Vahan Gevorgyan ( hy, Վահան Գեվորգյան; born 19 December 1981 in

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Successes

*3x Polish Cup Winner (2005/06) with

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, ( 2009/10) with

Jagiellonia Białystok Jagiellonia Białystok () is a Polish football club based in Białystok that plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. The club was founded in 1920 by soldiers in the Reserve Battalion in Białystok. Jagiellonia play their home g ...

, ( 2013/14) with

Zawisza Bydgoszcz Zawisza Bydgoszcz () is a sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland, founded in 1946. Its name commemorates a legendary Polish 15th-century knight, Zawisza Czarny (Zawisza the Black). The club holds many sections: football, track and field athletics, b ...

. *2x Polish SuperCup Winner (2006) with

, (2014) with

Career

Club

After his arrival in

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, he began to play for

in the 1999/2000 season, and has stayed with them ever since. In February 2011, he joined KSZO Ostrowiec. In July 2011, he moved to

.Gevorgyan, Hrymowicz i Zawistowski kolejnymi piłkarzami Zawiszy
19.07.2011, 90minut.pl

International

He has appeared for

once, playing a total of one minute as a substitute against the USA. He has been incorporated into Polish national youth games around Europe and the

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National team statistics

Personal life

Gevorgyan's name is variously recorded as Vahan (or Wahan) Geworian, Geworgian, Gevorgian, Gevorian, Geworgyan or Gevorgyan. In season 1999/2000 in Polish newspapers he was incorrectly recorded as Van Gevoryan. In his

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, his name is 'Vahan Gevorgyan'. He was stateless until 2003, when he was granted Polish citizenship.

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* * 1981 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Polish footballers Armenian footballers Poland international footballers Wisła Płock players Jagiellonia Białystok players ŁKS Łódź players KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski players Zawisza Bydgoszcz players Ekstraklasa players Armenian expatriate footballers Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Polish people of Armenian descent Naturalized citizens of Poland Association football midfielders Armenian emigrants to Poland {{Armenia-footy-bio-stub