Andranik Eskandarian
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andranik Eskandarian | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1970 | Poolad Tehran | ||
| 1970–1972 | Ararat Tehran | ||
| 1972–1978 | Taj | ||
| 1978–1984 | New York Cosmos | 142 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | New York Cosmos (indoor) | 29 | (1) |
| 1986–1987 | New York Express (indoor) | 14 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | New Jersey Eagles | ||
| International career | |||
| 1975–1978 | Iran | 29 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andranik Eskandarian (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Իսքանտարեան, Template:Lang-fa, born 31 December 1951 in Tehran) is an Iranian-American footballer. He played as a defender for the F.C. Ararat Tehran, Taj SC and New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.
He won the Iranian league in 1975 and reached the second place in 1974. Further he won the Hazfi Cup in 1977.
Eskandarian was a member of the Iranian team winning the Asia Cup 1976 in Tehran and reaching the quarterfinals of the Olympic Tournament in Montreal in 1976. He also played for Iran in the 1978 World Cup.
Soon after that, he moved to America to play for the highest-profile team in the country, the New York Cosmos, beginning in the 1979 season. After the Cosmos folded in 1984, Eskandarian played for the New York Express during its half-season in the Major Indoor Soccer League. From 1989 through 1990, he played for the New Jersey Eagles of the American Soccer League.[1]
Personal
Andranik Eskandarian was born on December 31, 1951 in Tehran in an Armenian family.[2] He is the father of former Major League Soccer player Alecko Eskandarian. Eskandarian became a United States citizen in 1984 and now owns and operates two sporting goods stores in New Jersey.[3]
Honours
Club
- Taj
- New York Cosmos
National
- Iran
References
- ^ New Jersey Eagles Team Roster, 1989 and New Jersey Eagles Team Roster, 1990
- ^ Arek Yapoudjian. Armenian Olympians: From Athens to Athens Trafford, 1 jan. 2007 (originally published by the University of Michigan, digitalised 11 Juli 2011) ISBN 1425138578 p 95
- ^ Backline:Eski: 'We brought soccer to this country' by Will Kuhns for Soccer America 30 April 2001
External links
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- Use dmy dates from October 2012
- 1951 births
- Living people
- American Professional Soccer League players
- American soccer players
- American Soccer League (1988–89) players
- Association football defenders
- Esteghlal F.C. players
- Ethnic Armenian sportspeople
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Iran international footballers
- Iranian expatriate footballers
- Iranian footballers
- Iranian emigrants to the United States
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) indoor players
- New Jersey Eagles players
- New York Cosmos players
- New York Cosmos (MISL) players
- New York Express players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) players
- People from Tehran
- Iranian Armenian people
- American people of Armenian descent
- American people of Iranian descent
- Olympic footballers of Iran
- 1976 AFC Asian Cup players
- Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- AFC Asian Cup-winning players
- Ararat Tehran players