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Nikita Simonyan Personal information Full name Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan Date of birth 12 October 1926 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.
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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
Soviet Top League top scorers 1936 (spring): Semichastny | 1936 (autumn): Glazkov | 1937: Paichadze/Rumyantsev/Smirnov | 1938: Goncharenko | 1939: G. Fedotov | 1940: G. Fedotov/Solovyov | 1945: Bobrov | 1946: Ponomarev | 1947: Bobrov/Nikolayev/Solovyov | 1948: Solovyov | 1949: Simonyan | 1950: Simonyan | 1951: Gogoberidze | 1952: Zazroyev | 1953: Simonyan | 1954: A.Ilyin/V.Ilyin/Sochnev| 1955: Streltsov | 1956: Buzunov | 1957: Buzunov | 1958: A.Ilyin | 1959: Kaloyev | 1960: Kaloyev/Gusarov | 1961: Gusarov | 1962: Mustygin | 1963: Kopayev | 1964: V. Fedotov | 1965: Kopayev | 1966: Datunashvili | 1967: Mustygin | 1968: Gavasheli/Abduraimov | 1969: Osyanin/Proskurin/Kherhadze | 1970: Nodia | 1971: Malofeyev | 1972: Blokhin | 1973: Blokhin | 1974: Blokhin | 1975: Blokhin | 1976 (spring): Andreasyan | 1976 (autumn): Markin | 1977: Blokhin | 1978: Yartsev | 1979: Starukhin | 1980: Andreyev | 1981: Shengelia | 1982: Yakubik | 1983: Gavrilov | 1984: Andreyev | 1985: Protasov | 1986: Borodyuk | 1987: Protasov | 1988: Shakhov/Borodyuk | 1989: Rodionov | 1990: Protasov/Shmarov | 1991: KolyvanovUSSR squad – 1956 Olympic Gold Medalists GK Razinsky • GK Yashin • DF Tishchenko • DF Ogonkov • DF Maslyonkin • DF Kuznetsov • DF Bashashkin • DF Porkhunov • MF Netto • MF Betsa • MF Paramonov • FW Tatushin • FW Ivanov • FW Isayev • FW Ryzhkin • FW Salnikov • FW Ilyin • FW Streltsov • FW Simonyan • FW Belyayev • Coach: Kachalin
Soviet Union squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup 1 Yashin • 2 Kesarev • 3 Krizhevsky • 4 Kuznetsov • 5 Voynov • 6 Netto • 7 Apukhtin • 8 V. Ivanov • 9 Simonyan • 10 Salnikov • 11 Ilyin • 12 Maslachenko • 13 Belyayev • 14 Ostrovskiy • 15 Maslyonkin • 16 Tsarev • 17 A. Ivanov • 18 Bubukin • 19 Gusarov • 20 Falin • 21 Fedosov • 22 Yerokhin • Coach: KachalinFC Spartak Moscow – managers Fivébr (1936) · Kozlov (1936–37) · Kvashnin (1937–38) · Popov (1938–39) · Gorokhov (1940) · Popov (1941) · Gorokhov (1942–43) · Kvashnin (1944) · Isakov (1945) · Wolrat (1945–47) · Kvashnin (1948) · Dangulov (1949–51) · Glazkov (1951) · Sokolov (1952–54) · Gulyaev (1955–59) · Simonyan (1960–65) · Gulyaev (1966) · Salnikov (1967) · Simonyan (1967–72) · Gulyaev (1973–75) · Krutikov (1976) · Beskov (1977–88) · Romantsev (1989–95) · Yartsev (1996) · Romantsev (1997–2003) · Fedotov (2003c) · Chernyshov (2003) · Fedotov (2003c) · Scala (2004) · Starkovs (2004–06) · Fedotov (2006–07) · Cherchesov (2007–08) · Lediakhov (2008c) · Laudrup (2008–09) · Karpin (2009–)
(c) caretakerFC Ararat Yerevan – managers Merangulyan (1935–38) · Atanesyan (1939) · Yesenin (1940–44) · Andreev (1945) · Suchkov (1946) · Grechishnikov (1947) · H. Andreasyan (1948) · Spukhtin (1949) · Filipov (1949) · Ryabikov (1950–51) · Evranov (1952) · H. Andreasyan (1953–54) · Dangulov (1955–56) · H. Andreasyan (1957) · Smyslov (1958–60) · H. Andreasyan (1961) · Akimov (1962) · Abramov (1963) · Zharkov (1964) · Falyan (1965–67) · Grigoryan (1968) · Ponomarev (1969–70) · Glebov (1971–72) · Simonyan (1973–74) · Maslov (1975) · Markarov (1976–77) · Gulyaev (1978) · Zakharov (1978) · Betsa (1979–81) · A. Andreasyan (1982–83) · Simonyan (1984–85) · Zakharov (1986) · A. Andreasyan (1986–89) · Kazaryan (1989) · Sarkisyan (1990–94) · Darbinyan (1995) · A. Andreasyan (1996–2003) · Arzumanyan (2003–04) · Khashmanyan (2004–06) · Sukiasyan (2006–07) · Mijić (2007–08) · Sukiasyan (2008) · Kirakosyan (2008–09) · A. Andreasyan (2009c) · Safaryan (2009–10c) · Yesayan (2010) · A. Andreasyan (2011–)
(c) caretakerCategories:- 1926 births
- Living people
- People from Armavir, Russia
- Russian Armenians
- Soviet football managers
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- Armenian football managers
- Russian football managers
- FC Spartak Moscow managers
- FC Chornomorets Odessa managers
- FC Ararat Yerevan managers
- Soviet footballers
- Armenian footballers
- Russian footballers
- Soviet Union international footballers
- Honoured Masters of Sports of the USSR
- Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union
- Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- Soviet Union national football team managers
- Olympic medalists in football
- Armenian football biography stubs
- Russian football forward stubs
- Soviet football biography stubs
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