Edmond Bezik

Edmond Bezik
	Bezik in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Edmond Bezik
Date of birth	12 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1990–1994	Ararat Tehran
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1996	Ararat Tehran
1996–2001	Persepolis
2001–2006	Sepahan
2006–2007	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
2007–2009	Ararat Tehran
International career‡
1999–2005	Iran
Managerial career
2015–2016	Ararat Tehran
2017–2018	KIA Academy
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2009; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2005

Edmond Bezik (Persian: ادموند بزيک; Armenian: Էդմունդ Բազիկյան, born 12 August 1975 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Armenian-Iranian footballer and coach. He played for Persepolis, Sepahan and Ararat Tehran and was a member of Iran national football team. He is currently head coach of Persepolis's under-23 team.^[2]

Club career

Bezik originally started his play in the FC Ararat Tehran, which has a policy of recruiting young Iranian footballers of Armenian ancestry. There he was noticed for his impressive finishing skills, and was soon transferred to Persepolis Tehran. There he was able to please fans and scored some memorable goals. Arguably his most memorable game may have been in 1996 during the Tehran derby between Persepolis FC and Esteghlal. Persepolis had not beaten Esteghlal for seven seasons, but Bezik was able to score the last minute winner in that match to claim a spot in many Persepolis fan's hearts.

Success was short-lived though and after a couple of very poor seasons, he along with many other Persepolis players were let go from the team. Bezik was immediately signed by Foolad Sepahan. His move to Isfahan was just what his career needed. In the 2002–03 season of the IPL, Bezik became the league's top goalscorer with 13 goals, and led the team to the league championship. He was deservedly called up to the national team and was starting to make his way into the squad when he became injured. He has come back from his injury but has not been able to score consistently. When new Sepahan manager, Luka Bonačić was hired, he deemed that Bezik was not needed for the squad.

Bezik signed a one-year contract with Azadegan League outfit, Shahrdari Bandar Abbas, with whom he will be playing until the end of the 2006–07 season.

Bezik's work ethic, and hard work is always a positive point for his clubs.

Top goalscorer

Having scored 22 goals for Ararat, 32 goals for Persepolis and 30 goals for Sepahan, he scored a total number of 84 goals during his time in Iran's top division football league,^[3] becoming the top division's all-time top goalscorer.

Honours

Club

Persepolis

Iranian Football League (3): 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000
Hazfi Cup (1): 1998–99

Sepahan

Iranian Football League (1): 2002–03
Hazfi Cup (1): 2003–04

Individual

Iran Pro League Top Goalscorer: 2002–03

References

"Close-Up on Edmond Bezik" Persianfootball.com, 2 January 2005, accessed 18 July 2006
(in Persian) "مصاحبه با ادموند بزيك" Tebyan.net, 29 May 2003, accessed 18 July 2006

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ادموند بزیک سرمربی تیم امید راه آهن شد
^ شهريار به‌ بزيک، مديرروستا و عنايتى‌ نرسيد على‌ دايى‌ در 72 متوقف‌ شد (in Persian). Khabar Varzeshi Sports Newspaper. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 2007-07-25.

External links

Edmond Bezik at TeamMelli.com
Edmond Bezik at Tehran Football Committee

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] ادموند بزیک سرمربی تیم امید راه آهن شد

[3] شهريار به‌ بزيک، مديرروستا و عنايتى‌ نرسيد على‌ دايى‌ در 72 متوقف‌ شد (in Persian). Khabar Varzeshi Sports Newspaper. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 2007-07-25.

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