Nikita Simonyan
Football player
Soviet and Russian footballer and coach
- Born 12 October 1926
About Nikita Simonyan
Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan (Russian: Никита Павлович Симонян, Armenian: Նիկիտա Պողոսի Սիմոնյան; 12 October 1926 – 23 November 2025) was a Soviet and Russian football striker and coach of Armenian descent. He spent most of his career at Spartak Moscow, where he was top scorer of all time with 160 goals. He played for the Soviet Union national team, winning the gold medal at the 1956 Olympics and reaching the quarter-finals of the 1958 FIFA World Cup.