Jerard Ajemian ( ar, جيرار عجميان), also spelled Jarad, was a Lebanese

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who played as a

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Club career

Ajemian played for

Homenetmen Homenetmen ( hy, Հ.Մ.Ը.Մ., , short for hy, Հայ Մարմնակրթական Ընդհանուր Միութիւն, meaning ''Armenian General Athletic Union'') is a pan-Armenian Armenian Diaspora, diaspora organization devoted to sport and sco ...

in 1940, and Pagramian in 1946.

International career

Ajemian took part in

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's first international match, in a

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against

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in 1940. In May 1946 he also represented Beirut XI,

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's select team, in a friendly game against Egyptian club

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* Year of birth missing Year of death missing Lebanese people of Armenian descent Ethnic Armenian sportspeople Men's association football forwards Men's association football outside forwards Lebanese men's footballers Lebanese Premier League players Homenetmen Beirut (football) players Pagramian SC footballers Lebanon men's international footballers {{Lebanon-footy-bio-stub