Robert Zebelyan ( hy, Ռոբերտ Զեբելյան, born 31 March 1984) is an

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

n former

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. Zebelyan was born in

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

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, and raised in

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. Robert played for the Armenia national football team, having debuted for the team on 15 November 2006 in an away Euro 2008 qualifying match against

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Achievements

Russian First Division The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

silver medals with Kuban Krasnodar: 2006 *

second top goalscorer with 23 goals: 2006

External links

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Profile at championat.ru
* * Living people 1984 births Sportspeople from Sochi Russian people of Armenian descent Armenian footballers Russian footballers Armenia international footballers Armenian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Belarus Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Russian Premier League players FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi players FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Khimki players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Dinamo Minsk players FC Tobol players Association football forwards {{Armenia-footy-bio-stub