Joseph Nalbandian

{{short description|Lebanese football player and manager}}

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| name = Joseph Nalbandian

| image = Beirut XI v Admira Vienna, 1937 (Joseph Nalbandian).jpg

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| caption = Nalbandian with Beirut XI in 1937

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| birth_date = {{birth year|1919}}

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| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1935

| clubs1 = DPHB

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| years2 = 1936

| clubs2 = Hilmi-Sport

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| clubs3 = Nahda

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| years4 = 1939–1941

| clubs4 = DPHB

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| years5 = 1942

| clubs5 = Racing Beirut

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| years6 = 1943–1945

| clubs6 = Sagesse

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| years7 = 1946

| clubs7 = Homenetmen

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| nationalyears1 = 1942

| nationalteam1 = Lebanon

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1947–1972

| managerclubs1 = Homenetmen

| manageryears2 = 1961–1967

| managerclubs2 = Lebanon

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Joseph Nalbandian ({{langx|ar|جوزف نلبنديان}}; 1919 – after 1985) was a Lebanese football player and manager.

During the 1930s and 1940s, Nalbandian played as a goalkeeper for DPHB,{{Cite web|title=JOSEPH NALBANDIAN|url=https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/joseph%20nalbandian.html|access-date=2019-03-18|website=www.abdogedeon.com}} Hilmi-Sport,{{Cite web|title=hilmi sport|url=https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/hilmi%20sport.html|access-date=2020-03-26|website=www.abdogedeon.com|archive-date=18 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318031730/https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/hilmi%20sport.html|url-status=dead}} Sagesse,{{Cite web|date=2020-08-28|title=هكذا تأسّس نادي الحكمة بيروت|url=https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/28513-%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%83%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B3-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA|access-date=2020-08-29|website=نداء الوطن|language=en}} Homenetmen,{{Cite web|title=Lebanon - International Results - Early History|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/leb-intres-prehist.html|access-date=2020-03-28|website=RSSSF}} and Nahda, at club level. He also represented Lebanon internationally.{{FA Lebanon|25460|access-date=9 April 2021}}

Nalbandian coached Homenetmen, from 1947 to 1972, and Lebanon, during the 1960s.{{cite web|url=http://afcasiancup.com/ko/asian-coaches-year/29710-lebanon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722183916/http://www.afcasiancup.com//ko/asian-coaches-year/29710-lebanon |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |accessdate=August 30, 2010 |title=Asian Coaches Year : Lebanon}} He was in the Regional Committee of Homenetmen between 1965 and 1971,{{Cite web|url=https://www.homenetmen.org/en/regional-committees|title=Հ.Մ.Ը.Մ. - Հայ Մարմնակրթական Ընդհանուր Միութիւն - Պաշտօնական Կայք|last=MultiTek.me|website=www.homenetmen.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-28}} and was General Secretary of the Lebanese Football Association between 1967 and 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=2336483|title=تاريخ الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم|last=|first=|date=|website=forum.kooora.com|access-date=2020-03-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/lebanese_directories_football_federation.html|title=LEBANESE DIRECTORIES FOOTBALL FE|website=www.abdogedeon.com|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=30 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430112741/https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/lebanese_directories_football_federation.html|url-status=dead}}