Valentin Nikolayev

Soviet footballer (1921-2009)

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Lived 1921–2009, aged 88

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Valentin Aleksandrovich Nikolayev was a Soviet football player and coach.

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Zhukov Medal
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of the Red Star
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Medal "For Battle Merit"
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Merited Coach of the USSR
Honored Physical Culture Worker of the Russian Federation
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For Labour Valour"