Yuri Farzunovich Gazzaev (, ; born 27 November 1960) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Playing career

As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet First League in 1978 for FC Spartak Ordzhonikidze.

Yuri Gazzaev

He signed for Chamois Niortais F.C. on a fake paperwork, pretending he was 9 years younger than he actually was (his birth year was changed from 1960 to 1969). He was released a few months later after the fraud was discovered.

Yuri Gazzaev

Personal life

His son Ruslan Gazzayev was a professional footballer.

Yuri Gazzaev

References

External links

1991 career at Tempo (Serbia magazine) #1338, pgs.2–3

1960 births

Footballers from Vladikavkaz

Living people

Soviet men's footballers

Russian men's footballers

Soviet Top League players

FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players

FC Dynamo Moscow players

FC Lokomotiv Moscow players

PFC Spartak Nalchik players

FK Mačva Šabac players

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players

Vasa IFK players

Chamois Niortais F.C. players

Russian football managers

FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny managers

Russian expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Yugoslavia

Expatriate men's footballers in Greece

Expatriate men's footballers in Finland

Expatriate men's footballers in France

PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara managers

Russian Premier League managers

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl managers

Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia

Soviet expatriate men's footballers

FC Volgar Astrakhan managers

FC Spartak Vladikavkaz managers

FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players

Men's association football forwards

Russian football chairmen and investors

FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk managers

FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz players

Russian expatriate sportspeople in France

Russian expatriate sportspeople in Greece

Russian expatriate sportspeople in Finland