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Maksim Samoylov

Russian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 8, 2024
Entity authorityQ6740264 ↗
Source-derived summary

Maksim Sergeyevich Samoylov (Russian: Максим Серге́евич Самойлов; 25 May 1981 – 5 October 2024) was a Russian professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.

Career

Samoylov made his Russian Football National League debut for FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk on 17 August 2000 in a game against FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk.

Death

Samoylov suffered a heart attack and died on 5 October 2024, at the age of 43.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Maksim Samoylov” as russian footballer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1981, 2024, 2000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1981-05-25. The account is most persuasive where Maksim, Samoylov and Russian can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as russian footballer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 8, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q6740264. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1981, 2024 and 2000.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Maksim Samoylov” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.