Gagik Daghbashyan ( hy, Գագիկ Դաղբաշյան, born 19 October 1990) is an

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player who plays defender for the

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and for Armenian club Alashkert.

Club career

From an early age, Gagik Daghbashyan was fascinated by football. He also had the opportunity to engage in other sports (dance, karate, aikido). His passion for football was stronger and he decided to pursue a football career. At 12 years of age, Daghbashyan began to take his first steps at the football school of Banants Yerevan. In 2007, he was advocated tp Banants-2 and played in the

Armenian First League The Armenian First League is currently the second level football competition in Armenia after the Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier Lea ...

. In the same year, Daghbashyan debuted for Banants in the

Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the compet ...

. On 10 November 2007, in the 28 round against

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, he came off the bench at the 75th minute, replacing Yegishe Melikyan. In January 2015 he joined Slovak Fortuna Liga Club

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after signing a one and half-year contract.Ďalšou ružomberskou posilou arménsky obranca Dagbašjan
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International career

At the age of 18, he made his debut with the Armenia U-21 team at the

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qualifying match that was successfully won, 1-2, on 5 June 2009 against the host Switzerland U-21 team. Daghbashyan would have more field time in the tournament match that took place three days later. He was again entrusted to play at the

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qualifying match two years later on 7 June 2011, when the Armenia U-21 team defeated

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, 4-1. He made his debut in the

on 28 February 2012 in a friendly match in

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against Serbia (0:2 defeat).Players profile
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Honours

Club

Banants Yerevan *

(1): 2013–14 *

Armenian Cup The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It s ...

(1): 2007 Alashkert *

(1): 2018–19

References

External links

Profile
at FFA.am * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daghbashyan, Gagik 1990 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Armenia men's international footballers FC Urartu players MFK Ružomberok players Armenian Premier League players MFK Dolný Kubín players FC Alashkert players