nɪkˈiːɾə pævlˈoʊvɪtʃ sɪmˈɑːnjən, , bˈɔːɹn ˌɛmkˌeɪˈɑːɹtˈɪtʃ pˌɑːɡəsˈoʊvɪtʃ sɪmˈɑːnjən, twˈɛlv ɑːktˈoʊbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɪks ɪz ɐ sˈoʊviətɹˈʌʃən fˈɔːɹmɚ fˈʊtbɔːl stɹˈaɪkɚ ænd kˈoʊtʃ ʌv ɑːɹmˈiːniən dᵻsˈɛnt.
Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan (, , born Mkrtych Pogosovich Simonyan, 12 October 1926) is a Soviet-Russian former football striker and coach of Armenian descent.