Nikita Simonyan
Russian footballer and coach (born 1926) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan (Russian: Никита Павлович Симонян, Armenian: Նիկիտա Մկրտիչ Սիմոնյան, born Mkrtych Pogosovich Simonyan, 12 October 1926) is a Soviet and Russian former football striker and coach of Armenian descent. He was born in Armavir. As of 2021 he was the Russian football functionary First Vice-President of the Russian Football Union.[1] Simonyan was awarded the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR title in 1954, the Honored Coach of Russia title in 1968, the Merited Coach of the USSR title in 1970 and the Commander of the Order "For Services to the Fatherland" award in 2011.[2] Simonyan is the top scorer in the history of the club Spartak Moscow at 160 goals.[3]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan | ||
Date of birth | (1926-10-12) 12 October 1926 (age 97) | ||
Place of birth | Armavir, Russian SFSR, USSR | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Dynamo Sukhumi | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1948 | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 52 | (9) |
1949–1959 | Spartak Moscow | 233 | (133) |
Total | 285 | (142) | |
International career | |||
1954–1958 | USSR | 20 | (10) |
Managerial career | |||
1960–1965 | Spartak Moscow | ||
1963 | USSR | ||
1964 | USSR | ||
1967–1972 | Spartak Moscow | ||
1973–1974 | Ararat Yerevan | ||
1977–1979 | USSR | ||
1980–1981 | Chornomorets | ||
1984–1985 | Ararat Yerevan | ||
1988 | USSR | ||
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |