Yury Sevidov

Yury Sevidov

Personal information
Full name	Yury Aleksandrovich Sevidov
Date of birth	(1942-08-24)24 August 1942
Place of birth	Moscow, USSR
Date of death
Place of death	Marbella, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1960	Zimbru Chişinău	10	(0)
1960–1965	Spartak Moscow	146	(71)
1970–1971	Kairat	63	(22)
1972	Karpaty Lviv	0	(0)
1972	Shakhtar Donetsk	16	(7)
1974	Spartak Ryazan	5	(0)
Total		240	(100)
International career
1964	Soviet Union	3	(1)
Managerial career
1975–1977	FShM Torpedo Moscow
1978–1979	Dynamo Vologda
1980–1981	Spartak Ryazan
1984	Shinnik Yaroslavl
1985	Dynamo Makhachkala
1987	Neftchi Baku
1997	"Magnesite" Satka
1998	"Patriot" Moscow
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yuri Aleksandrovich Sevidov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Севидов; August 24, 1942, Moscow, USSR – February 11, 2010, Marbella, Spain) was a Soviet footballer.

Career

He was the best bombardier of 1962 Soviet championship. He is gold champion of USSR in 1962 and bronze medalist in 1961.

Personal life

In 1965 while driving a car, Sevidov hit a man who was a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences Dmitry Ryabchikov, the prominent chemist, winner of the Stalin Prize and who died soon at hospital as a result of medical mistake. Sevidov was sentenced to ten years in prison and was deprived of the title of master of sports. He was paroled after four years in custody. Yuri was the son of Aleksandr Sevidov.

After retirement

In recent years, Yuri Sevidov worked as a columnist for the Soviet sport and often acted as an expert in sports programs on TV.

Death

On 11 February 2010, Sevidov died during a business trip in Marbella, Spain.