Gagik Daghbashyan

{{short description|Armenian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gagik Daghbashyan

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|10|19}}

| birth_place = Yerevan, Armenian SSR

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Left-back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2002–2006

| youthclubs1 = Banants Yerevan

| years1 = 2007–2015 | clubs1 = Banants Yerevan | caps1 = 131 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2015–2016 | clubs2 = Ružomberok | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2015–2016 | clubs3 = → Dolný Kubín (loan) | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016–2021 | clubs4 = Alashkert | caps4 = 104 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2021–2022 | clubs5 = Van | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2022 | clubs6 = Alashkert | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2022–2023 | clubs7 = West Armenia | caps7 = 36 | goals7 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2008

| nationalteam1 = Armenia U19

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2009–2014

| nationalteam2 = Armenia U21

| nationalcaps2 = 9

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2012–

| nationalteam3 = Armenia

| nationalcaps3 = 16

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 10 December 2023

| nationalteam-update = 20 November 2017

}}

Gagik Daghbashyan ({{langx|hy|Գագիկ Դաղբաշյան}}; born 19 October 1990) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for the Armenia national team.

Club career

From an early age, Gagik Daghbashyan was fascinated by football. He also had the opportunity to engage in other sports (dance, karate, aikido). His passion for football was stronger and he decided to pursue a football career. At 12 years of age, Daghbashyan began to take his first steps at the football school of Banants Yerevan. In 2007, he was advanced to Banants-2 and played in the Armenian First League. In the same year, Daghbashyan debuted for Banants in the Armenian Premier League. On 10 November 2007, in the 28 round against Kilikia, he came off the bench at the 75th minute, replacing Yegishe Melikyan.{{cite web|script-title=ru:Армения. Высшая лига|url=http://www.ffa.am/ru/competitions/armeniapremierleague/2007/|publisher=FFA.am|accessdate=28 March 2013|language=ru|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726114822/http://ffa.am/ru/competitions/armeniapremierleague/2007|archivedate=26 July 2011}}

In January 2015 he joined Slovak Fortuna Liga Club MFK Ružomberok after signing a one-and-a-half-year contract.[http://www.profutbal.sk/ligy/prestupy-a-spekulacie/clanok186511-Dalsou_ruzomberskou_posilou_armensky_obranca_Dagbasjan.htm Ďalšou ružomberskou posilou arménsky obranca Dagbašjan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407024604/http://www.profutbal.sk/ligy/prestupy-a-spekulacie/clanok186511-Dalsou_ruzomberskou_posilou_armensky_obranca_Dagbasjan.htm |date=2016-04-07 }}, Profutbal.sk, Retrieved 18. 1. 2015 {{in lang|sk}}

International career

At the age of 18, he made his debut with the Armenia U-21 team at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying match that was won, 2–1, on 5 June 2009 against the host Switzerland U21 team. Daghbashyan would have more field time in the tournament match that took place three days later.{{cite web|script-title=ru:Чемпионат Европы 2011 до 21 года|url=http://www.ffa.am/ru/youthtournaments/eurou21/2011/|publisher=FFA.am|accessdate=28 March 2013|language=ru}} He was again entrusted to play at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying match two years later on 7 June 2011, when the Armenia U-21 team defeated Montenegro, 4–1.{{cite web|script-title=ru:Чемпионат Европы 2013 до 21 года|url=http://www.ffa.am/ru/youthtournaments/eurou21/2013/|publisher=FFA.am|accessdate=28 March 2013|language=ru}}

He made his debut in the Armenia national team on 28 February 2012 in a friendly match in Limassol against Serbia (2–0 defeat).[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=27680 Players profile], eu-football.info

Honours

Banants Yerevan

Alashkert

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