Babken Melikyan

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Babken Melikyan

Personal information
Full name	Babken Ludvig Melikyan
Date of birth	(1960-04-03) 3 April 1960 (age 61)
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+)
National team
1993–1997	Lebanon	36	(3)
Teams managed
1998–2000	Sagesse
2002–2003	Lebanon (assistant)
2007	Gandzasar Kapan-2
2009	Mika-95
2010	Kilikia
2011	Kilikia-99
2015	Mika (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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[]

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

Career statistics[]

International[]

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[]

Player[]

Ararat Yerevan

• IFA Shield: 1978

Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk

• USSR Federation Cup: 1986

Spartak Moscow

• Soviet Top League: 1987
• USSR Federation Cup:

Homenmen Beirut

• Lebanese FA Cup runner-up: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98

Sagesse

• Lebanese Second Division: 1998–99

Individual

• IFFHS All-time Lebanon Men's Dream Team^[8]
• Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 1996–97^[9]

Manager[]

Sagesse

• Lebanese Second Division: 1998–99

See also[]

• List of Lebanon international footballers born outside Lebanon

References[]

External links[]

• Babken Melikyan at FA Lebanon
• Babken Melikyan at National-Football-Teams.com
• Babken Melikyan at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)