 Melikyan managingArmenia in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yegishe Meliki Melikyan | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-08-13)13 August 1979 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Yerevan,Soviet Armenia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Armenia (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Dvin Artashat | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Araks Ararat | ||
| 2000–2001 | Banants Yerevan | ||
| 2002–2009 | Metalurh Donetsk | 57 | (1) |
| 2003 | →Metalurh-2 Donetsk | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2006 | →Stal Alchevsk (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | →Banants Yerevan (loan) | 36 | (3) |
| 2009 | →Ulisses Yerevan (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2009 | →Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2010 | Ulisses Yerevan | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | Krymteplytsia Molodizhne | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 41 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002–2007 | Armenia | 29 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015 | Metalurh Donetsk (U-19) | ||
| 2015 | Metalurh Donetsk (U-21) | ||
| 2015 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (U-19) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Stal Kamianske (U-21) | ||
| 2017 | Stal Kamianske | ||
| 2019 | Lviv (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Lviv | ||
| 2020–2021 | Alashkert | ||
| 2021–2025 | Pyunik | ||
| 2025– | Armenia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 September 2007 | |||
Yegishe Meliki Melikyan (Armenian:Եղիշե Մելիքի Մելիքյան, born on 13 August 1979) is a retiredArmenianfootballdefender and manager. He is the current manager of theArmenia national football team.
Melikyan was a member of theArmenia national team, participated in 29 international matches since his debut in awayEuro 2004 qualifying match againstGreece on 16 October 2002.
On 26 June 2017, Melikyan was appointed head coach ofStal Kamianske.[1] On 25 September 2017, he left the club.[2][3]
On September 2019, Melikyan was appointed assistant to head coachVolodymyr Mazyar atLviv.[4] On 31 October 2019, he was appointed head coach of this team.[5][6]On 21 June 2020,Lviv decided to part ways with Melikyan upon the expiration of his contract.[7][8]
On 28 June 2020, Melikyan was appointed as manager ofAlashkert.[9][10] On 5 January 2021, he left the club by mutual consent.[11]
On 7 January 2021, Melikyan was appointed as manager ofFC Pyunik.[12][13] On 27 January 2025, Pyunik extended their contract with Melikyan until the end of the 2025–26 season.[14]
On 6 August 2025, Melikyan leftFC Pyunik[15] and was appointed head coach of theArmenia national team.[16][17]
| Armenia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 29 | 0 |
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