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Babken Melikyan
Personal information
Full name Babken Ludvig Melikyan
Date of birth (1960-04-03) 3 April 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977 SKIF Yerevan 9 (0)
1978–1984 Ararat Yerevan 204 (29)
1985–1986 SKA Odessa 46 (12)
1986 Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk 3 (0)
1987 Spartak Moscow 8 (1)
1987 Kotayk 18 (5)
1988–1991 Ararat Yerevan 103 (14)
1991–1998 Homenmen Beirut
1998–2000 Sagesse (5)
2000–2001 Homenetmen Beirut
Total 391+ (66+)
International career
1993–1997 Lebanon 36 (3)
Managerial career
1998–2000 Sagesse
2002–2003 Lebanon (assistant)
2007 Gandzasar Kapan-2
2009 Mika-95
2010 Kilikia
2011 Kilikia-99
2015 Mika (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Babken Ludvig Melikyan (Armenian: Բաբկեն Լյուդվիկ Մելիքյան; Arabic: بابكين لودفيغ ماليكيان; born 3 April 1960) is a professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder or forward.[2]

Born in Armenia, Melikyan moved to Lebanon in 1991, and obtained citizenship through naturalisation via a presidential decree in order to play for the Lebanon national team.[3]

Managerial career

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Melikyan was Lebanon national team assistant coach to Richard Tardy, between 2002 and 2003.[4]

Career statistics

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International

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Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Melikyan goal.[2]
List of international goals scored by Babken Melikyan
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 7 May 1993 Beirut, Lebanon  India 1–0 2–2 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification [5]
2 26 January 1997 Beirut, Lebanon  Estonia 1–0 2–0 Friendly [6]
3 24 May 1997 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore  Singapore 2–1 2–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification [7]

Honours

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Player

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Ararat Yerevan

Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk

Spartak Moscow

Homenmen Beirut

Sagesse

Individual

Manager

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Sagesse

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Armenian players in National team of Lebanon -". playerhistory.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Babken Melikyan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ "جمال طه مدربا لمنتخب الأرز". Lebanese Forces Official Website. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. ^ "منتخب لبنان الوطني اجتمع في الماريوت وعسكر في اللاذقية". Shoot (451 ed.). 19 August 2002.
  5. ^ "Lebanon International Matches 1993-99". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  6. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Lebanon vs. Estonia (2:0)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  7. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Singapore vs. Lebanon (1:2)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  8. ^ "IFFHS Men's All Time Lebanon Dream Team". IFFHS. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  9. ^ مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (166 ed.). 31 March 1997. p. 3.
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