Gayane Kostanyan (born 20 July 1988) is an Armenian

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who plays as a

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. As a member and captain of the Armenian women's national football team. She played in different countries Russia, Ukraine, Lebanon, Kazakhstan and now in France. In 2004 she was recognized as the best player of the year (16 years old). In 2015, she started coaching the girls at the club Football Association Marseille Féminin (France).

Career

* Finalist of the

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in 2014 * Finalist of the

Kazakhstani Women's Cup The Kazakhstani Women's Cup ( kk, Әйелдер арасындағы Қазақстан Кубогы, ''Áıelder arasyndaǵy Qazaqstan Kýbogy''; Russian: Кубка Казахстана) is an annual women's football competition in Kazakhstan. ...

and 3rd place in 2015. * Winner the cup

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2012 year * Top scorer and captain of the

Armenia women's national football team The Armenia women's national football team (Armenian: Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական) is the national football team of Armenia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia. After the split of the ...

* Six-time champion of

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. * Armenia's Cup winner (2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006–2007). * In 2004 The best player of

. * FC "College" - "Norway Cup", a bronze medal (2007), (2010)-Armenia * FC "Homenmen" - bronze medal (2008), Silver Medal (2009)-Lebanon * FC "Naftekhimik" - silver medal (2012-2013)-Ukrain

References

External links

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Football Federation of Armenia, Retrieved 11 December 2018.

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