Nikita Simonyan
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| Full name | Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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Current team | retired | ||
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Football | ||
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1956 Melbourne | Team competition |
Nikita (Mkrtych) Pavlovic Simonyan (Template:Lang-hy, Template:Lang-ru, 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.
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
- Template:Ru icon Profile and interview
- Nikita Simonyan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nikita Simonyan – FIFA competition record (archived)
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Categories:
- 1926 births
- Living people
- Russian Armenians
- Soviet football managers
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- Armenian football managers
- Russian football managers
- FC Spartak Moscow 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
- Armenian football biography stubs
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