Yuriy Dmytrulin

Who is Yuriy Dmytrulin?

Yuriy Mykhaylovych Dmytrulin is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He is 175 cm tall and weighed 71 kg.

Dmytrulin was born on 10 February 1975 in the city of Snihurivka, at the time part of the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union.

He was a versatile full-back for Dynamo Kyiv since 1992 and one of the leading defenders in Ukraine along with Oleksandr Holovko, Vladyslav Vaschuk, and others. During his stay in the club Dmytrulin became a nine-times champion of Ukraine, while raising the national cup over his head six times. He was instrumental for Dynamo Kyiv to reach semi-finals of the Champion's League in 1999. Dmytrulin also capped nearly 40 games for the national side, debuting on 13 August 1996 in the game against Lithuania. His single goal came on 5 June 1999 in the game against Andorra during the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying campaign.

After retiring from the professional football in 2008, Dmytrulin continued to play for short while in amateurs, particularly for FC Irpin Horenychi that managed to win the national amateur cup in 2008.