Please answer the following question: Facts:   - death place: razliv , leningrad oblast , ussr    - clubs: yakht-klub raykomvoda moscow msfk moscow dynamo leningrad dynamo leningrad    - position: goalkeeper    - nationalcaps: 2    - years: 1923-1924 1925 1925-1931 1935    - nationalyears: 1924-1925    - death date: 15 december 1988    - nationalgoals: -1      - birth date: 12 may 1897    - fullname: nikolai yevgrafovich sokolov    - name: nikolai sokolov    - nationalteam: ussr    - birth place: moscow , russia   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nikolai sokolov -lrb- footballer -rrb- .
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nikolai yevgrafovich sokolov -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born may 12 , 1897 in moscow ; died december 15 , 1988 in razliv , leningrad oblast -rrb- was a soviet football player .