Yuri Kurnenin
Yuri Anatolyevich Kurnenin was a Belarusian professional football player and coach of Russian origin. As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1973 for FC Dynamo Moscow.
To date, he remains the only Belarusian manager to have coached a national team in a major competition, when he coached Syria in the 1996 AFC Asian Cup.
Honours
- Soviet Top League champion: 1982.
- Soviet Top League bronze: 1973, 1975, 1983.
- Soviet Cup finalist: 1987.
European club competitions
- UEFA Cup 1974–75 with FC Dynamo Moscow: 1 game, 1 goal.
- European Cup 1983–84 with FC Dinamo Minsk: 6 games, 2 goals.
- UEFA Cup 1984–85 with FC Dinamo Minsk: 6 games.
- UEFA Cup 1986–87 with FC Dinamo Minsk: 2 games.