Gagik Daghbashyan

Gagik Daghbashyan
Personal information
Date of birth	19 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
2002–2006	Banants Yerevan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2015	Banants Yerevan
2015–2016	Ružomberok
2015–2016	→ Dolný Kubín (loan)
2016–2021	Alashkert
2021–2022	Van
2022	Alashkert
2022–2023	West Armenia
International career‡
2008	Armenia U19
2009–2014	Armenia U21
2012–	Armenia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2017

Gagik Daghbashyan (Armenian: 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.^[1]

In January 2015 he joined Slovak Fortuna Liga Club MFK Ružomberok after signing a one-and-a-half-year contract.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

He made his debut in the Armenia national team on 28 February 2012 in a friendly match in Limassol against Serbia (2–0 defeat).^[5]

Honours

Banants Yerevan

Armenian Premier League: 2013–14
Armenian Cup: 2007

Alashkert

Armenian Cup: 2018–19

References

^ Армения. Высшая лига (in Russian). FFA.am. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
^ Ďalšou ružomberskou posilou arménsky obranca Dagbašjan Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, Profutbal.sk, Retrieved 18. 1. 2015 (in Slovak)
^ Чемпионат Европы 2011 до 21 года (in Russian). FFA.am. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
^ Чемпионат Европы 2013 до 21 года (in Russian). FFA.am. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
^ Players profile, eu-football.info

External links

Profile at FFA.am
Gagik Daghbashyan at National-Football-Teams.com
Gagik Daghbashyan at Soccerway

[1] Армения. Высшая лига (in Russian). FFA.am. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2013.

[profutbal-2] Ďalšou ružomberskou posilou arménsky obranca Dagbašjan Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, Profutbal.sk, Retrieved 18. 1. 2015 (in Slovak)

[3] Чемпионат Европы 2011 до 21 года (in Russian). FFA.am. Retrieved 28 March 2013.

[4] Чемпионат Европы 2013 до 21 года (in Russian). FFA.am. Retrieved 28 March 2013.

[debrep-5] Players profile, eu-football.info

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