Khoren Oganesian

Khoren Oganesian was born in an Armenian family on 10 January 1955 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR in a family of sportsmen. His father was a weightlifter, and later an honored coach of the Armenian SSR. His mother specialized in gymnastics. Khoren's older brother played football and his younger brother became a weightlifter and later received the Master of Sport of the USSR title. ==Club career==

Oganesian grew up playing football in a nearby yard with his older brother. In 1969, he joined the team of Ani Yerevan and won the All-Union neighborhood teams tournament Leather Ball and scored one of the goals in the final meeting. Oganesian later engaged in a sports school, after which he entered the Armenian State University of Economics, specializing in state planning. At that time, he was invited to try out for the youth football teams in Armenia, where he was noticed by the head coach of the Soviet Union national under-21 football team, Yevgeny Lyadin. Lyadin wrote a letter of recommendation to the leadership of the local club Ararat Yerevan, where Oganesian was taken into in 1973. He played as a second for two years. In 1987, he agreed to play for the factory team Arabkir Yerevan, which became a champion of the republic. In 1988, it appeared already in the Soviet First League. ==International career==

In 1975, Oganesian joined the Soviet Union under-21 national team, coached by Valentin Nikolayev. He was a part of the Soviet youth team when it won the UEFA Euro 1976 U-21. most of which proved decisive. ==Managerial career==

While still a player, in 1991 Oganesian managed to get a coach position on Tavriya Simferopol. The head coach at the time was Anatoliy Zayaev, but the whole training process was taken care of by Oganesian. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Oganesian moved back to Armenia. Here, along with some of his friends who also participated in football, he decided to found a club. This club was named ADCC, meaning (literal English translation) Armenian General Athletic Union. In Armenian, the club name was abbreviated HMNM, or Homenetmen. Oganesian, already a veteran of football, continued his playing career. In the newly formed club's first season, it became the 1992 Armenian Premier League champion, which was the first ever Armenian Premier League, and the finalist of the 1992 Armenian Cup, also the first of its kind. ==Personal life==

Oganesian is married to his wife Julietta. Khoren has a daughter Edita Oganesian and a son, Zhora Hovhannisyan, who is also a football player. Zhora played for Pyunik Yerevan and Pakhtakor Tashkent, both of which his father also played for. Khoren was managing the clubs Pyunik Yerevan and Lokomotiv Tashkent while Zhora was playing for them. ==Career statistics==

International goals ==Honours==

Player Ararat Yerevan • Soviet Top League runner-up: 1976 (spring) • Soviet Cup: 1975 Homenetmen Yerevan • Armenian Premier League: 1992, 1995–96 • Armenian Cup: 1996 • Armenian Cup runner-up: 1992 Soviet Union U21 • UEFA Euro: 1976 Soviet Union • Olympic Games bronze medal: 1980 • Grigory Fedotov club member – 118 goals Individual • Best 33 players of the Soviet Top League season: 1980, 1982, 1983; runner-up 1979; third place 1981 • Best newcomer of the Soviet Top League season: 1975 • Most beautiful goal of the season: 1982 Manager Homenetmen Yerevan • Armenian Premier League: 1995–96, 1996–97 • Armenian Cup: 1996 • Armenian Cup runner-up: 1997 • Armenian Supercup: 1996, 1998 • Armenian Supercup runner-up: 1997 ==References==