Vardan Minasyan

Vardan Minasyan had played for several clubs in the Armenian Premier League. His main achievements had been made playing for Pyunik Yerevan. Minasyan was a member of Pyunik before going abroad and after returning from abroad. He played for one season in Swiss Super League club Lausanne Sports, which won the Swiss Cup, and later moved to Lokomotiv St. Petersburg, which he played on for nearly two years.

Minasyan was a member of the Armenia national team. He participated in 11 international matches since his debut in an away friendly match against Peru on 20 June 1996.

Minasyan began his coaching career as head coach of the Armenia U-21 youth national team in August 2004. He resigned in 2005, and a year later became assistant coach at the club for which he spent the last years of his life as a football player, Pyunik Yerevan. He also worked as assistant coach for head coach Ian Porterfield, along with Englishman Tom Jones, for the Armenia national football team. In September 2007, Porterfield died. Minasyan and Jones became the acting head coach and assistant coach, respectively, before the end of the year. In early 2008, the new head coach, Danish specialist Jan Poulsen, was invited and Minasyan went back to his position as assistant head coach. In March next year, Poulsen was fired because of poor results and Minasyan again temporarily (at the time) became the head coach. Minasyan learned much about managing from Samvel Darbinyan and Ian Porterfield.

Pyunik

In June 2008, Minasyan was replaced as head coach of Pyunik by Armen Gyulbudagyants after a defeat against Gandzasar Kapan. Throughout the season, he led the club to victory over Ararat Yerevan for the 2008 Armenian Premier League title. In 2009, Pyunik once again won the Armenian Premier League, defeating Mika Yerevan in the 2009 Armenian Premier League finals. At a ceremony on 22 December, Vardan was awarded a special prize by the organization Telecom, naming him the best coach of Armenia for 2009. With Minasyan as coach, Pyunik won the Armenian Premier League in 2008,…

Player

Kilikia

Armenian Premier League: 1992, 1995–96, 1996–97 Armenian Cup: 1995–96 Armenian Supercup: 1997 Pyunik Yerevan

Armenian Premier League: 2001, 2002, 2003 Armenian Cup: 2002 Armenian Supercup: 2002 Lausanne Sports

Swiss Cup: 1998

Manager

Pyunik Yerevan

Armenian Premier League: 2008, 2009, 2010 Armenian Cup: 2009, 2010 Armenian Supercup: 2010, 2011 Ararat-Armenia

Armenian Premier League: 2018–19, 2019–20 Armenian Supercup: 2019, 2024

Individual

Armenian Footballer of the Year: 2001 Best Football Coach of Armenia: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2019