Garnik Mehrabian

Garnik Mehrabian
Personal information
Date of birth September 1937
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Date of death 2 June 2022(2022-06-02) (aged 84)
Place of death Glendale, California, U.S
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1963 Taj
International career
Iran
Managerial career
1963–1973 Ararat Tehran
1973–1978 Iran U20
1975–1978 Iran (assistant)
1978–1980 Machine Sazi
1980–1982 United Arab Emirates (assistant)
1982–1983 Ras Al-Khaima Club
1982–1983 Dibba Al-Hisn
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Garnik Mehrabian (September 1937[1] – 5 June 2022)[2] was an Iranian Armenian football player and coach.

Managerial career

After retiring from professional football, Mehrabian received a coaching position from Iranian Armenian club Ararat Tehran F.C.[3] His success at the club earned Mehrabian the opportunity to coach both the Iran U20 and Iran senior national teams.[3]

Upon being released from his duties in 1978, Mehrabian began a short stint with Machine Sazi in Tabriz. This opportunity revitalized his coaching career, bringing him to the attention of the United Arab Emirates Football Association, becoming the coach of the nation's team in 1980.

Mehrabian later resided in Glendale, California,[4] where he was the director of his own soccer academy and was the coach of amateur side Pyunik Los Angeles.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Մահացել է իրանահայ լեգենդար ֆուտբոլիստ Գառնիկ Մեհրաբեանը - "ԱԼԻՔ" Օրաթերթ". Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "بازیکن اسبق استقلال درگذشت". 5 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Ex-Esteghlal midfielder Mehrabian dies". Tehran Times. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  4. ^ خانی, پرویز قلیچ (6 September 2013). "گفت و گو با دست اندر کاران قدیمی فوتبال - صفحه 5 از 12". مجله ی آرش (in Persian). Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  5. ^ "GARNIKSOCCER.COM-soccer coaching in glendale, soccer coaching in burbank, Garnik Mehrabian-". www.garniksoccer.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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