Florin Halagian
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Florin Vașken Halagian | ||
Date of birth | 7 March 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Date of death | 12 August 2019 | (aged 80)||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1950–1957 | Dinamo București | ||
1957–1958 | Progresul București | ||
1958–1959 | Pompierul București | ||
1959–1962 | Dinamo Pitești | ||
1963–1964 | Dinamo București | ||
1964 | Petrolul Ploiești | ||
1964–1965 | Minerul Baia Mare | ||
1965 | Dinamo Pitești | ||
1966–1968 | Politehnica București | ||
1969 | Vagonul Arad | ||
Managerial career | |||
1972–1973 | Argeş Pitești | ||
1974–1979 | Argeş Pitești | ||
1979 | Romania (Caretaker) | ||
1979–1981 | Argeș Pitești | ||
1981–1984 | Olt Scornicești | ||
1984 | Steaua București | ||
1985 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
1985–1988 | Argeș Pitești | ||
1988–1989 | Victoria București | ||
1990–1991 | Romania B | ||
1991–1994 | Dinamo București | ||
1994–1995 | Inter Sibiu | ||
1995–1997 | Naţional București | ||
1997–1999 | FCM Bacău | ||
1999–2000 | Argeș Pitești | ||
2000 | Brașov | ||
2000 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | ||
2001–2002 | Argeș Pitești | ||
2009–2010 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
2010 | Dacia Mioveni | ||
2011 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Florin Vașken Halagian (7 March 1939 – 12 August 2019) was a Romanian football player and manager of Armenian descent, hence the nickname Armeanul (The Armenian).[1] He is the manager who has the most matches in Liga I with 878 games consisting of 432 victories, 176 draws and 270 losses.[1][2]
On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu for all of his achievements as a football coach, and for forming a young generation of future champions with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class III.[3][4]
Halagian was the manager of the Romania national football team for one match during 1979.[5]
In 2011, Halagian returned to Gloria Bistriţa, but was sacked 3 weeks later because of issues regarding players shaving before matches.[6]
One of Halagian's famous quotes as coach was: Focu' la ei! (Fire at them!), Armeanul explained: This is an expression that I invented to convey to the players on the pitch that the ball is good to be on the opponent half of the pitch, even if we have possession or not, I told them it is better to play there.[7]
Honours
[edit]Manager
[edit]- Argeş Pitești
- Steaua București
- Dinamo București
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "FLORIN HALAGIAN LA 80 DE ANI Cele mai importante borne ale carierei "Armeanului": a construit generația Stelei din 1986" [FLORIN HALAGIAN AT 80 YEARS The most important moments in the career of " The Armenian ": he built the Steaua's 1986 generation] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Top 60 antrenori" [Top 60 coaches] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1970–1979 – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ David Hills (1 May 2011). "Return to Gloria Bistrita". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ Florin Halagian "Focu’ la ei !“. revistaflacara.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b "Doliu în fotbalul românesc! A murit Florin Halagian!" [Mourning in Romanian football! Florin Halagian died!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- Florin Halagian's profile Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Florin Halagian's coaching stats
- 1939 births
- 2019 deaths
- Romanian people of Armenian descent
- Footballers from Bucharest
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- FC Dinamo București players
- FC Progresul București players
- Victoria București players
- FC Argeș Pitești players
- FC Petrolul Ploiești players
- CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) players
- FC Sportul Studențesc București players
- Vagonul Arad players
- Romanian football managers
- FC Argeș Pitești managers
- Romania national football team managers
- FCSB managers
- CS Universitatea Craiova managers
- Victoria București managers
- FC Dinamo București managers
- FC Inter Sibiu managers
- FC Progresul București managers
- FCM Bacău managers
- FC Brașov (1936) managers
- CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț managers
- ACF Gloria Bistrița managers
- CS Mioveni managers
- Romanian football biography stubs