Yegishe Melikyan (Armenian: Եղիշե Մելիքյան, born on 13 August 1979) is a retired Armenian football defender and manager.
 Melikyan with Ulisses in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yegishe Melikyan | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Yerevan, Soviet Armenia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Pyunik (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Dvin Artashat | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Araks Ararat | ||
| 2000–2001 | Banants Yerevan | ||
| 2002–2009 | Metalurh Donetsk | 57 | (1) |
| 2003 | → Metalurh-2 Donetsk | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2006 | → Stal Alchevsk (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Banants Yerevan (loan) | 36 | (3) |
| 2009 | → Ulisses Yerevan (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2010 | Ulisses Yerevan | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | Krymteplytsia Molodizhne | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 41 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002–2007 | Armenia | 29 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015 | Metalurh Donetsk (U-19) | ||
| 2015 | Metalurh Donetsk (U-21) | ||
| 2015 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (U-19) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Stal Kamianske (U-21) | ||
| 2017 | Stal Kamianske | ||
| 2019 | Lviv (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Lviv | ||
| 2020–2021 | Alashkert | ||
| 2021– | Pyunik | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2008 | |||
Career edit
International edit
Melikyan was a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 29 international matches since his debut in away Euro 2004 qualifying match against Greece on 16 October 2002.
Coaching edit
On 28 June, Melikyan was appointed as manager of Alashkert.[1] On 7 January 2021, Melikyan was appointed as manager of FC Pyunik.
National team statistics edit
| Armenia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 29 | 0 |
Achievements edit
Player edit
Araks Ararat
- Armenian Cup: 1999
- Armenian Premier League: 2000
Banants
- Armenian Cup: 2007
Manager edit
Pyunik
Individual
- Armenian Premier League Manager of the Season: 2021–22[2]
References edit
- ^ "Եղիշե Մելիքյանը' "Ալաշկերտի" գլխավոր մարզիչ". fcalashkert.am (in Armenian). FC Alashkert. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Yeghishe Melikyan is the best coach of VBET Armenian Premier League season 2021/2022". ffa.am. Football Federation Armenia. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
External links edit
- Yegishe Melikyan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yegishe Melikyan at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
