Markar Aghajanyan ( hy, Մարգար Աղաջանեան, fa, مارکار آقاجانیان; born March 4, 1965) is a retired

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football player and manager of

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descent.

Career

Aghajanyan spent most of his career playing for Ararat Tehran FC. He later went on to join a series of

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

-based teams, most notably PAS, where he won the

Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

division in his first season. With the departure of

Human Afazeli Human Afazeli ( fa, هومن افاضلی) is an Iranian football coach and former player. Playing career Afazeli began his extensive career in football at the age of 9, playing for Rah Ahan F.C. of Tehran. Afazeli eventually progressed to ...

, Aghajanyan was appointed the manager of Azadegan League side Damash Lorestan. The team chose not to renew his contract for the 2010–11 season. Aghajanyan was also a part of the coaching staff for the

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, and he was the assistant coach during the

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, 2018 FIFA World Cups.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aghajanyan, Markar 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Tehran Ethnic Armenian sportspeople Iranian footballers Iranian people of Armenian descent Iran international footballers F.C. Ararat Tehran players Pas players Association football defenders Iranian football managers Damash Gilan managers Bahman players