Sergei Nikolayevich Nikulin (russian: Серге́й Николаевич Никулин; born 1 January 1951) is a former
Soviet football player and a current
Russia
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n coach.
Honours
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Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (spring).
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Soviet Cup winner: 1977, 1984.
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Olympic bronze: 1980.
International career
Nikulin made his debut for
USSR
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on 30 October 1974 in a
UEFA Euro 1976 qualifier against
Ireland
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. He did not play for the national team again until 1979, when he played in a
UEFA Euro 1980 qualifier.
External links
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Profile at RussiaTeam
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1951 births
Footballers from Dushanbe
Living people
Soviet men's footballers
Soviet Union men's international footballers
Soviet Top League players
FC Dynamo Moscow players
Olympic footballers for the Soviet Union
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in football
Tajikistani people of Russian descent
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's association football defenders
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