Armen Shahgeldyan is a former Armenian football striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 who finished his career at FC MIKA

FC MIKA

Mika Football Club , is an Armenian professional football club, playing in the capital, Yerevan.- History :It was originally founded as "Olimpia" in 1985. The club Kasakh Ashtarak is renamed in 1999 to Mika by the owner of Armavia Airlines, Mikhail Baghdasarov. Under the merger, the name of the...

. Armen debuted for Armenia

Armenia national football team

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 in 1992, when Armenia

Armenia national football team

The Armenia national football team represents Armenia in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia, the governing body for football in Armenia...

 played its first international match after gaining independence in a friendly against Moldova

Moldova national football team

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. He has been a member of the national team

Armenia national football team

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 on and off throughout his career and earned 53 caps scoring 6 goals http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/arme-recintlp.html. Shahgeldyan was elected twice as the best Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League

The Armenian Premier League is the top football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the USSR. After independence, the Football Federation of Armenia has been the unit in charge. The seasons run from spring to fall...

 player: in 1993

Armenian Premier League 1993

Statistics of Armenian Premier League in the 1993 season.* FC Ararat were promoted and changed their name to Tsement.* Kilikia FC merged with Malatia FC to form Malatia-Kilikia FC.* Nairi FC were renamed Nairit FC....

 and 2006

Armenian Premier League 2006

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. He is the father of Andranik Shahgeldyan. He was the head coach of Mika Yerevan in 2010

2010 Armenian Premier League

-League table:-Results:The league was played in four stages. The teams have played four times with each other, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches per team.-Top goalscorers:...

 and 2011

2011 Armenian Premier League

-League table:-Results:The league will be played in four stages. The teams will play four times with each other, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches per team.-Top goalscorers:Source: -External links:* * * *...

 seasons of Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League

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.

National team statistics

|-
|1992||1||0
|-
|1993||0||0
|-
|1994||3||0
|-
|1995||6||2
|-
|1996||2||0
|-
|1997||1||0
|-
|1998||4||0
|-
|1999||8||2
|-
|2000||5||0
|-
|2001||4||0
|-
|2002||1||1
|-
|2003||1||0
|-
|2004||3||1
|-
|2005||5||0
|-
|2006||4||0
|-
|2007||5||0
|-
!Total||53||6
|}

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 May 1995	Armenia Armenia Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...		2-2	Draw	1996 ECQ
2.	6 August 1995	Macedonia Republic of Macedonia Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...		2-1	Win	1996 ECQ
3.	8 September 1999	Armenia Armenia Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...		2-3	Loss	2000 ECQ
4.	9 October 1999	Andorra Andorra Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...		3-0	Win	2000 ECQ
5.	7 June 2002	Andorra Andorra Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...		2-0	Win	Friendly
6.	9 October 2004	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...		1-3	Loss	2006 WCQ 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 51 teams took part, divided in 8 Groups - five groups of 6 teams each and three groups of 7 teams each - competing for 13 places in the World Cup...

External links

• Career history at National Football Teams