 Kovtun working with Arsenal Tula in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yuri Mikhailovich Kovtun | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Azov, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aktobe (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SDYuShOR-3 Azov | |||
| ROShISP-10 Rostov-on-Don | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Luch Azov | 36 | (1) |
| 1989–1990 | SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 61 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | 64 | (1) |
| 1992 | Rostselmash-2 Rostov-on-Don | 1 | (0) |
| 1993–1998 | Dynamo Moscow | 156 | (5) |
| 1999–2005 | Spartak Moscow | 122 | (7) |
| 2000 | Spartak-2 Moscow | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 29 | (5) |
| 2007 | MVD Rossii Moscow (amateur) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Arsenal Tula (amateur) | ||
| Total | 470 | (19) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994–2003 | Russia | 50 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2009 | MVD Rossii Moscow | ||
| 2010 | Salyut-Energia Belgorod (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Volga Nizhny Novgorod (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Tosno (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Dynamo Moscow (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Ural Yekaterinburg (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Arsenal Tula (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Rodina Moscow (assistant) | ||
| 2023– | Aktobe (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yuri Mikhailovich Kovtun (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Ковтун; born 5 January 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former defender, well known as a 1990s Russia national football team player, as well as Dynamo Moscow and Spartak Moscow stopper. He is an assistant coach of Kazakhstani club Aktobe.