Yuri Zhevnov (Belarusian: Юры Жаўноў; born 17 April 1981) is a professional football coach and a former player from Belarus. He is the goalkeepers' coach with Zenit St. Petersburg.

Yuri Zhevnov

Zhevnov working with Zenit in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Yuri Vladimirovich Zhevnov
Date of birth	(1981-04-17) 17 April 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth	Dobrush, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Zenit St. Petersburg (GK coach)
Youth career
1996–1999	RUOR Minsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1999	RUOR Minsk	59	(0)
1998	→ Smena-BATE Minsk (loan)	5	(0)
2000–2004	BATE Borisov	80	(0)
2000	→ RShVSM-Olympia Minsk	2	(0)
2005–2009	Moscow	128	(0)
2010–2013	Zenit St. Petersburg	15	(0)
2014–2015	Torpedo Moscow	29	(0)
2015–2016	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	11	(0)
National team
1998	Belarus U17	6	(0[2])
1997–1999	Belarus U18	9	(0[2])
2000–2004	Belarus U21	41	(0)
2003–2015	Belarus	58	(0)
Teams managed
2017–2018	Belarus (assistant)
2018	Zenit St. Petersburg (assistant)
2019–	Zenit St. Petersburg (GK coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Zhevnov started his career at third division. In 2000, he was signed by BATE Borisov.[3] During UEFA Cup 2001/02 qualification match against FC Dinamo Tbilisi Zhevnov scored a goal from his own half. In 2005, was signed by FC Moscow. On 23 February 2010 Zenit St. Petersburg signed the Belarus international goalkeeper from FC Moscow on a four-year deal.[4]

International career

Zhevnov is a former Captain of the Belarus national football team[5] and has made over 30 appearances.[6] On 3 September 2010, Zhevnov captained Belarus to a shocking 1-0 victory over France at the Stade de France. "This is definitely one of the biggest wins in our history, but it's going to take a bit of time before we realise what we've done," said Zhevnov. "Victories give you strength and confidence, so we hope to build on this."[7] Belarus have never appeared in a major tournament, and Zhevnov set qualification out of Group D for the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament as the team's primary goalkeeper.

Personal life

He has Belarusian and Russian citizenships.

Career honours

BATE Borisov

• Belarusian Premier League champion: 2002

Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Premier League champion: 2010, 2011–12
• Russian Cup winner: 2009–10
• Russian Super Cup winner: 2011

Individual

• Belarusian Footballer of the Year: 2010

References

На других языках

[fr] Yuri Zhevnov

[it] Jury Žaŭnoŭ

[ru] Жевнов, Юрий Владимирович