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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

A Spartak's fan pays his respects next to the grave of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during his funeral at the Vagankovskoye Cemetery in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

The coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, is seen on the pitch during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

A soccer ball autographed by Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, is displayed during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Russian Book Union President Sergei Stepashin pays his respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Former football player and coach Dmitri Alenichev pays his respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Former football player and coach Dmitri Alenichev and former Spartak's player Egor Titov pay their respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Former Spartak's player Egor Titov attends a farewell ceremony for Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Spartak's fans pay their respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

A pallbearer carries a wreath from Russian President Vladimir Putin during a farewell ceremony for Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

People pay their respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Head of the Russian Football Union's Project Office for Sustained Development and Social Responsibility Alexei Smertin pays his respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Gazprom Neft Chairman of the Management Board Alexander Dyukov speaks during a farewell ceremony for Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Akhmat's head coach Stanislav Cherchesov and Russia's head coach Valery Karpin pay their respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Akhmat's head coach Stanislav Cherchesov pays his respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Former goalkeeper of the USSR national team and Spartak Rinat Dasayev pays his respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Former player of the USSR national team and football veteran Yevgeny Lovchev pays his respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Akhmat's head coach Stanislav Cherchesov attends a farewell ceremony for Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev pays his respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Honorary President of the Russian Football Union Vyacheslav Koloskov speaks during a farewell ceremony for Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev speaks during a farewell ceremony for Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev speaks during a farewell ceremony for Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

People pay their respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Former Lokomotiv's head coach Yuri Semin and Honorary President of the Russian Football Union Vyacheslav Koloskov attend a farewell ceremony for Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Adviser to the Russian President, Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in Transport Igor Levitin pays his respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Honorary President of the Russian Football Union Vyacheslav Koloskov, centre, attends a farewell ceremony for Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Former Lokomotiv's head coach Yuri Semin attends a farewell ceremony for Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Former CSKA's head coach Valery Gazzayev pays his respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Relatives pay their respects next to the coffin of Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, during a farewell ceremony before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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Russia Olympic Football Champion Simonyan Death

Adviser to the Russian President, Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in Transport Igor Levitin attends a farewell ceremony for Soviet and Russian football striker and coach Nikita Simonyan, who died at the age of 99 on November 24, before his funeral at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, Russia. A four-time Soviet Union champion, Simonyan played for Spartak Moscow, winning the USSR Cup twice and becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 160 goals. In 1956, he earned an Olympic gold medal as part of the Soviet national team at the Melbourne Games.

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