Vardan Minasyan

Vardan Minasyan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-01-05) 5 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1992	Zangezour Goris	20	(4)
1992–1998	Pyunik Yerevan	153	(23)
1998	FC Yerevan	26	(2)
1998–1999	Lausanne Sports	10	(0)
1999–2000	Lokomotiv St. Petersburg	36	(2)
2001–2003	Pyunik Yerevan	44	(22)
Total		261	(53)
International career
1996–2003	Armenia	11	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2005	Armenia U21
2006–2009	Armenia (assistant)
2008–2011	Pyunik
2009–2013	Armenia
2014–2015	Tobol
2018	Armenia
2018–2020	Ararat-Armenia
2021	Taraz
2023	Telavi
2023–	Ararat-Armenia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vardan Minasyan (Armenian: Վարդան Մինասյան; born 5 January 1974) is an Armenian football manager and former player who is the football manager of Ararat-Armenia in the Armenian Premier League.

He played as a midfielder in his native Armenia, in Switzerland and in Russia.

Minasyan has been largely credited for advancing Armenia international and domestic football. He led Armenia to a record 3rd-place finish in Euro 2012 qualifications, where Armenia scored 22 goals, in his first qualification cycle. Minasyan was also the longest serving manager of the Armenian national squad to date and has the best match record of all the former managers of the national team.^[1] When he resigned in October 2013 after the FIFA 2014 qualifications, Armenia was ranked #38 by FIFA, the highest rank in the Armenia national team's history.^[2]