Biography
The legend of the Moscow "Spartacus" Yury Gavrilov was so reliable in his best years that even "gave birth" to the MEM "do not know what to do with the ball, give Him Gavrilov." In 1970-1980, the footballer represented "Red-White" and defended the Soviet flag at international competitions, won the bronze at the home Olympics.Childhood and youth
Yuri Vasilyevich was born on May 3, 1953 in the village of Setun, which is in the Odintsovo district. In childhood, a football star was not any outstanding - Private Soviet family, working class, standard kindergarten, high school. Maybe it would have nothing to remember if not football. Gavrilov began to drive the ball from an early age, and to seven years came to the children's amateur "spark", which trained at the local stadium.
Star parents were missing from the sky and dreamed of a son about a reliable working profession. The father, who returned from the front of erases, was engaged in unqualified labor at the enterprise and saw a future engineer in Yuria. The guy tried to please the family and planned to enroll in an aviation technician with an eye on the continuation of education in MAI, and after school, even experienced at an electric train, mastering the operation of control and measuring instruments at the Institute of Light Alloys.
However, fate had other plans to young people. His sports talent has noted the attention of Dynamo coach Konstantin Trkov, who called Gavrilov's applying hope. The guy did not differ in athleticism and power and, starting a career, weighed 55 kg with a height of 185 cm, for which he was called a pencil. But the gaming intellect Yure was not to occupy. There was no gift of chess classes, which developed strategic thinking from football player.
In his youth, Yury had to choose between football and hockey: both types of sports had to be young as a young man, in both he demonstrated confidence and skill. I even managed to play "wings of the Soviets", but in the end I chose the ball of the ball.
Personal life
About the personal life athlete speaks a little. It is known that he was married twice. The first wife lives near the current family of Gavrilov, but she does not communicate with the second spouse. In both marriages, the footballer had children, all their six. Yuri regretfully recalled that the football career did not allow the eldest daughter's sufficient attention, but he tried to devote free time to children, walking with them in Sokolniki.The younger son of Gavrilova is called Yuri, and he is trying to become a professional football player. The boy was engaged in the Academy of Spartak with eight years, and his father claimed that he sees strong deposits in it. The guy's former teammates Gavrilova Viktor Samokhin and Evgeny Sidorov.
Football
In Dynamo, Konstantin Bezkov identified Gavrilov in the midfielder and put on the left edge, seeing that the newcomer was impossible and not differ in endurance would not cope with the work in the center. When in 1977 the coach moved to Spartak, then called Yuri with him. The impressive composition of talented players came to "Red-White" - Fyodor Cherenkov, George Yartsev, Sergey Rodionov. These guys in 1979 won the country championship, and after repeatedly became silver and bronze medalists.
By the time Gavrilov had already played in the center, and most spectacular goals were clogged by the Moscow Club with his smart and accurate programs. Yuri himself was not the main scorer, but the team glasses brought regularly, just for the Spartak career, he drove into the gate of 90 goals. Also in the USSR national team, for which the athlete played from 1978 to 1985, it became a mandatory link and author 10 goals in 46 matches. True, there were no loud titles at the international level: on the home Olympics, the talented generation lost the semifinal and left the competition with bronze.
In 1981, the Spartak Cup final was left with an offensive defeat from the Rostov SKA. Despite this, the game for the "red-white" became the brightest stage in the career of Gavrilov. No wonder he fell on a permanent basis to the list of 33 best football players and 5 times even headed him.
In 1985, Yuri left "Spartacus" and to the end of the sports biography managed to play for Dnipro, Lokomotiv, Asmaral, as well as a number of other Russian and foreign clubs. For several years, the football player lived and worked in Moldova, but he recalls that period with bitter irony: he almost did not pay money then, although they offered and play, and train.
Gavrilov left professional sports in a solid for football - in 43 years. Leaving the field, Yuri Vasilyevich moved to the coaching bridge, having time to work as a mentor in Russian clubs and abroad, in Moldova and Congo. Now a man is in a well-deserved rest, but he does not dream about peace.
Yuri Gavrilov now
In 2017, Yuri Vasilyevich founded the football academy of his name, located in Dolgoprudnnaya, where boys are engaged in 4 to 14 years old. On the basis of the Academy, the Children's and Youth Club "Svyatogor" is formed and amateur tournaments for the Gavrilov Cup. In 2020, the competition took place in February, after which the school temporarily suspended activity due to the self-insulation regime. News and photos from the life of the team are published in the Instagram account.The President of the "Saint" continues to live in Moscow, receives a pension of 15 thousand rubles. And it rejoins that thanks to the 2nd group of disability, has a 50 percent discount on utility bills. Additional money brings participation in veteran tournaments. Still, without a ball, Yuri Vasilyevich Life does not represent. Despite the fact that the men replaced the hip joint and the injury of Achilles tendon in history, the main prevention of disease, he considers sports and tries to keep himself in a tone, without relying entirely on medications.
Achievements
- 1976, 1979 - Champion of the USSR
- 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 - No. 1 in the list 33 of the best football players of the USSR
- 1980 - Bronze Prize-winner of the Olympic Games
- 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985 - Silver winner of the USSR Championship
- 1982 - Bronze medalist of the USSR Championship
- 1983 - The best scorer of the USSR Championship