Yuriy Fokin (Ukrainian: Юрій Тенгісович Фокін) is a former Soviet and Ukrainian midfielder. He is a Ukrainian coach with Tavriya football academy.

Yuriy Fokin
Personal information
Full nameYuriy Tenhisovych Fokin
Date of birth (1966-01-03) 3 January 1966 (age 58)
Place of birthDonetsk, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)Midfielder / Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987SKA Kyiv61(2)
1988FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka48(5)
1989FC Nyva Vinnytsia34(1)
1989–1991SC Tavriya Simferopol90(2)
1992–1993FC Shakhtar Donetsk42(3)
1993FC Metalurh Kostyantynivka (loan)18(1)
1994–1996FC Naftokhimik Kremenchuk70(13)
1995SC Tavriya Simferopol12(0)
1996FC Shakhtar Makiivka5(0)
1996–1998FC Nyva Ternopil62(4)
1999FC Metalurh Donetsk12(0)
1999Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk14(0)
1999→ Prykarpattia-2 Ivano-Frankivsk (loan)1(0)
2000FC Shakhta Ukraina Ukrayinsk6(0)
2000–2002SC Tavriya Simferopol30(1)
2005FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine9(0)
Managerial career
2005[1]Tavriya-92 (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

On May 19, 2008 Fokin was awarded with the Honorary Diploma of Crimea Supreme Council for being a member of Tavriya Simferopol and winning the 1992 Ukrainian championship.[2] Fokin however in the 1992 Ukrainian Premier League played for Shakhtar Donetsk and played in both Shakhtar's games against Tavriya that season earning in one of them a yellow card.

Upon retiring in 2005, Fokin became a coach in the Tavriya Simferopol football academy.

References

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  1. ^ Championship of Simferopol City. Council of Regions (FFU). June 15, 2005.
  2. ^ About awarding of workers of various sectors. Supreme Council of Crimea.
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