Nikita Simonyan

Nikita Simonyan
Personal information
Full name Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan
Date of birth 12 October 1926 (1926-10-12) (age 85)
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.

Contents

Honours

As a player

As a manager

Decorations

External links
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
FC Spartak Moscow – managers
(c) caretaker
  • Kogan (1936)
  • Blank (1937–39)
  • Lapidus (1939)
  • Kozyrskyi (1940)
  • Khodotov (1941)
  • Fomin (1945)
  • Shchehotsky (1945–46)
  • Fomin (1947–50)
  • Khyzhnikov (1950)
  • club did not exist (1951–52)
  • Kostylev (1953–54)
  • Fomin (1955)
  • Andriasyan (1955–56)
  • Stupakov (1956–58)
  • Halynskyi (1958)
  • Zubrytskyi (1959–62)
  • Bobrov (1963)
  • Gorokhov (1964)
  • Voynov (1964–67)
  • Fedorov (1967)
  • Morozov (1967)
  • Shaposhnikov (1968–70)
  • Zhylin (1971)
  • Morozov (1971)
  • Zubrytskyi (1971–73)
  • Aleskerov (1973–77)
  • Zubrytskyi (1977–79)
  • Zubkov (1979c)
  • Prokopenko (1979c)
  • Simonyan (1979–81)
  • Prokopenko (1982–86)
  • Polosin (1987–88)
  • Zabolotnyi (1988)
  • Prokopenko (1989–94)
  • Buryak (1994–98)
  • Kozerenko (1998)
  • Holokolosov (1998–99)
  • Melnyk (1999c)
  • Azarenkov (1999–2001)
  • Skrypnyk (2001–02)
  • Haidarzhi (2002–03)
  • Altman (2003–06)
  • Dohadaylo (2006c)
  • Altman (2007)
  • Shevchenko (2007–08)
  • Hryshko (2008–09)
  • Nakonechnyi (2009c)
  • Bal (2009–10)
  • Nakonechnyi (2010c)
  • Hryhorchuk (2010–)
FC 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) caretaker