Florin Halagian

Florin Halagian
Halagian as a manager, wearing his lucky Chicago Bulls hat.
Personal information
Full name Florin Vașken Halagian
Date of birth (1939-03-07)7 March 1939
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 12 August 2019(2019-08-12) (aged 80)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1950–1957 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1958 Progresul CPCS București
1958–1959 Pompierul București
1959–1962 Dinamo Pitești[a] 23 (5)
1963–1964 Dinamo București
1964 Petrolul Ploiești 7 (1)
1964–1965 Minerul Baia Mare 22 (2)
1965 Dinamo Pitești 1 (0)
1966–1968 Politehnica București
1969 Vagonul Arad 5 (0)
Total 58 (8)
Managerial career
1970–1971 Argeș Pitești (juniors)
1971–1973 Argeș Pitești
1973–1974 Minerul Baia Mare
1974–1981 Argeș Pitești
1979 Romania Olympic
1979 Romania
1981–1984 Olt Scornicești
1984 Steaua București
1985 Universitatea Craiova
1985–1988 Argeș Pitești
1987 Romania U21
1987–1988 Romania Olympic
1988–1989 Victoria București
1990 Romania U21
1991–1992 Dinamo București
1993–1994 Dinamo București
1994–1995 Inter Sibiu
1995 Romania U21
1995–1997 Național București
1997–1999 FCM Bacău
1999–2000 Argeș Pitești
2000 FC Brașov
2000 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
2001–2002 Argeș Pitești
2009–2010 Gloria Bistrița
2010 Dacia Mioveni
2011 Gloria Bistrița
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florin Vașken Halagian (7 March 1939 – 12 August 2019) was a Romanian football player and manager of Armenian descent, hence the nickname Armeanul (The Armenian).[1][2] With 878 games, he is the manager who has the most matches in the Romanian top-division.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Uluitorul Florin Halagian. Din casa cu prăvălie în stradă spre selecția de la Tânărul Dinamovist. Răzvan Toma dezvăluie lucruri neștiute despre antrenorul cu 898 de partide. "Armeanul" s-a stins ieri, la vârsta de 80 de ani" [The amazing Florin Halagian. From the house with the shop in the street towards the selection from Tânărul Dinamovist. Răzvan Toma reveals unknown things about the coach with 898 games. "The Armenian" passed away yesterday, at the age of 80] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "FLORIN HALAGIAN LA 80 DE ANI Cele mai importante borne ale carierei "Armeanului": a construit generația Stelei din 1986" [FLORIN HALAGIAN AT 80 YEARS The most important moments in the career of "The Armenian": he built the Steaua's 1986 generation] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Doliu în fotbalul românesc! A murit Florin Halagian!" [Mourning in Romanian football! Florin Halagian died!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Top 60 antrenori" [Top 60 coaches] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 26 June 2019.


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