Samvel Melkonyan
Armenian football player (born 1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Samvel Melkonyan (Armenian: Սամվել Մելքոնյան, born on 15 March 1984 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Armenian former footballer who played as a winger. Samvel was also a member of the Armenia national football team, participated in 29 international matches since his debut at home 2006 World Cup qualification match against the Netherlands on 3 September 2005.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1984-03-15) 15 March 1984 (age 40) | ||
Place of birth | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right Winger, Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Alashkert | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2008 | Banants Yerevan | 112 | (35) |
2008–2009 | Metalurh Donetsk | 16 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Banants | 53 | (21) |
2011–2012 | Mika | 12 | (0) |
2012–2012 | Chernomorets Burgas | 10 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Ulisses | 11 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Gandzasar | 54 | (7) |
2015–2016 | Mika | 16 | (5) |
2016–2017 | Alashkert | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2003–2006 | Armenia U-21 | 15 | (0) |
2005–2010 | Armenia | 29 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2013 |
Samvel began his professional career playing for Spartak Yerevan. When Spartak merged with Banants, Samvel Melkonyan automatically transferred to Banants. He has been one of the stars at his new club for the past few years. Melkonyan transferred to Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk in 2008, but his spell there was not successful and he returned to Banants the following year.
Melkonyan transferred to Chernomorets Burgas in Bulgaria in January 2012.[1] He made his first appearance on 4 March 2012 and had one assist in a 2–0 win for the team against CSKA Sofia.
- Armenian Premier League: 2016-17
- Armenian Cup: 2007
- "Черноморец" представи арменски национал, Мелконян подписа договор за 2 години" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- Samvel Melkonyan at National-Football-Teams.com