера «Рубина»" (in Russian). 29 January 2023.
3. "ЮРИЙ УТКУЛЬБАЕВ ПОКИДАЕТ «РУБИН»" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 12 April 2023.

External links

• Yuri Utkulbayev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)