Education
Military Academy of Armored Forces.
Military Academy of Armored Forces.
Nikolayev made his debut for Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics on July 20, 1952 in an Olympics game against Bulgaria. As a manager, he was in charge of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics national football team from October 1970 until the end of 1971.
Soviet Top League winner: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970 (as manager). Soviet Top League runner-up: 1945, 1949. Soviet Top League bronze: 1964, 1965 (both as manager). Soviet Cup winner: 1945, 1948, 1951. Soviet Top League top scorer: 1946 (16 goals), 1947 (14 goals). Grigory Fedotov Club member: 111 goals. As a manager: Europe U-23 champion: 1976, Europe U-21 champion: 1980.
