 Simonyan in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Armavir, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR | ||
| Date of death | 23 November 2025 (aged 99) | ||
| Place of death | Moscow, Russia | ||
| 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 | |||
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. He spent most of his career at Spartak Moscow. There, he was the top scorer of all time with 160 goals. He played for the Soviet Union national team, winning the gold medal at the 1956 Olympics.
Simonyan was the Russian football First Vice-president of the Russian Football Union.
On 20 November 2025, Simonyan was hospitalized in Moscow, Russia after falling and breaking his leg. He died three days later on 23 November 2025 at the age of 99.
