Paramonov receiving a commemorative Spartak shirt on his 93rd birthday. Paramonov holds a number of statistical feats for Spartak, some of them are likely never to be repeated. He scored 73 goals for Spartak, and the team never lost in 90 minutes if he scored (Spartak lost to VVS Moscow in the Soviet Cup after Paramonov's goal, but the game was drawn after 90 minutes.)He played 28 games in a row against one opponent, never missing a single Spartak - Dynamo Kyiv game from 11th June 1948 to … [Read more...]
Nikita Simonyan Biography: Football – Is It Just a Game? (Part Three)
February 16, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan (1926- ) is the current vice president of the Russian Football Union, and one of the most noteworthy figures in Russian and Soviet football. Between 1949 and 1959 he became the highest scoring player ever for Spartak Moscow, with whom he won four Soviet championships, and he was also one of the stars on the Soviet national team that won the 1956 Olympics and finished fourth at the 1958 World Cup. He later went into coaching and he won three Soviet championships … [Read more...]
