Eduard Antranik Eranosyan (; born 8 February 1961), nicknamed ''"Edo"'' ''()'', is a

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manager and a former player who played as a striker. Eranosyan played for

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

, Vitória de Setúbal,

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and Boavista.

Career

Player career

Beginning in 1978, he played for

(1977–1988, 1989, 1993–1994) as one of the club's most acclaimed attackers, featuring in 158 matches and scoring 62 goals in the

A PFG The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of t ...

, winning the Cup of the Soviet Army in

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and being the championship's top goalscorer in

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. Later, he also played in

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and

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

, for

Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Kalamarias (Greek: Απόλλων Καλαμαριάς) is a Greek sports club from Kalamaria, a suburb of Thessaloniki. It was founded in 1926. The club is named after Apollo, the mythical Greek god. Its colors are red and black. Histor ...

(1988–1989), Vitória (1989–1990),

Leixões S.C. Leixões Sport Club (), commonly known as Leixões, is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as athletics, boxing, football, futsal, handball, karate, swimming, volleyball, wat ...

(1990–1991, 1992–1993 and 1996–1997) and

Boavista F.C. Boavista Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Boavista, is a Portuguese professional sports club from the of Porto that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football, at the Estádio do B ...

(1991–1992). Eranosyan has 10 caps for the

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. He was known for his flair and view of the game.

Manager career

Eranosyan began his managing career at

, which he coached between 1997 and 1999. He then took up the manager job at

, remaining there in 2000–2001 and between 2003 and 2005 (leading the team to its first and only championship title in 2004), also managing

PFC Dobrudzha Dobrich FC Dobrudzha () is a Bulgarian association football, football club based in Dobrich, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. It plays its home matches at Stadion ...

in 2001–2002. Since 23 March 2007, he has been at the helm of

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora Professional Football Club Beroe Stara Zagora, better known as just Beroe (), is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the Bulgarian First Professional League, First League, the top division o ...

. After he moved in

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for APOP Kinyras Peyias. Then, in December 2008 he changed to Enosis Neon Paralimni continuing his adventure in

. In 2013 was appointed as a head coach of

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football club Kabuscorp Sport Club. Eranosyan also holds Portuguese citizenship.

Honours

Player honours

;Lokomotiv Plovdiv * Cup of the Soviet Army (1):

* Bulgarian A PFG top goalscorer (1): 1984 ;Boavista F.C. *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...

(1): 1991–92

Manager honours

;Lokomotiv Plovdiv * Bulgarian A PFG (1): 2003-04 * Bulgarian Supercup (1):

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

* Manager of the year in Bulgarian football (1): 2004 ;Kabuscorp S.C.P. *

Girabola Girabola, or ''Campeonato Nacional de Futebol de Séniores Masculinos'', is the top division of Angolan association football, football. It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation. The term "Girabola" () is a creation of the nationalist, ...

(1):

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eranosyan, Eduard 1961 births Living people Footballers from Plovdiv Bulgarian people of Armenian descent Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Bulgaria men's international footballers PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players Vitória F.C. players Leixões S.C. players Boavista F.C. players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Primeira Liga players Bulgarian football managers Leixões S.C. managers PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv managers PFC Beroe Stara Zagora managers APOP Kinyras FC managers Enosis Neon Paralimni FC managers Kabuscorp S.C.P. managers PFC Ludogorets Razgrad managers Doxa Katokopias FC managers Bulgarian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in Angola Cypriot First Division managers Girabola managers 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen