Vardan Martun Ghazaryan (; ; born 1 December 1969) is a football coach and former player. Born in Armenia, Ghazaryan moved to Lebanon and obtained

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through

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in 1994. He 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 diaspora organization devoted to sport and scouting. The motto of ...

and Sagesse as a striker, and represented

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internationally from 1995 until 2001. Ghazaryan is the second-highest all-time scorer in the

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, scoring 117 official league goals. He is also the joint-top scorer for the national team with 21 goals, alongside

Hassan Maatouk Hassan Ali Maatouk ( ar, حسن علي معتوق, ; born 10 August 1987) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Ansar and captains the Lebanon national team. Known for his pace and technical skills, Maa ...

. In 2017, Ghazaryan was appointed manager of

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for one year. He returned as Sagesse coach in 2021.

Club career

Ghazaryan started his senior career in 1989 in Armenia, at Spartak Hoktemberyan, before moving to Kapan in 1990. In 1992 he moved to Lebanon, joining

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/ref> He stayed there for seven years, before moving to Sagesse in 1999. He spent three years there, before moving back to Homenetmen in 2002. Ghazaryan then joined Sagesse once again, in 2005, before retiring in 2009 aged 39. His first goal in the

came on 23 January 1993, when he scored the second goal for Homenetmen against

Tadamon Sour Tadamon Sour Sporting Club ( ar, نادي التضامن الرياضي صور, lit=Solidarity Sporting Club Tyre), or simply Tadamon, is a football club based in Tyre, Lebanon, that competes in the . They play their home matches at the Tyre ...

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's total of 120.

International career

Having moved to Lebanon from Armenia, Ghazaryan obtained Lebanese citizenship through

in 1994. He is the joint-leading goal scorer in the history of the Lebanon national team, with 21 goals (four in

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qualifiers, three in Asian Cup qualifiers and 14 in friendlies).

Managerial career

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/ref> he moved back to Lebanon four years later. Ghazaryan became the assistant coach for

, before being appointed head coach in 2017. In July 2021, ahead of the 2021 Lebanese Challenge Cup, Ghazaryan was appointed head coach of

side Sagesse, for whom he had already played as a player.

Career statistics

International

: ''Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ghazaryan goal''.

Honours

Player

Syunik Kapan *

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Homenetmen *

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: 2002–03 Individual *

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All-time Lebanon Men's Dream Team * AFC Player of the Month: January 1996 * Lebanese Premier League Best Player: 1996–97 *

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: 1996–97, 1999–2000 Records * Lebanon all-time top goalscorer: 21 goals

Notes

References

External links

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghazaryan, Vardan 1969 births Living people People from Kapan Soviet Armenians Soviet footballers Lebanese footballers Lebanese football managers Lebanon international footballers Armenian footballers Armenian football managers Armenian emigrants to Lebanon Naturalized citizens of Lebanon Association football forwards FC Armavir (Armenia) players FC Lernagorts Kapan players Homenetmen Beirut footballers Sagesse SC footballers Armenian Premier League players Lebanese Premier League players Lebanese Second Division players Asian Games competitors for Lebanon Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games 2000 AFC Asian Cup players AC Tripoli managers Sagesse SC football managers Lebanese Premier League managers Association football coaches