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Vasili Kulkov

1966 - 2020

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Vasili Sergeyevich Kulkov (Василий Серге́евич Кульков; 11 June 1966 – 10 October 2020) was a Russian footballer. Either a central defender or defensive midfielder, he was best known for his spells at Spartak Moscow and Benfica. Having retired as a player, he continued his work in football as an assistant in various coaching and managerial crews. Diagnosed with brain cancer in 2019, he died on 10 October 2020, aged 54, from COVID-19. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vasili Kulkov is the 9,479th most popular soccer player (down from 8,064th in 2024), the 2,914th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,786th in 2019) and the 121st most popular Russian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Vasili Kulkov ranks 9,479 out of 21,273. Before him are Maximilian Arnold, Danny Wilson, Ali Adnan Kadhim, Benedict Iroha, Abdelhafid Tasfaout, and Thiago Cionek. After him are Matěj Kovář, Kazuaki Hayashi, Tomáš Souček, Tomasz Hajto, Folarin Balogun, and Hiroyuki Yoshida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Vasili Kulkov ranks 774. Before him are Jüri Luik, Ad-Rock, Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, Nenad Kljaić, Francisco Villarroya, and József Csák. After him are Gina Bellman, Anke von Seck, Heike Warnicke, Vitaliy Savin, Dav Pilkey, and Véronique Claudel. Among people deceased in 2020, Vasili Kulkov ranks 851. Before him are Ki Daophet Niuhuang, Albert Quixall, Tom Coburn, Isidora Žebeljan, Howard Finkel, and Sushant Singh Rajput. After him are Stan Kirsch, Fabrice Philipot, Maurice Setters, Pete Stark, Wallace Roney, and Anele Ngcongca.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasili Kulkov ranks 2,914 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexei Markov (1979), Igor Kunitsyn (1981), Elena Vaenga (1977), Olena Petrova (1972), Dmitri Bulykin (1979), and Dmitry Patrushev (1977). After him are Alexander Volkov (1988), Valeri Bure (1974), Anvar Ibragimov (1965), Olga Zaitseva (1978), Yulia Putintseva (1995), and Anastasia Potapova (2001).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Russia

Among soccer players born in Russia, Vasili Kulkov ranks 121. Before him are Dmitri Galiamin (1963), Dmitri Loskov (1974), Yuri Savichev (1965), Aleksandr Anyukov (1982), Dmitri Cheryshev (1969), and Dmitri Bulykin (1979). After him are Aleksandr Samedov (1984), Fyodor Smolov (1990), Matvei Safonov (1999), Valeri Popovitch (1970), Aleksei Bugayev (1981), and Ruslan Nigmatullin (1974).

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