fullname youthclubs pcupdate years youthyears clubs caps birth_place nationalteam position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
vartan ghazarian homenetmen beirut 2008-05-14 & ndash ; 1995 2000-2002 2002-2009 2005-2007 & ndash ; 1995 homenetmen -lrb- loan -rrb- beirut hekmeh fc homenetmen beirut → hekmeh fc ?? -lrb- ?? -rrb- ?? -lrb- ?? -rrb- -lrb- ?? -rrb- ?? -lrb- ?? -rrb- ?? yerevan , armenian ssr lebanon striker ?? 1993-2001 01 october 1969 wartan ghazarian
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wartan ghazarian

vartan ghazarian -lrb- born on 1 november 1969 in beirut , lebanon -rrb- is a retired lebanese-armenian association football player .
he represented the lebanon national football team from 1993 until 2001 .
he is a striker .
vartan had a complicated club career .
he started his career at homenetmen beirut , stayed there for four years and moved to hekmeh fc .
he spent two years there then moved back to homenetmen .
then he went on a two-year loan to al-hekmé and returned to homenetmen beirut .
vartan ghazarian is the leading goal scorer in the history of the lebanon national team with a record of 19 goals -lrb- 4 in world cup qualifiers , 3 in asian cup qualifiers , 12 in friendlies -rrb- .
on 16 november 2008 , during round 6 of the lebanese football league , at the age of 39 years , vartan scored his 130th goal in the lebanese first division against tadamon tyre , becoming officially the highest all-time scorer in the history of lebanese football .
some officials do not recognize the 12 goals he scored in the 2000-2001 season which was canceled .
however , his remaining recognized goals equal fadi alloush 's total of 118 goals .
his first goal in the lebanese league came on 23 january 1993 when he scored the second goal for homentmen against tadamon tyre in the 54th minute .
few years ago , he returned to his original country , armenia , where he currently lives .
