Nikita Simonyan
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Olympic medal record | |||
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Men's Football | |||
Gold | 1956 | Team |
Nikita Simonyan | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan | |
Date of birth | October 12, 1926 | |
Place of birth | Armavir, USSR | |
Height | 172 cm | |
Position | Forward | |
Club information | ||
Current club | retired | |
Youth clubs | ||
? | Dynamo Sukhumi | |
Professional clubs* | ||
Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
1946-1948 1949-1959 |
Krylya Sovetov Moscow Spartak Moscow |
52(9) 233 (133) |
National team | ||
1954-1958 | USSR | 20 (10) |
Teams managed | ||
1960-1965 1967-1972 1973-1974 1977-1979 1980-1981 1984-1985 |
Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow Ararat Yerevan USSR Chornomorets Ararat Yerevan |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
Nikita Simonyan (Russian: Никита Павлович Симонян, born October 12, 1926 in Armavir) is a Soviet football striker of Armenian descent and manager who won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
He played for Krylya Sovetov Moscow (1946-1948) and Spartak Moscow (1949-1959). Simonyan made 20 appearances for USSR national football team, scoring 10 goals. After the end of his playing career he became a successful manager, coaching Spartak (1960-1965, 1967-1972), Ararat Yerevan (1973-1974, 1984-1985), Chornomorets Odessa (1980-1981) and USSR national football team (1977-1979).
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[edit] Honours
[edit] As 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 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
Categories: Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union | Summer Olympics medalists | 1926 births | Living people | Soviet footballers | Armenian footballers | Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union | Soviet football managers | Spartak Moscow footballers | Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics | FIFA World Cup 1958 players | FIFA World Cup goalscorers | Russian sportspeople stubs | European football biography stubs