Yuriy Hura

Ukrainian footballer and coach

Yuriy Hura
Personal information
Full name	Yuriy Volodymyrovych Hura
Date of birth	(1976-08-08) 8 August 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sheriff Tiraspol (manager)
Youth career
	Krystal Oleksandriya
	DYuSSh-2 Oleksandriya
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2000	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	183	(17)
1994	→ Lokomotyv Znamyanka (loan) (amateurs)	5	(0)
1995	→ Polihraftekhnika-Krystal (loan) (amateurs)	11	(0)
1995	→ Olimpiya FC AES (loan)	7	(2)
2001	Zhenis Astana	5	(1)
2001	Dostyk Shymkent	16	(5)
2002	Urengoygasprom Anapa (amateurs)
2003	Fakel Varva (amateurs)	8	(7)
2004	Yassi-Sairam Shymkent	27	(0)
2005–2007	FC Atyrau	58	(6)
2007	Vostok Oskemen	7	(0)
2008	Kholodnyi Yar Kamyanka (amateurs)	8	(0)
2009–2010	UkrAhroKom Holovkivka (amateurs)	12	(7)
2010	→ UkrAhroKom-2 Holovkivka (amateurs)	11	(10)
Managerial career
2011–2014	UkrAhroKom Holovkivka
2014–2021	Oleksandriya (assistant)
2021–2022	Oleksandriya
2024–	Sheriff Tiraspol
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yuriy Volodymyrovych Hura (Ukrainian: Юрій Володимирович Гура; born 8 August 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional football midfielder and manager. Hura is better known for coaching UkrAhroKom Holovkivka.

Playing career

Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya

Hura started out playing in youth clubs of Oleksandriya in Central Ukraine and later joined city's main club Polihraftekhnika.

Kazakhstan

In 2000s he moved to Kazakhstan and for almost a decade disappeared from the Ukrainian football.

Return to Ukraine

In 2008 he returned to his home country playing in amateur competitions and eventually joined the newly created club UkrAhroKom Holovkivka from Oleksandriya suburbs.

Managerial career

UkrAhroKom Holovkivka

At the end of 2010, Hura announced his retirement from playing career and became the head coach of the amateur club UkrAhroKom Holovkivka where he finished his playing career. During his term as head coach of the small club Hura managed to bring them from amateurs to the second professional tier Ukrainian First League.

Oleksandriya

Following completion of the 2013–14 season, UkrAhroKom Holovkivka was merged with PFC Oleksandriya to form Oleksandriya and Hura joined the coaching staff of new club coaching youth reserve. After dismissal of Volodymyr Sharan in May 2021 Hura became the head coach of Oleksandriya.^[1]