MOSCOW, Aug 12 Yuri Nikiforov has been included in the coaching staff of the Russian national team, reportedly on the website of the Russian Football Union (RFU). The 51-year-old specialist joined Valery Karpin's team as an assistant coach. Earlier, Karpin’s assistant Nikolai Pisarev received permission from the RFU to combine work in the national team and Khimki near Moscow, which he headed. “We have known Yuri Valerievich for a long time, since the days of his playing career. coach. In fact, Nikiforov will be responsible for those areas that were previously assigned to Nikolai Pisarev — watching matches and candidates for the Russian national team, analyzing games, communicating with players and clubs where they play, «said Karpin. Nikiforov is a world champion and Europe among juniors in the USSR national team. As part of the adult national team, he played 59 matches. Together with Spartak Moscow, he won the Russian Championship three times and the National Cup once. Nikiforov is the owner of the Ukrainian Cup, a two-time champion of the Netherlands as part of PSV, won the Dutch Super Cup three times. In 2003, he won the Japanese League Cup with the Urawa Red Diamonds.
