Yuri Vasilyevich Gavrilov (born May 3, 1953 in Setun

Setun

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, Odintsovo

Odintsovo

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 district, Moscow Oblast

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) is a Russia

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n football manager and a former midfielder who played for Dynamo Moscow

FC Dynamo Moscow

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 and Spartak Moscow

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. He made 46 appearances for the USSR national football team

USSR national football team

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 and scored 10 goals. He also competed for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

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 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup

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 in Spain. His creative skills are immortalized by Konstantin Beskov

Konstantin Beskov

Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov was a Soviet/Russian football player and manager.Beskov was born in Moscow. He played for Dynamo Moscow as forward, scoring 126 goals, and after finishing his playing career he became a successful manager who coached Dynamo and their rivals Spartak as well as the USSR...

's famous phrase "If you don't know what to do with the ball, pass it to Gavrilov". Yuri Gavrilov has his own football school in Moscow called SC Svyatogor.

Career

Gavrilov's football career started in Iskra Moscow football school when he was 7. He was invited by school director who saw Yury playing with other kids on the Iskra stadium. When he was 19, Konstantin Beskov

Konstantin Beskov

Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov was a Soviet/Russian football player and manager.Beskov was born in Moscow. He played for Dynamo Moscow as forward, scoring 126 goals, and after finishing his playing career he became a successful manager who coached Dynamo and their rivals Spartak as well as the USSR...

 took him to Dinamo Moscow

FC Dynamo Moscow

Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...

 from Iskra amateur team. But there was an expensive number of quality players in 70's Dinamo, and Gavrilov couldn't find the permanent place in Dinamo squad.

Gavrilov followed Konstantin Beskov into Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...

 in 1977. Gavrilov acvieve the key playmaker

Playmaker

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 role in new Spartak Moscow

Spartak

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 team built up by Beskov. After being winger in Dinamo, Gavrilov's new role in Spartak team let him show his best abilities and proved himself one of the all-time best Soviet football creative midfielders.

While he made a lot of good passes, he scored a lot of goals as well. Gavrilov was Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League

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top goalscorer twice, scored 140 times during his career.