Tigran Yesayan (, born 2 June 1972) is an Armenian

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former player and coach. He played striker for the Armenia national team and for several

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clubs.

Club career

Tigran Yesayan began playing football in 1990 for Zoravana, which competed in the second minor league

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. Since 1992, Zoravana moved directly to the

, in which the club finished bottom of the league and had its place relegated to the

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. However, after the season, Yesayan moved to Zvartnots Echmiadzin. After the end of the season, Yesayan again moved to Dinamo Yerevan, which played in the Armenian Premier League. Yesayan was among the top goalscorers for the team and scored 30 goals for Dinamo. This score was the best in the Armenian Premier League for the 1994 season. In 1995, Yesayan transferred to FC Yerevan. While he was playing for Yerevan, the club won the 1997 Armenian Premier League and became the 1998

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finalist. Yesayan later moved to Torpedo Zaporizhia and played there for the 1999–2000 season. Part way through the season, he transferred to

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, which became the finalist in the

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. With 17 goals, Yesayan was the second top goalscorer. He then played for the Lebanese-Armenian club

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from 2000 to 2002. Yesayan then moved back to Armenia and joined Banants Yerevan. With the club, they became Armenian Premier League finalists twice in

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and

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and Armenian Cup finalists twice in 2003 and 2004. He rejoined Ararat Yerevan in 2004. In 2005, he played for Artsakh Republic club Lernayin Artsakh. Yesayan joined Ararat Yerevan for a third time in 2005 and retired from football on the club in 2006.

International career

Yesayan had participated in 21 international matches and scored four goals for the

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since his debut in an away

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against

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on 20 February 1996. He left the national squad in 1999. (add second) Yesayan is the tenth top goalscorer for the Armenian national squad of all time.

Managerial career

After a career of playing football, Yesayan started coaching. He mostly coached youth and junior teams at first. In late January 2010, he became the head coach of

, which he played his last season for. The club had since been relegated to the

. Under the leadership of Yesayan, the club won the

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and returned to the Premier League. After the end of the season and expiry of his contract, Yesayan signed a new contract with the Ararat for a period of one year. On 16 February, Yesayan had resigned from his post as head coach. The reason was the approach of the preparatory process of the team during the fall and spring transfer window and lack of serious recruitment of players who would seriously strengthened the team in games against Premier League clubs. In general, because of these factors, as well as other minor disclosed information, Yesayan left the club. He later became the head coach of Banants-2 for 2011. After dismissed from his post as head coach of Banants-2 that same year, Ashot Barseghyan filled the vacant position in the club. At the end of the season left office. At the end of February 2012, Yesayan returned to the coaching staff of Ararat, only this time as the coach of Ararat-2.

Career statistics

Honours

As a player

FC Yerevan *

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; third place: 1995–96, 1996–97,

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runner-up: 1998 Ararat Yerevan *Armenian Premier League runner-up:

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Banants Yerevan *Armenian Premier League runner-up:

*Armenian Cup runner-up: 2003, 2004

As a manager

Ararat Yerevan *

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Individual

*Most matches played for FC Yerevan: 95 matches *Most goals scored for FC Yerevan: 61 goals

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yesayan, Tigran 1972 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian men's footballers Armenia men's international footballers Armenian expatriate men's footballers FC Ararat Yerevan players Homenmen Beirut players FC Urartu players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Ukrainian Premier League players Armenian Premier League players Lebanese Premier League players Armenian football managers Men's association football forwards FC Ararat Yerevan managers Soviet men's footballers FC Kotayk players FC Yerevan players FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia players Salam Zgharta FC players ASA Issy players Lernayin Artsakh FC players Expatriate men's footballers in France