Andranik Eskandarian

Andranik Eskandarian
Personal information
Full nameAndranik Eskandarian
Date of birth31 December 1951
Place of birthTehran, Iran
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1968–1970Poolad Tehran
1970–1972Ararat Tehran
1972–1978Taj
1978–1984New York Cosmos142(0)
1984–1985New York Cosmos (indoor)29(1)
1986–1987New York Express (indoor)14(0)
1989–1990New Jersey Eagles
National team
1975–1978Iran29(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Andranik Eskandarian (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Իսքանտարեան, Persian: آندرانیک اسکندریان‎, born 31 December 1951) is an Iranian-Armenian footballer. He played as a defender for the F.C. Ararat Tehran, Taj SC and New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.

He won the Iranian league in 1975 and reached the second place in 1974. Further he won the Hazfi Cup in 1977.

Eskandarian was a member of the Iranian team winning the Asia Cup 1976 in Tehran and reaching the quarterfinals of the Olympic Tournament in Montreal in 1976. He also played for Iran in the 1978 World Cup.

Soon after that, he moved to America to play for the highest-profile team in the country, the New York Cosmos, beginning in the 1979 season. After the Cosmos folded in 1984, Eskandarian played for the New York Express during its half-season in the Major Indoor Soccer League. From 1989 through 1990, he played for the New Jersey Eagles of the American Soccer League.[1]

Personal

He is the father of former Major League Soccer player Alecko Eskandarian. Eskandarian became a United States citizen in 1984 and now owns and operates two sporting goods stores in New Jersey.[2]

Honours

Club

Taj
New York Cosmos

National

Iran

References

  1. ↑ New Jersey Eagles Team Roster, 1989 and New Jersey Eagles Team Roster, 1990
  2. ↑ Backline:Eski: 'We brought soccer to this country' by Will Kuhns for Soccer America 30 April 2001

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