Nikita Simonyan

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Nikita Simonyan

Personal information
Full name	Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan
Date of birth	12 October 1926 (1926-10-12)
Place of birth	Armavir, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth career
	Dynamo Sukhumi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1946–1948	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	52	(9)
1949–1959	Spartak Moscow	233	(133)
National team
1954–1958	USSR	20	(10)
Teams managed
1960–1965	Spartak Moscow
1967–1972	Spartak Moscow
1973–1974	Ararat Yerevan
1977–1979	USSR
1980–1981	Chornomorets
1984–1985	Ararat Yerevan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold	1956 Melbourne	Team competition

Nikita (Mkrtych) Pavlovic Simonyan (Armenian: Նիկիտա (Մկրտիչ) Սիմոնյան, Russian: Никита Павлович Симонян, born 12 October 1926 in Armavir) is a Soviet football striker of Armenian descent who won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. As a manager, he won the Soviet Top League with Spartak and Ararat Yerevan.

Honours

As a player

• 1956 Gold Olympic medal
• 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958 Soviet Top League
• 1950, 1958 Soviet Cup
• 1949, 1950, 1953 Soviet Top League top goalscorer

As a manager

• 1962, 1969 Soviet Top League with Spartak Moscow
• 1973 Soviet Top League with Ararat Yerevan
• 1963, 1965, 1971 Soviet Cup with Spartak Moscow
• 1973 Soviet Cup with Ararat Yerevan

Decorations

• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of Friendship of Peoples
• Order of the Badge of Honor
• Olympic Order

External links

• (Russian) Profile and interview
• Nikita Simonyan at National-Football-Teams.com
• Nikita Simonyan – FIFA competition record