Joseph Nalbandian (; 1919 – after 1985) was a Lebanese

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player and manager. During the 1930s and 1940s, Nalbandian played as a

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for

DPHB Association Sportive DPHB, known as Al Sikkat Al Hadid Wal Marfa' in Arabic (), was a multi-sports club based in Forn El Chebbak, a district in Beirut, Lebanon. DPHB, which was the sports club of the Lebanese railways company, was mainly known ...

, Hilmi-Sport,

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Homenetmen Homenetmen (, , short for , meaning ''Armenian General Athletic Union'') is a pan-Armenian diaspora organization devoted to sport and scouting. The motto of Homenetmen is "Rise and Raise" (Elevate Yourself and Elevate Others with You) ( ''Partsrat ...

, and

Nahda The Nahda (, meaning 'the Awakening'), also referred to as the Arab Awakening or Arab Enlightenment, was a cultural movement that flourished in Arabs, Arab-populated regions of the Ottoman Empire, notably in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Tunisia, ...

, at club level. He also represented

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internationally. Nalbandian coached Homenetmen, from 1947 to 1972, and

, during the 1960s. He was in the Regional Committee of Homenetmen between 1965 and 1971, and was General Secretary of the

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between 1967 and 1985.

Honours

Manager

Homenetmen Beirut *

Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division (), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. Established in 1934 and organized by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), the Lebanese Premier Leagu ...

: 1947–48, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1962–63, 1968–69 *

Lebanese FA Cup The Lebanon Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in domestic Lebanese football. In the first FA Cup final, held on 26 June 1938, Nahda beat Hilmi-Sport 3–2 in the replay (after drawing 1� ...

: 1947–48, 1961–62 Lebanon * Arab Nations Cup third place:

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

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* 1919 births Year of death missing Lebanese people of Armenian descent Ethnic Armenian sportspeople Lebanese men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Lebanese Premier League players AS DPHB players Homenetmen Beirut (football) players Al Nahda SC players AS Hilmi-Sport players Sagesse SC (football) players Lebanon men's international footballers Lebanese football managers Lebanon national football team managers Lebanese Premier League managers Homenetmen Beirut (football) managers {{Lebanon-footy-bio-stub