Yury Morozov (footballer, born 1934)

Yury Andreyevich Morozov (Russian: Ю́рий Андре́евич Моро́зов; 13 May 1934 – 15 February 2005[1]) was a Soviet football player and coach.

He also worked with Lobanovsky at clubs in the Middle East at the helm of the Kuwaiti national side.

In 1977, having previously been part of the coachings staff at Spartak Moscow, he took on his first head coach's job with former club Zenit leading them to third place in the Soviet Supreme League in 1980, their highest-ever finish at the time.

He had three spells as head coach at FC Zenit over a 15-year period and in 1984 the team he built became Soviet champions for the only time.

He left the club for the final time in 2002 due to ill health but returned to coaching at FC Petrotrest St. Peterburg.