Nikita Simonyan

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Nikita (Mkrtych) Pavlovic Simonyan (Armenian: Նիկիտա (Մկրտիչ) Սիմոնյան, Russian: Никита Павлович Симонян, born October 12, 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.

[edit] Honours

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Decorations

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

[edit] External links

• (Russian) Profile and interview

v • d • e USSR squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup 1 Yashin • 2 Kesarev • 3 Kriglevski • 4 Kuznetsov • 5 Voinov • 6 Netto • 7 Apukhtin • 8 V. Ivanov • 9 Simonyan • 10 Salnikov • 11 Ilyin • 12 Maslachenko • 13 Belyaev • 14 Ostrovskiy • 15 Maslyonkin • 16 Tsarev • 17 A. Ivanov • 18 Bubukin • 19 Gusarov • 20 Falin • 21 Fiedosov • 22 Yerokhin • Coach: Kachalin

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