Yury Gazinsky

Yury Gazinsky
Gazinsky in 2014
Personal information
Full name Yury Aleksandrovich Gazinsky
Date of birth (1989-07-20) 20 July 1989
Place of birth Komsomolsk-on-Amur,
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
2003–2007 Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure 70 (10)
2010–2012 Luch-Energiya 51 (2)
2012–2013 Torpedo Moscow 29 (3)
2013–2022 Krasnodar 209 (11)
2022–2024 Ural Yekaterinburg 21 (3)
2024–2025 Krasnodar 3 (1)
2024 Krasnodar-2 2 (0)
Total 385 (30)
International career
2014–2020 Russia 21 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yury Aleksandrovich Gazinsky (Russian: Юрий Александрович Газинский, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ gɐˈzʲinskʲɪj]; born 20 July 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

In May 2013, Gazinsky signed for Krasnodar on a three-year contract.[2] He left Krasnodar as his contract expired in May 2022.[3]

On 17 August 2022, Gazinsky signed a two-year contract with Ural Yekaterinburg.[4] Gazinsky left Ural as his contract expired in June 2024.[5]

On 10 July 2024, Gazinsky returned to Krasnodar on a one-season contract.[6] After winning his first Russian Premier League title, which was also the club's first, Gazinsky left Krasnodar on 27 May 2025.[7] On 23 August 2025, Gazinsky announced his retirement from playing.[8]

International career

He was called up to the Russia national football team in August 2015 for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers against Sweden and against Liechtenstein.[9] He made his debut for the team on 31 August 2016 in a friendly against Turkey.

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[10] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[11] On 14 June 2018, he scored the first goal of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the 12th minute of the opening match against Saudi Arabia.[12] Russia went on to win the match 5–0.[13] He stayed on the bench in the Round of 16 defeat of Spain before appearing as a substitute in the quarterfinal shoot-out loss to Croatia.

On 11 May 2021, he was named as a back-up player for Russia's UEFA Euro 2020 squad.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 April 2025
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure 2007 Russian Second League 5000——50
2008 Russian Second League 24340——283
2009 Russian Second League 23500——235
2010 Russian Second League 18210——192
Total 701050——7510
Luch-Energia Vladivostok 2010 Russian First League 14100——141
2011–12 Russian First League 37130——401
Total 51230——542
Torpedo Moscow 2012–13 Russian First League 29320——313
Krasnodar 2013–14 Russian Premier League 29140——331
2014–15 Russian Premier League 21020111—341
2015–16 Russian Premier League 21030101—341
2016–17 Russian Premier League 29230120—442
2017–18 Russian Premier League 282003000312
2018–19 Russian Premier League 282409100413
2019–20 Russian Premier League 110002000130
2020–21 Russian Premier League 263108000353
2021–22 Russian Premier League 16110——171
Total 209111805530028214
Ural Yekaterinburg 2022–23 Russian Premier League 14362——205
2023–24 Russian Premier League 7010——80
Total 21372——285
Krasnodar 2024–25 Russian Premier League 3140——71
Krasnodar-2 2024–25 Russian Second League 20———20
Career total 385303925530047935

International

As of 14 October 2020[15]
Russia
YearAppsGoals
201640
201710
2018111
201910
202040
Total211

International goals

Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.[16]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 June 2018Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia Saudi Arabia1–05–02018 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Krasnodar

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Игроком "Краснодара" стал Юрий Газинский (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 31 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  3. ↑ ""КРАСНОДАР" ПОПРОЩАЛСЯ С МАРТЫНОВИЧЕМ, ГАЗИНСКИМ И ГОРОДОВЫМ" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 22 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Полузащитник сборной России Юрий Газинский стал игроком ФК "Урал"" (in Russian). Ural Yekaterinburg. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Юрий Газинский покидает "Урал"" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 7 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "ЮРИЙ ГАЗИНСКИЙ ВЕРНУЛСЯ В "КРАСНОДАР"" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 10 July 2024.
  7. ↑ ""Краснодар" попрощался со Смоловым, Газинским и Дюпиным". FC Krasnodar. 27 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "36-летний Газинский объявил о завершении карьеры" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Состав на Швецию и Лихтенштейн (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 21 August 2015.
  10. ↑ Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
  11. ↑ Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Impressive Russia win World Cup opener". BBC Sport.
  13. ↑ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Russia - Saudi Arabia". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  14. ↑ Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО [Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2021.
  15. ↑ Yury Gazinsky at Soccerway
  16. ↑ Yury Gazinsky at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ↑ "«Краснодар» впервые стал чемпионом Мир РПЛ!" [Krasnodar became the champions of Mir RPL for the first time!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 24 May 2025. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  18. ↑ "Лауреаты сезона и список "33-х лучших игроков"". Российский футбольный союз (in Russian). Retrieved 15 September 2023.