Almir Izmailovich Kayumov (; 30 December 1964 – 7 August 2013) was a Russian

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and

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Career

Kayumov played for

FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk () is an association football club from Nizhnekamsk, Russia, founded in 1991. It played at the second-highest level in the Russian First League in 1993–1998, 2001–2004, 2012 to 2013–14, 2016–17 and from 2019– ...

FC Lada Togliatti FC Lada-Tolyatti () is a Russian football club based in Tolyatti. History The club was founded in 1970 at the VAZ automobile company under the name of ''Torpedo''. The team played in the Soviet Second League until the dissolution of USSR. In 198 ...

Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia: * FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club * HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team * Spartak GM Moscow, a semi-professional rugby club * ...

Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd () is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League, and are the largest and best supported Volgograd club. ...

, SKA Rostov-on-Don, in Russia, the

Daewoo Royals Busan IPark FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Busan that competes in K League 2, the second tier of the South Korean football pyramid. They play their home games at the Busan Gudeok Stadium. Busan IPark was founded as ...

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, and

Kuopion Palloseura Kuopion Palloseura, commonly referred to as KuPS, is a Finnish professional football club based in Kuopio. KuPS competes in Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. The team plays its home matches at Kuopio Football Stadium. KuPS ha ...

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. He played 6 games in the

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for FC Spartak Moscow. On November 9, 2009, it was reported that Kayumov attempted to commit

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by jumping out of his apartment window. Police negotiators talked him down, however, and he was brought to a

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.В Москве пытался покончить жизнь самоубийством футбольный судья Каюмов
/ref> Kayumov later denied this, stating that he had just an ordinary treatment.

Death

Kayumov died on 7 August 2013, when he was hit by a

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truck in

Smolensk Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia. It has been a regional capital for most of ...

. According to investigators, his death was a

as the surveillance camera footage showed that he jumped in front of the truck.

Honours

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and g ...

champion: 1987. * Soviet Top League runner-up: 1984, 1985. * Soviet Top League bronze: 1986. *

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winner: 1992.

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