Yegishe Melikyan

{{short description|Armenian footballer and manager}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yegishe Melikyan

| image = Yegishe Melikyan.jpg

| caption = Melikyan with Ulisses in 2009

| fullname = Yegishe Melikyan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|8|13}}

| birth_place = Yerevan, Soviet Armenia

| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| currentclub = FC Pyunik (manager)

| clubnumber =

| position = Left back

| youthyears1 = 1997–1998

| youthclubs1 = Dvin Artashat

| years1 = 1999–2000

| clubs1 = Araks Ararat

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2000–2001

| clubs2 = Banants Yerevan

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2002–2009

| clubs3 = Metalurh Donetsk

| caps3 = 57

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2003

| clubs4 = → Metalurh-2 Donetsk

| caps4 = 1

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2006–2006

| clubs5 = → Stal Alchevsk (loan)

| caps5 = 9

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2007–2008

| clubs6 = → Banants Yerevan (loan)

| caps6 = 36

| goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2009

| clubs7 = → Ulisses Yerevan (loan)

| caps7 = 7

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2009

| clubs8 = → Zorya Luhansk (loan)

| caps8 = 14

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2010

| clubs9 = Ulisses Yerevan

| caps9 = 11

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2010

| clubs10 = Krymteplytsia Molodizhne

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2010–2013

| clubs11 = Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

| caps11 = 41

| goals11 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2002–2007

| nationalteam1 = Armenia

| nationalcaps1 = 29

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 11 May 2012

| ntupdate = 26 March 2008

| manageryears1 = 2015

| managerclubs1 = Metalurh Donetsk (U-19)

| manageryears2 = 2015

| managerclubs2 = Metalurh Donetsk (U-21)

| manageryears3 = 2015

| managerclubs3 = Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (U-19)

| manageryears4 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs4 = Stal Kamianske (U-21)

| manageryears5 = 2017

| managerclubs5 = Stal Kamianske

| manageryears6 = 2019

| managerclubs6 = Lviv (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs7 = Lviv

| manageryears8 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs8 = Alashkert

| manageryears9 = 2021–

| managerclubs9 = Pyunik

}}

Yegishe Melikyan ({{langx|hy|Եղիշե Մելիքյան}}, born on 13 August 1979) is a retired Armenian football defender and manager.

Career

=International=

Melikyan was a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 29 international matches since his debut in away Euro 2004 qualifying match against Greece on 16 October 2002.

=Coaching=

On 28 June, Melikyan was appointed as manager of Alashkert.{{cite web |title=Եղիշե Մելիքյանը' "Ալաշկերտի" գլխավոր մարզիչ |url=http://fcalashkert.am/%d5%a5%d5%b2%d5%ab%d5%b7%d5%a5-%d5%b4%d5%a5%d5%ac%d5%ab%d6%84%d5%b5%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%a8-%d5%a1%d5%ac%d5%a1%d5%b7%d5%af%d5%a5%d6%80%d5%bf%d5%ab-%d5%a3%d5%ac%d5%ad%d5%a1%d5%be%d5%b8%d6%80/ |website=fcalashkert.am |publisher=FC Alashkert |access-date=17 July 2020 |language=hy |date=28 June 2020}}

On 7 January 2021, Melikyan was appointed as manager of FC Pyunik. On 27 January 2025, Pyunik extended their contract with Melikyan until the end of the 2025–26 season.{{cite web |title=Pyunik extends contract with Eghishe Melikyan and coaching staff |url=https://fcpyunik.am/en/article/2003 |website=fcpyunik.am |publisher=FC Pyunik |access-date=28 January 2025 |date=27 January 2025}}

National team statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=3 | Armenia national team

YearAppsGoals
200210
200350
200470
200560
200630
200770
Total||29||0

Achievements

=Player=

Araks Ararat

Banants

=Manager=

Pyunik

Individual

  • Armenian Premier League Manager of the Season: 2021–22{{cite web |title=Yeghishe Melikyan is the best coach of VBET Armenian Premier League season 2021/2022 |url=https://www.ffa.am/en/1656487418/ |website=ffa.am |publisher=Football Federation Armenia |access-date=8 July 2022 |date=29 June 2022}}

References

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