Yuri Alekseyevich Novikov is a former Kazakh

Kazakhs

The Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia ....

 football goalkeeper born on 19 May 1972. He quit from football in the end of 2007. He is a goalkeeper coach at FC Tobol

FC Tobol

FC Tobol is a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992, they won Kazakhstan Premier league on 2010, and ended up close in 2nd and 3rd positions in last seven seasons.- Name history :*1967 :...

 currently in the Kazakhstan Super League

Kazakhstan Super League

The Kazakhstan Premier League is the top division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and was set up in 1992. The League is fed into by the First Division, starting spring and finishing in late fall, making each championship correspond to a...

. He has also played for Kazakhstan national football team

Kazakhstan national football team

The Kazakhstan national football team represents Kazakhstan in international men's association football and is directed by Football Federation of Kazakhstan. They split from the Soviet Union national football team after independence in 1991 and joined the Asian Football Confederation's Central and...

 since 2001.
Yuri started and spent most of his career in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, where he played in local team "Irtysh" (formerly called "Traktor", "Ansat"). He made his debut in 1990. He also played for FC Shakhter Karagandy.

Yuri Novikov was named as the best goalkeeper in the Kazakhstan Super League

Kazakhstan Super League

The Kazakhstan Premier League is the top division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and was set up in 1992. The League is fed into by the First Division, starting spring and finishing in late fall, making each championship correspond to a...

for the seasons 2001, 2002, 2003 Moreover in 2003 Novikov was named Best Player.