Football Union. Simonyan, along with fellow Spartak veteran Alexander Mirzoyan, sent well wishes to Yura Movsisyan in connection with his becoming a Spartak player. Simonyan wrote to Movsisyan, “Dear Yura, I hope that you win more titles at Spartak than I. I wish you success!” Movsisyan replied: “It will be difficult to exceed Simonyan’s achievements—[both] as a player and a coach. Thanks very much for such valuable gift. I know of Simonyan and Mirzoyan as the greatest players, and I am proud to be an Armenian just like them. I have not seen them play, but I know that they have done a lot for Spartak. I am not even close to them [in terms of accomplishments]. [But] I certainly do have plans. I want to score goals and achieve wins. [And] when something goes successfully, I will enter into history at that time.” On 19 February 2013, Simonyan attended the grand opening of the new Spartak arena. He reminisced that if he were 20 years younger, he would be happy to still play for the club. Honours Club Player Spartak Moscow Soviet Top League (4): 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958 Soviet Cup (2): 1950, 1958 Soviet Top League Top Goalscorer (3): 1949 (26 goals), 1950 (34 goals), 1953 (14 goals) Manager Spartak Moscow Soviet Top League (2): 1962, 1969 Soviet Cup (3): 1963, 1965, 1971 Ararat Yerevan Soviet Top League (1): 1973 Soviet Cup (1): 1973 Country Soviet Union Olympic Games (1): Gold Medal 1956 FIFA World Cup (1): 1958 Quarterfinalist Individual Order of Merit for the Fatherland 3rd class Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th class Order of Friendship Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Badge of Honor Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin" Medal "Veteran of Labour" Olympic Order References External links Profile and interview 1926 births Living people People from Armavir, Russia Soviet footballers Armenian footballers Russian footballers Soviet Top League players FC Spartak Moscow players Soviet Union international footballers Armenian football managers Russian football managers Soviet football managers FC Spartak Moscow managers FC Ararat Yerevan managers FC Chornomorets Odesa managers Soviet Union national football team managers Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in football 1958 FIFA World Cup players Russian