Personal information | |||
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Full name | Armen Andraniki Shahgeldyan | ||
Date of birth | 28 August 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Yerevan, Armenian SSR | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990 – 1996 | Ararat Yerevan | 100 | (50) |
1996 – 1997 | Pyunik Yerevan | 19 | (12) |
1997 – 1997 | Chornomorets Odessa | 2 | (0) |
1997 – 1998 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 5 | (0) |
1998 – 1998 | FC Yerevan | 6 | (1) |
1998 – 2000 | Lausanne Sports | 28 | (6) |
2000 – 2001 | FC Dynamo Moscow | 4 | (0) |
2001 – 2002 | Mika Yerevan | 16 | (4) |
2002 – 2003 | Nea Salamis Famagusta FC | 6 | (0) |
2003 – 2007 | Mika Yerevan | 62+ | (38) |
Total | 248 | (107) | |
National team‡ | |||
1992 – 2007 | Armenia | 53 | (6) |
Teams managed | |||
2010 – 2011 | Mika Yerevan | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2007. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 November 2007 |
Armen Shahgeldyan (Armenian: Արմեն Անդրանիկի Շահգելդյան; born on 28 August 1973 in Yerevan) is an Armenian retired football player who played striker for the Armenian national team and finished his career for Armenian Premier League club FC Mika. Armen debuted for the Armenia national team 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 earned 53 caps scored 6 goals [1]. Shahgeldyan was elected twice as the Armenian Footballer of the Year: in 1993 and 2006. He was the head coach of Mika Yerevan in the 2010 and 2011 seasons of Armenian Premier League.
At age 16, Armen was in Ararat Yerevan, the color he protected for six years. As part of Ararat, the club won the Armenian Premier League twice in 1993 and 1995 and the Armenian Cup thrice in 1993, 1994, 1995, as well as Shahgeldyan was voted the Armenian Footballer of the Year in 1993.