Armen Andranik Shahgeldyan (; born 28 August 1973) is an Armenian

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manager and former player who is the manager of Armenian club Alashkert-2. He played as a striker for the Armenia national team, and finished his career for

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club

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. Armen debuted for Armenia in 1992, when Armenia played its first international match after gaining independence in a friendly. He has been a member of the national team on and off throughout his career, and has scored six goals in 53 caps. Shahgeldyan was elected twice as the

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: in

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

and

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

. He was the head coach of Mika Yerevan in the

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

seasons of

Club career

At age 16, Armen was in

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, the color he protected for six years. As part of Ararat, the club won the

twice in

and

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

and the

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thrice in 1993, 1994, 1995, as well as Shahgeldyan was voted the

in 1993. In 1996, the transition took place in the camp of a rival of the time, to whom was Cilicia, then known as Pyunik Yerevan. Here Armen spent only one season, during which he became the

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champion and 1996–97

and 1997

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finalist. The next two seasons he spent abroad, try his hand at Ukrainian and Israeli championships, but neither the first nor the second show itself could not. Followed after the first return to his homeland. In 1998, he played for FC Yerevan, which included the 1998 Armenian Premier League bronze medalist and 1998

finalist. At the end of the Armenian Premier League, he receives an offer from a Swiss club

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, which is contracting. For three seasons, he played for the club. Shahgeldyan appeared in 26 games and scored 6 goals. The situation was similar in

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, where over half of the season Shahgeldyan appeared on the field just twice. In 2001, the second return home occurred for Shahgeldyan. Armen was home to Mika Yerevan. After crossing, half of the season took place in Cyprus. In 2004, again in Mika, for which conducts a full season, playing in 21 games and scoring 12 goals in them (5th place in the season). At the end of the year was the last departure to a foreign club,

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, where spent the beginning of the season and then once again moved to the Mika. The last two and a half seasons of his playing career spent in the Ashtarak club, which included two

in 2005, 2006 and one

in 2006 and recognized as the Armenian Footballer of the Year for a second time in 2006 and the best forward in 2005.

International career

Armen debuted in the

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first team in 1992. It was the first match of the team since the independence of Armenia. The match was a friendly against the national team of

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, and ended with a score of a zero tie. From now until the end of his playing career in 2007, Armen constantly received calls in the national team. During this time, he played in 53 games, 8th place or all time, and scored 6 goals, 7th place or all time.

Managerial career

Shahgeldyan graduated from the high school of coaches in Moscow. Since 2008, the head of

-2. In the first

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match of the season, the club was fined 50,000 drams marked "For constant interference in the match referee from the head coach," Mickey-2 "while playing his charges with Shirak FC-2." Due to the unsatisfactory results of Mika, head coach Armen Adamyan left. In the place the head coach took Armen Shahgeldyan. With the advent Shahgeldyan, results changed. The team often began the trick, but it was not enough to win medals. The new season again entrusted Shahgeldyan. The team was periodically thrown to the side. Therefore, the team managed to win the Cup after a long period. However, the results of the championship outweighed Cups to Shahgeldyan and he had to leave. On the occasion of the removal of the head coach of Mika from office, the vacancy was offered Markarova.

Personal life

Shahgeldyan has a son, Andranik, who is also a football player. Andranik played for

in the first team as a forward during the time Armen was head coach. After the departure of his father as head coach, he went to

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for the end of the season.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Player

Ararat Yerevan *

: 1993, 1994, 1995 Pyunik Yerevan * Armenian Premier League: 1996–97 * Armenian Cup runner-up: 1996–97 *

runner-up: 1997 FC Yerevan * Armenian Cup runner-up: 1998 Mika Yerevan * Armenian Cup: 2005, 2006 * Armenian Supercup: 2006; runner-up: 2004, 2007 Lausanne-Sport *

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: 1998, 1999 Individual *

: 1993, 2006 * Best Forward of Armenia: 2004, 2005 * Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 2004–05

Manager

Mika *

References

External links

*
armfootball.tripod.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shahgeldyan, Armen 1973 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Armenian men's footballers Armenia men's international footballers Armenian expatriate men's footballers FC Ararat Yerevan players FC Pyunik players FC Chornomorets Odesa players Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players FC Lausanne-Sport players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Mika players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Al Ahed FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Armenian Premier League players Swiss Super League players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players Cypriot First Division players Lebanese Premier League players Armenian football managers FC Mika managers Soviet Armenians Soviet men's footballers