Yuri Petrov

Yuri Anatolyevich Petrov was a professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in the Ukrainian SSR, Petrov represented Russia internationally at youth level.
Petrov spent most of his professional career in the Netherlands, notably with RKC Waalwijk and FC Twente.

Club career

Petrov was born in Kryvyi Rih. He signed a professional contract with Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk at the age of 16.
He played one game in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup for Lokomotiv Moscow.
Eredivisie club FC Twente signed him for a club record fee from RKC Waalwijk. He was fired by FC Twente in 1998 because of alcohol abuse. He later played for clubs in Russia and Ukraine and returned to Holland to play for FC Volendam in 2006.
In the 2000–01 season Petrov helped RKC Waalwijk achieve seventh place in the Eredivisie after the club had been at the bottom of the league in previous years.

Petrov represented Russia at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Petrov was married to Tanya Kazakova and they had two children. They divorced because of him developing a severe drinking problem.
At the end of 2012 he was living at Traverse, a social assistance centre in Tilburg.
Petrov died on 28 April 2023 in Tilburg, at the age of 48.