Hiraç Yagan

Hiraç Yagan (Armenian: Հրաչ Յագան, born on 3 January 1989 in Liège), is an Armenian retired football midfielder. He is currently the sporting director of FC Stade Nyonnais.

Hiraç Yagan
Personal information
Full name Hiraç Yagan
Date of birth (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989
Place of birth Etterbeek, Belgium
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Stade Nyonnais (sporting director)
Youth career
2005–2006 Lierse S.K.
2006–2009 Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Standard Liège 2 (1)
2010 → Tubize (loan) 3 (0)
2011–2012 Charleroi Fleurus 9 (1)
2012 Gandzasar Kapan 12 (0)
2013–2014 Saint Gillis 29 (1)
2014–2015 FC Meyrin 7 (1)
2015–2017 Servette 2 (0)
2017–2019 Stade Nyonnais 31 (0)
National team
2009 Armenia U21 5 (1)
2009 Armenia 2 (0)
2016– Western Armenia 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Standard Liège

Yagan began his career with Lierse S.K. and was scouted from Standard Liège in July 2006.[1]

He scored on his debut for Standard Liège against Tubize on 14 February 2009. In January 2010, he was loaned out to Tubize until July 2010.

International career

Armenia U21

Though born in Belgium, Yagan chose to represent his country of descent and was called up for Armenia U-21 on 17 April 2009,[2] just three days later played his first international match here.[3] He scored his first goal on his second game against Switzerland U-21 on 4 September 2009.

Armenia national team

He made his debut for Armenia against Moldova on 12 August 2009.

Western Armenia

Yagan has also turned out for Western Armenia, a team representing the Armenian indigenous people primarily from the region of Western Armenia which according to Armenian scholars was on territory occupied by Turkey.[4]

Management career

From 2017 to the end of 2019, Yagan was the president of Armenian club FC Ararat Yerevan.[5]

Yagan retired at the end of the 2018-19 season and was appointed sporting director of FC Stade Nyonnais.[6][7]

Honours
Standard Liège
  • Belgian First Division: 1
2008/09

References
  1. "Footgoal Profile". Archived from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  2. "Yagan avec l'Arménie?". Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  3. "Yagan va rejoindre l'Arménie". Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  4. "Paddy Power CONIFA World Football Cup 2018 Team List" (PDF). CONIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. Հայտնի են ՀՖՖ գործկոմի անդամների անունները, primenews.am,
  6. Jérémy Manière devrait rebondir au FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy, 24heures.ch, 3 June 2019
  7. Football: Un attaquant rejoint SLO - Sports, 24heures.ch, 8 August 2019

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