Eduard Artyomovich Markarov (, , , born on 20 June 1942) is a retired

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player who played striker for clubs Torpedo Armavir, Neftchi Baku and

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and for the

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. In his career as a

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, his last team was the

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club Mika Yerevan. He was a member of the Ararat Yerevan team that won the

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and the

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in 1973 and 1975. Markarov scored 5 goals for Ararat Yerevan at the

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, sharing top goalscorer with

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. He played three matches for the Soviet national squad and participated with the team at the

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, where they came in fourth place. As a manager, Markarov led Mika Yerevan to victory at the

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in 2000 and 2001. Markarov was awarded the Master of Sport of the USSR title in 1963, the Honored Master of Sport of the USSR title in 1973 and the Honored Coach of the

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title in 1983.

Early life

Eduard Markarov was born in

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to a family of

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. Their family name is the Russified version of Margaryan. Markarov is ethnically Armenian. His father was Master of Sport of the USSR football player Artyom Markarov. Following in the footsteps of his father, Eduard took an interest in football and often played the sport with his brothers in their family yard. His father became his first coach. At age 14, he began to train in the youth club of Lokomotiv Baku.

Club career

Markarov was personally invited by head coach Boris Arkadyev to play for his club Neftchi Baku in 1961. In the same year, Markarov was invited to the

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. His forward partners in the club were Yuri Kuznetsov, Alakbar Mammadov,

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and

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, whom all made up the main strikers of Neftchi. Despite the teamwork of the players, the national team rarely invited them, and even when they were invited, they almost never played together. In 1971, Markarov moved to

. He had been receiving several injuries throughout the late 1960s, resulting in a change of clubs. Markarov had the most successful period of his career with this team. Ararat Yerevan won the 1973 Soviet Top League and the

in 1973 and 1975. These achievements are considered among the greatest milestones in the history of Armenian football to this day. Markarov played as one of the main strikers of Ararat during these years. In 1974, along with Gerd Muller was the top scorer of the European Cup. In the

, Markarov scored both goals in the 2-0 first victory over

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and three of the goals in the 4-2 second victory. Ararat Yerevan advanced to the quarterfinals, where the team played two games against

, losing the first 0-2 and winning the second 1–0. Bayern moved on due to aggregate and went on to win the European Cup. Markarov's five goals tied him with

as the top goalscorer of the European Cup.

International career

Markarov played for the

from 1961 to 1962. He played three matches for the

and was a member of the Soviet national squad that competed at the

. The national team came in fourth place.

Managerial career

His managing career started suddenly in 1976, hardly a year after he retired as a football player. Head coach Victor Maslov left

and Markarov, having more respect in the team, was asked to become the head coach. He accepted, officially becoming a football

at 33 years of age. Markarov led Ararat to the 1976 Soviet Top League spring finals. Ararat Yerevan also made it to the 1976

under Markarov's guidance. After the successful debut season, Markarov left the team to begin training children at the National Football School of the

. In 1979, he went to

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to teach at the Institute of Science and Sports. On his return, he joined the Ararat Yerevan coaching staff again for the 1984–85 season, as an assistant to

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, who also coached Ararat when Markarov played for the team. He was an assistant coach for the

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from 1986 until the

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in 1991. The youth team won the

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and came in third place in the

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during Markarov's time on the staff. Markarov then went back to working with Armenian teams of the now independent

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. Markarov managed Malatia Yerevan for the first ever

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and became the first ever manager of the

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, leading the team from 1992 to 1994. He managed Erebuni Yerevan for the 1995–96 season. From 1995 to 1999, Markarov worked in

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with the Lebanese Armenian club

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, which won the

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in 1999. Markarov was the manager of Mika Yerevan from 2000 to 2001, during which time they won the

in both 2000 and 2001. For the 2008 season, he worked as the head coach of Kilikia Yerevan Markarov improved the team results, but they did not rise up from last place. At the end of the year, Makarov voluntarily resigned and moved to the position of trainer-breeder of the club from 2008 to 2010. As of 2010, Markarov is the vice-president of coaching issues and director of the football school of club Mika Yerevan. Following the leave of head coach of Mika

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from his position, it had been proposed that Markarov would fill the vacancy. Markarov worked as the acting head coach of Mika Yerevan from June to July 2011.

Style of play

Markarov was highly technical, inventive, skillfully carried out passing, had distinguished artistry and always represented a danger to the goalkeeper and accurate kicker.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Player

runner-up:

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: 1973, 1975

Manager

runner-up: 1976 (spring) *

runner-up: 1976

: 1999 Mika Yerevan *

: 2000, 2001

Country

;Player

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(1):

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4th place ;Manager Soviet Union U-21 * UEFA Euro U-21 (1):

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(1):

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3rd place

Individual

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member - 159 goals *

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Top Goalscorer (1): 1974–75 *Best 33 players of the

season: No. 2 - 1973; No. 3 - 1971, 1975 *Honorary Citizen of the City of

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Grigoryan Markarov - "Brazilians" Armenian football. - Yerevan, 2002. *Honorary Citizen of the City of

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References

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External links

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Sportinfo.am Ararathuptur.sitecity.ru

Web archive of Statistics at Klisf.info
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