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Khoren Oganesian played for which team from 1979 to 1984?
Khoren Oganesian Khoren Oganesian ( ; born 10 January 1955 ) , also known as Khoren Hovhannisyan , is a former Armenian and Soviet football player who played as a midfielder and current manager and coach . He was awarded the Master of Sport of the USSR , International Class title in 1976 . Oganesian was a member of the USSR national football team and mostly played at club level for Soviet Top League and Armenian Premier League club Ararat Yerevan . He is widely considered a legend of Ararat and Armenian football in general . In official games of the USSR championships , Oganesian had 295 matches and scored 93 goals for Ararat . His number of scored goals is a record of the USSR in Armenian football . In November 2003 , to celebrate UEFAs Jubilee , he was selected as the Golden Player of Armenia by the Football Federation of Armenia as the nations most outstanding player of the past 50 years . In a survey taken in 2005 by the Football Federation of Armenia , Oganesian was chosen as the best player of Armenia in the 20th century . On May 28 , 2010 , on the occasion of the Armenian Republic Day , a number of prominent figures of different areas were honored . For his contribution to the Fatherland Order of the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan , the law on State Awards , the highest award of the country , were given to Oganesian , who was awarded the Khorenatsi medal . Early life . Khoren Oganesian was born on 10 January 1955 in Yerevan , Armenian SSR in a family of sportsmen . His father was a weightlifter , and later an honored coach of the Armenian SSR . His mother specialized in gymnastics . Khorens older brother played football and his younger brother became a weightlifter and later received the Master of Sport of the USSR title . Club career . Oganesian grew up playing football in a nearby yard with his older brother . In 1969 , he joined the team of Ani Yerevan and won the All-Union neighborhood teams tournament Leather Ball and scored one of the goals in the final meeting . Oganesian later engaged in a sports school , after which he entered the Armenian State University of Economics , specializing in state planning . At that time , he was invited to try out for the youth football teams in Armenia , where he was noticed by the head coach of the Soviet Union national under-21 football team , Yevgeny Lyadin . Lyadin wrote a letter of recommendation to the leadership of the local club Ararat Yerevan , where Oganesian was taken into in 1973 . He played as a second for two years . His debut match in Ararat took place on 19 March 1975 in the quarterfinals of the 1974–75 European Cup against Bayern Munich . The match ended in a 1–0 victory for Ararat Yerevan . He debuted in the Soviet Top League national championship a month later on 16 April in Yerevan . In a match of Ararat Yerevan vs . Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk , Oganesian came in at the 75th minute of the match , replacing Sergei Bondarenko . The match ended in 3–0 victory . Oganesian was scoring a lot from the first matches of the Top League . He had the ability to hit accurately with his left leg , was a skilled organizer , and had precise percussive attacks . Ararat Yerevan won the Soviet Cup in 1975 . In the following year , the club made it to the finals of the 1976 Soviet Top League in the spring , where Ararat Yerevan lost to Dynamo Moscow . At the end of 1975 , Oganesian was in the national list of award winners as the best newcomer of the Top League season , chosen and awarded by the All-Union Soviet sport magazine Smena . In February 1984 , Oganesian scored his one hundredth goal , which made him a member of the Grigory Fedotov club . He scored with his heel in a match against CSKA Moscow in 1983 in Moscow and scored , the ball flying through the goal net , in a match against Neftchi in 1981 , in Yerevan . Oganesian became the captain of Ararat Yerevan in the early 1980s . In 1985 , due to disagreements with the management of Ararat , he left the club . Oganesian almost didnt play for almost two years because he was unofficially disqualified for alleged match-fixing , though that was never proven . In 1987 , he agreed to play for the factory team Arabkir Yerevan , which became a champion of the republic . In 1988 , it appeared already in the Soviet First League . He took part in the farewell match of Oleg Blokhin , the all-time Soviet top goalscorer , in 1989 . In December 1989 , he received an offer from the head coach of Pakhtakor Tashkent , Fyodor Novikov . He helped the Uzbek football club get to the big leagues . In 1991 , in a match against Dynamo Kyiv , Oganesian tore his Achilles tendon and was out for the season . He left Pakhtakor that year and began to take up managing . He did not retire as a player , however . The following year , Oganesian returned to his homeland and joined Armenian club Kilikia Yerevan . While he played for Kilikia , the club won the first ever Armenian Premier League in 1992 . Oganesian transferred to Pyunik Yerevan in 1995 . While he played for the club , Pyunik won the Armenian Premier League in 1995–96 and won the Armenian Cup in 1996 . Oganesian retired as a player after the 1996 season . At the end of his club career , Oganesian had played a total of 391 matches and scored a total of 122 goals . He played 305 matches and scored 93 goals in the Soviet Top League seasons . He was listed on the 33 best players of the season five times , thrice as the best . Oganesian won 38 international caps for the USSR . Football Federation of Armenia President Ruben Hayrapetyan said of Oganesian , There has been a lot of talent in our football , but I saw Oganesian on the pitch and this led to me becoming a football fan . His contribution to the past , present and future of Armenian football could not be overstated . International career . In 1975 , Oganesian joined the Soviet Union national under-21 football team , coached by Valentin Nikolayev . He was a part of the Soviet youth team when it won the UEFA Euro 1976 U-21 . Oganesians skill were noticed by the coaches of the Soviet Union national football team , which he started playing for in 1979 , when the team was managed by Konstantin Beskov . The following year , as part of the Soviet Union Olympic football team , the USSR squad won bronze at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . Oganesian scored twice at the Olympics . His first goal was in a dominant 4-0 victory over Venezuela in the group stage . The Soviet team advanced to the semifinals , where they were defeated 0-1 by East Germany . Oganesian did not play because of a concussion received in the quarterfinals . In the following bronze medal match against Yugoslavia , Oganesian came off the bench and scored his second goal and the winning goal at the 67th minute . Sergey Andreyev also scored a goal , leaving the final score 2-0 for the Soviet Union . The Soviet national team participated in the 1982 FIFA World Cup . Oganesian became the first Armenian player to take part in the World Cup . Oganesian scored one goal in the second group stage against Belgium . The goal proved to be decisive , as the final score was 1-0 . Though the USSR tied with Poland 0-0 , the Polish team advanced to the knockout stage instead due to total goal difference . Oganesian concluded playing for the national team of the country in 1984 . In his five years on the team , he played 34 matches and scored 6 goals , most of which proved decisive . Managerial career . While still a player , in 1991 Oganesian managed to get a coach position on Tavriya Simferopol . The head coach at the time was Anatoliy Zayaev , but the whole training process was taken care of by Oganesian . Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 , Oganesian moved back to Armenia . Here , along with some of his friends who also participated in football , he decided to found a club . This club was named ADCC , meaning ( literal English translation ) Armenian General Athletic Union . In Armenian , the club name was abbreviated HMNM , or Homenetmen . Oganesian , already a veteran of football , continued his playing career . In the newly formed clubs first season , it became the 1992 Armenian Premier League champion , which was the first ever Armenian Premier League , and the finalist of the 1992 Armenian Cup , also the first of its kind . Later he moved to Lebanon , where he coached the capital Armenian-Lebanese club Homenetmen Beirut . In his first year with the team , they took 5th place in the Lebanese Second Division . In the second year , they took third . After a short absence , he returned to Armenia , where he led the home team of his birthplace . During a time Oganesian briefly left to coach the Armenia national football team , the club had at that time changed its name from Kilikia Yerevan to Pyunik Yerevan . The following season , Oganesian returned to the Yerevan club . Oganesian , at this time , was a player-coach for the club . With the second return of Hovhannisyan also came some important highlights in the history of the club . During his first season , there had been issued due to an injury of his . In the second season , the team won the 1996–97 Armenian Premier League . The club won the 1996 Armenian Cup that same season for the first time . Oganesian also led the squad to victory in the Armenian Supercup in 1996 and 1998 . In August 1998 , Oganesian left the club and was replaced by David Ghazaryan . In mid-December 2011 , Oganesian started coaching Lokomotiv Tashkent , which played in the last season in the Uzbek League . Personal life . Oganesian is married to his wife Julietta . Khoren has a daughter Edita Oganesian and a son , Zhora Hovhannisyan , who is also a football player . Zhora played for Pyunik Yerevan and Pakhtakor Tashkent , both of which his father also played for . Khoren was managing the clubs Pyunik Yerevan and Lokomotiv Tashkent while Zhora was playing for them . Honours . Club . - Player Ararat Yerevan - Soviet Top League Runner-up ( 1 ) : 1976 ( spring ) - Soviet Cup ( 1 ) : 1975 Kilikia Yerevan - Armenian Premier League ( 2 ) : 1992 , 1995–96 - Armenian Cup ( 1 ) : 1996 - Armenian Cup Runner-up ( 1 ) : 1992 - Manager Kilikia Yerevan - Armenian Premier League ( 2 ) : 1995–96 , 1996–97 - Armenian Cup ( 1 ) : 1996 - Armenian Cup Runner-up ( 1 ) : 1997 - Armenian Supercup ( 2 ) : 1996 , 1998 - Armenian Supercup Runner-up ( 1 ) : 1997 Country . Soviet Union - UEFA Euro 1976 U-21 - Olympic Games ( 1 ) : Bronze Medal 1980 - Grigory Fedotov club member - 118 goals Individual . - Best 33 players of the Soviet Top League season : № 1 - 1980 , 1982 , 1983 ; № 2 - 1979 ; № 3 - 1981 - Best newcomer of the Soviet Top League season : 1975 - Most beautiful goal of the season : 1982 External links . - Interview - Klisf.info Profile - Rusteam.permian.ru Profile - Sportinfo.am - Klisf.info - Armfootball.tripod.com