Sergei Yuran

Sergei Juran 2008

Sergei Nikolaevich Juran ( born June 11, 1969 in Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR ) is a retired Russian football player and current coach. He he played after the collapse of the Soviet Union for the Russian national team, for which he took part in the '94 World Cup in the United States.

Life

Sergei Juran was born in 1969 in eastern Ukraine Lugansk. The striker began his active career in 1989 at Dynamo Kiev. In 1990, he was with his club Soviet champion and also won the Soviet Cup football. When the Soviet Union broke up in late 1991 final, Juran moved then to Benfica in Portugal. Further stations of his career were the FC Porto, Spartak Moscow, FC Millwall, Fortuna Dusseldorf, VfL Bochum, again Spartak Moscow and last SK Sturm Graz.

Beginning of the 1990s he was regarded as one of the striker talent in Europe. However, after his move to Benfica in 1992, he made more by escapades attention to itself; there was little sporting highlights. In October 1992, Juran was in dispute with Benfica coach Tomislav Ivić, claiming the coach would not use it because of racial prejudice. In May 1994, Juran has been temporarily suspended from Benfica after he refused to sit on the substitutes ' bench. From his time in Portugal Juran has also a Portuguese passport.

He joined the 1994/95 season with FC Porto, where he played one season also very moderate. In 1994, Juran caused in Porto in the early hours of the morning in a traffic accident in which the driver of the other vehicle was killed. He committed a hit and run and was found two hours later by the police. In December 1999 he was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of $ 15,000 for negligent homicide. After the Portuguese Parliament had enacted an amnesty law last year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the revolution, he took the punishment not to compete.

In October 1997, six months after his move to VfL Bochum, it was agreed internally locked for two games after he had been removed from the influence of alcohol with more than two thousand of the driving license for a car. During the winter break failed a move to Trabzonspor on financial issues. Gameday On the third to last of the season 1997/98 he scored in a relegation battle both goals in a 2-1 victory. In August 1998, Juran traveled without the knowledge of the association to prepare the national team for the friendly against Sweden and was suspended then. By injunction he forced participation in training and was later given for twelve million marks to Spartak Moscow.

For the attack to Spartak Moscow new thrust hoped by Sergei Juran and he managed to take over the role of conductor. In March 1998, Juran had with a shower accident injured her foot and will not be found to its shape. On 9 August 1998, the club parted from him. There was a change to SK Sturm Graz. With Sturm Graz Sergei Juran reached the UEFA Champions League until he severely injured in a ball soaring in a league game. He broke his front leg and a continuation of a professional soccer player was no longer possible. He ended his career in October 2000.

Coaching career

Since 2003 Juran is active as a coach, initially in the reserve team of Spartak Moscow. In February 2009 he took over the head coaching job at the first division locomotive Kazakh Astana, where he stood in 2009 until the end of the season under contract with the team won the runner-up.