Yuri Tarasov
Ukrainian footballer (1960–2000)
Yuri Ivanovich Tarasov (Russian: Юрий Иванович Тарасов; born 5 April 1960; died in 1999) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a striker.
Statistics for Metalist
Other – USSR Super Cup
The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "Autumn-Spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments
Honours
Club records for most games played (214) and most goals scored (61) for FC Metalist Kharkiv in the Soviet Top League.
Soviet Cup winner: 1988.
4 games and 2 goals for FC Metalist Kharkiv in the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup.
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