Nikita Simonyan will be buried on November 27 at the Vagankovskoye cemetery

According to Match TV, the funeral of Olympic football champion Nikita Simonyan will take place on November 27 in Moscow at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.

On Sunday, the president of the Russian Football Veterans Union, Alexander Mirzoyan, told Match TV that Simonyan died at the age of 99. Farewell to Simonyan will take place on Thursday at Spartak’s home stadium. The best scorer in the history of Spartak will be buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.

Simonyan is a four-time champion of the USSR, a two-time winner of the National Cup as part of Spartak, the top scorer of the “red-whites” with 160 goals. Together with the USSR national team he won gold at the Olympic Games in Melbourne. As a coach, he became the USSR champion three times and won the country’s Cup four times. Since 1992, he served as first vice-president of the RFU.

For outstanding achievements in football, Simonyan was awarded the IOC and FIFA orders, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III and IV degrees, and the honorary title “Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the Russian Federation.” In October, Simonyan was awarded the title of Hero of Labor of Russia for his special services to the state and his great contribution to the development and popularization of domestic football.