- 07.06.1963.
- Follower of the Elbrus Youth Sports School in Nalchik.
Playing career:
- «Spartak» Nalchik – 1980-1984;
- «Nazhan» Nalchik – 1989;
- «Etalon Baksan» – 1990-1991;
- «Avtozapchast» Baksan – 1991-1994.
Coaching career:
- Coach of «Avtozapchast» Baksan – 1991-1994;
- Coach of «Spartak» Nalchik – 1999;
- Head coach of «Spartak-2» Nalchik – 2000-2004;
- Head coach of «Spartak» Nalchik – 2004-2010;
- Head coach of «Lokomotiv» Moscow» – 2010-2011;
- Head coach of «Russia-2» – 2011-2013;
- Head coach of «Anzhi» Makhachkala – 2011-2012;
- Head coach of «Kuban» Krasnodar – 2012-2013;
- Head coach of «Terek» Grozny – 2013;
- National team of Kazakhstan – 2014-2015;
- Head coach of «Khimki» (Moscow region) – 2018;
- Head coach of the Russian women’s team – from 2020.
National team of Kazakhstan
- Head coach of the national team of Kazakhstan in the period from February 7, 2014 to December 31, 2015.
- Under his leadership, the team played in the two-round group A tournament of the EURO 2016 qualification and took 5th place out of 6 teams, ahead of the Latvian team, losing to the teams of the Netherlands, Turkey, Iceland, and the Czech Republic.
- In total, under the leadership of Y. Krasnozhan, the team played 17 matches: +3-8=6, balls 18-25 (30% of points scored).
- Biggest win: 05.09.2014. Astana. Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan 7:1.
- Biggest defeat: 07.06.2014. Budapest. Hungary – Kazakhstan 3:0, 28.03.2015. Astana. Kazakhstan – Iceland 0:3.
- Top story: For the first time since joining UEFA, the coach of the Kazakhstan national team managed during his work to play more than half of the unbeaten matches with his team and complete his cycle with a winning game (13.10.2015. Riga. Latvia – Kazakhstan 0:1).