Krasnozhan, Yuri Anatolyevich

In the first half of the 1980s, he played for the Spartak Nalchik . For four years, Krasnozhan held 76 matches for the Kabardino-Balkarian club, in which he scored one goal. Throughout his time playing for Spartak, he was a member of the youth team of the RSFSR. Combining the career of a football player with his studies, in 1985 Krasnozhan received higher education at the Faculty of Physical Education of KBSU and began working as a teacher of physical education in a comprehensive school in Nalchik.

In the early 1990s, having received the necessary educational experience, Krasnozhan took part in the creation and formation of the Etalon football club (later renamed to “ Auto Parts ”) from the city of Baksan , in which he managed to play 89 matches in three seasons and score 6 goals. With his active participation, the club received professional status and entered the second league of the Russian championship, and reached the 1/8 finals in the 1996 Russian Cup . By that time, Krasnozhan had been working as a coach at Auto Parts for three years. In the same year he entered the Higher School of Football Coaches and a year later he successfully completed it, having received the appropriate coaching license.

Spartak (Nalchik)

After three years, in 1999, Krasnozhan was appointed coach of PFC Spartak (Nalchik). From 2000 to 2003, he worked with the backup team . During this time, he trained for the main team Ruslan Nakhushev , Aslan Mashukov and other players. In early 2004, the leadership of Spartak appointed Krasnozhan to the position of head coach of the main team instead of the dismissed Soferbiy Yeshugov . In February of the same year, the Attestation Commission at the Center for the Training of Specialists in the Field of Football assigned him the coaching category A.

With the arrival of Krasnozhan, the Nalchik club began to fight for lofty goals: in 2005, having no solid financial support at the beginning of the season and not having developed infrastructure at that time, the team fought for the place in the leaders throughout the season, eventually took the second place and left in the Premier League . In the top division of Russian football, Krasnozhan, despite constant problems with the roster, manages to keep the team afloat. In the Cup of Russia 2007/08, the Nalchik “Spartak” reached the quarter finals, where they lost to CSKA with a score of 1: 2. According to the results of the 2006 season, according to a survey conducted by the football journal Total Football , Yuri Krasnozhan was recognized as the “opening coach”.

In the elections to the Parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria in 2009, he was the third on the list of " United Russia " ^[1] .

Lokomotiv (Moscow)

The president of the Moscow Lokomotiv Olga Smorodskaya announced that she sees Krasnozhan as the head coach of the team, instead of the dismissed Yuri Semin . December 13, 2010 Krasnozhan was officially appointed to this position ^[2] .

On June 4, 2011, rumors appeared in the media about the resignation of Krasnozhan, as was said, the reason was, according to Olga Smorodskaya, the mistakes made by the mentor in the preparation, determination of the starting lineup and substitutions made in the home match of the 11th round of the Russian championship with Anji .

On June 6, the Lokomotiv Board of Directors dismissed Yuri Krasnozhan ^[3] with the wording “for errors in work” ^[4] . The trainer himself explained his resignation by the desire of some people to “profit from the alleged acquisitions of the club” ^[5] .

Second Russian Team

July 4, 2011 was appointed head coach of Russia-2 ^[6] . Under his leadership, the team spent six matches, winning five of them. However, after Nikolai Tolstoy came to the post of RFU president and Krasnozhan moved to Kuban, it was decided to stop the project of the second team.

Anji

On December 27, 2011, Anji was announced as the head coach. However, on February 13, 2012, Krasnozhan resigned of his own free will ^[7] . The team led by Krasnozhan did not play a single official match.

Kuban

On August 16, 2012 he was appointed head coach of the Krasnodar Kuban ^[8] . January 4, 2013 sports publications reported that in the near future will be announced the dismissal of Krasnozhan from the post of head coach of the Krasnodar team ^{[9] [10]} . On January 8, the main investor of Kuban, Oleg Mkrtchyan, in an address to the fans posted on the club’s official website, announced the termination of cooperation with Yuri Krasnozhan ^[11] .

Terek

On May 26, 2013, the official website of Terek announced that in the near future Krasnozhan would sign a three-year contract with the club. On May 31, the contract was signed. It was designed for 3 years with the possibility of further extension. On October 28, 2013 he was dismissed for unsatisfactory team results (14th place after 14 rounds) ^[12] .

Kazakhstan national team

On February 7, 2014 he was appointed head coach of the national team of Kazakhstan , a contract with him was signed on the 2 + 2 system ^[13] . In December 2015, the agreement expired, the Football Federation proposed to extend it for another two years, but Krasnozhan chose to refuse this proposal ^[14] .

Khimki

In February 2018, he became the head coach of the Khimki club ^[15] . On June 1, 2018, in Khimki FC announced the end of cooperation with Krasnozhan at the end of the contract ^[16] .

Data adjusted as of June 1, 2018

* - did not play official matches as Anji coach

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