Mykola Koltsov

{{short description|Soviet footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

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| name = Mykola Koltsov

| fullname = Mykola Mykhaylovych Koltsov

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|5|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Voronezh, RSFSR

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|12|27|1936|5|11}}

| death_place = Kharkiv, Ukraine

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1951–1957

| youthclubs1 = FC Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev

| years1 = 1957–1960

| years2 = 1961–1963

| years3 = 1963–1966

| years4 = 1967

| clubs1 = FC Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev

| clubs2 = FC Dynamo Kyiv

| clubs3 = FC Avanhard Kharkiv

| clubs4 = FC Zirka Kirovohrad

| caps1 = 95

| caps2 = 44

| caps3 = 89

| caps4 = 33

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 = 0

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| manageryears1 = 1967–1970

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| managerclubs1 = FC Avanhard Kharkiv (ass't)

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Mykola Koltsov ({{langx|uk|Микола Михайлович Кольцов}}; 11 May 1936 – 27 December 2011{{cite web|publisher=Artur Valerko, Football.ua|title=Из "золотого" состава|url=http://football.ua/ownshirt/persons/151784.html|accessdate=2011-12-29}}) was a Soviet footballer and Ukrainian football children and youth trainer.{{cite web|publisher=kiev.vgorode.ua|title=Скончался экс-динамовец Николай Кольцов|url=http://kiev.vgorode.ua/news/91720/|accessdate=2011-12-27}}

Koltsov also was decorated by the President of Ukraine only one month before his death.{{cite web|publisher=Official Site of the President of Ukraine|title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 1096/2011 Про відзначення державними нагородами України|url=http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/14243.html|accessdate=2011-12-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203025857/http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/14243.html|archivedate=3 December 2011}} He died in Kharkiv, aged 75.