Yury Kurbyko
Belarusian footballer
Yury Kurbyko (Belarusian: Юрый Курбыка; Russian: Юрий Курбыко; born 26 February 1956) is a retired Belarusian professional football player. He spent his playing career in Dinamo Minsk and Pakhtakor Tashkent.
In 1991, he was named a Belarusian Footballer of the Year coming only second after Viktor Hryshko in the most "clean sheets" matches run-up. After retirement he started his own business and worked for Football Federation of Belarus.
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