Vardan Minasyan

Who is Vardan Minasyan?

Vardan Minasyan is an Armenian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the former manager of the Armenia national football team.

Minasyan has been largely credited for advancing Armenia international football. He led Armenia to a record 3rd place finish in Euro 2012 qualifications, where Armenia scored 22 goals, in his first qualification cycle. Minasyan was also the longest serving manager of the Armenian national squad to date and has the best match record of all the former managers of the national team. When he resigned in October 2013 after the FIFA 2014 qualifications, Armenia was ranked #38 by FIFA, the highest rank in the Armenian national team's history.