Armen Shahgeldyan

Armen Shahgeldyan
Personal information
Full name Armen Andranik Shahgeldyan
Date of birth (1973-08-28) 28 August 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Alashkert-2 (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1996 Ararat Yerevan 100 (50)
1996–1997 Pyunik Yerevan 19 (12)
1997 Chornomorets Odesa 2 (0)
1997–1998 Hapoel Petah Tikva 5 (0)
1998 Yerevan 6 (1)
1998–2000 Lausanne-Sport 28 (6)
2000 Dynamo Moscow 4 (0)
2001–2002 Mika Yerevan 16 (4)
2002–2003 Nea Salamis Famagusta 6 (0)
2004 Mika Yerevan 21 (12)
2004–2005 Ahed (4)
2005–2007 Mika Yerevan 57 (26)
Total 264+ (115)
International career
1992–2007 Armenia 53 (6)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Mika Yerevan
2019–2020 FC West Armenia
2020–2021 Sevan FC
2022– Alashkert-2
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Armen Andranik Shahgeldyan (Armenian: Արմեն Անդրանիկի Շահգելդյան; born 28 August 1973) is an Armenian football manager and former player who is the manager of Armenian club Alashkert-2. He played as a striker for the Armenia national team, and finished his career for Armenian Premier League club FC Mika.

Armen debuted for Armenia 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 has scored six goals in 53 caps.[1] Shahgeldyan was elected twice as the Armenian Footballer of the Year: in 1993 and 2006.[2]

He was the head coach of Mika Yerevan in the 2010 and 2011 seasons of Armenian Premier League.

  1. ^ "Armenia - Record International Players".
  2. ^ Armen Shahgeldyan is the best Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, from A1PLUS, retrieved 4 December 2006