Denis Simplikevich (russian: Денис Симпликевич; born 11 March 1991) is a Russian

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footballer. He plays as a

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. Simplikevich plays for

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, since 2011/12. He has 27 caps for

, since 2011, with 17 tries scored, 85 points on aggregate. Simplikevich was part of the Russian squad at the

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, playing in two games. He scored a

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against

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and another against Australia in the pool games. In the match for the Russian Supercup 2017 against the

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, he made 7 tries. This is the record of Russia of all times. Enisei-STM won with a score of 64-20. Simplikevich three times became the top try scorer of the Russian Championship (2012, 2014, 2017). In the

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he has 6 tries in 18 matches. Honours * Russian Championships (9): 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020-21, 2021-22 * Russian Cup (6): 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 * Russian Supercup (3): 2014, 2015, 2017 *

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(2): 2016-17, 2017–18

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External links

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2011 Rugby World Cup Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Simplikevich, Denis 1991 births Living people People from Novokuznetsk Russian rugby union players Russia international rugby union players Rugby union fullbacks Universiade gold medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk players Sportspeople from Kemerovo Oblast