Florin Halagian

Florin Vașken Halagian (7 March 1939 – 12 August 2019) was a Romanian football player and manager of Armenian descent, hence the nickname Armeanul (The Armenian).[1] He is the manager who has the most matches in Liga I with 878 games.[1][2]

Florin Halagian
Halagian as a manager, wearing his lucky Chicago Bulls hat.
Personal information
Full name Florin Vașken Halagian
Date of birth (1939-03-07)7 March 1939
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 12 August 2019(2019-08-12) (aged 80)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1957 Dinamo București
1957–1958 Progresul București
1958–1959 Pompierul București
1959–1962 Dinamo Pitești
1963–1964 Dinamo București
1964 Petrolul Ploiești
1964–1965 Minerul Baia Mare
1965 Dinamo Pitești
1966–1968 Politehnica București
1969 Vagonul Arad
Teams managed
1972–1973 Argeş Pitești
1974–1979 Argeş Pitești
1979 Romania (Caretaker)
1979–1981 Argeș Pitești
1981–1984 Olt Scornicești
1984 Steaua București
1985 Universitatea Craiova
1985–1988 Argeș Pitești
1988–1989 Victoria București
1990–1991 Romania B
1991–1994 Dinamo București
1994–1995 Inter Sibiu
1995–1997 Naţional București
1997–1999 FCM Bacău
1999–2000 Argeș Pitești
2000 Brașov
2000 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
2001–2002 Argeș Pitești
2009–2010 Gloria Bistrița
2010 Dacia Mioveni
2011 Gloria Bistrița
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu for all of his achievements as a football coach, and for forming a young generation of future champions with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class III.[3][4]

Halagian was the manager of the Romania national football team for one match during 1979.[5]

In 2011, Halagian returned to Gloria Bistriţa, but was sacked 3 weeks later because of issues regarding players shaving before matches.[6]

One of Halagian's famous quotes as coach was: Focu' la ei! (Fire at them!), Armeanul explained: This is an expression that I invented to convey to the players on the pitch that the ball is good to be on the opponent half of the pitch, even if we have possession or not, I told them it is better to play there.[7]

Honours

Coach
Argeş Pitești
Dinamo București

References
  1. "FLORIN HALAGIAN LA 80 DE ANI Cele mai importante borne ale carierei "Armeanului": a construit generația Stelei din 1986" [FLORIN HALAGIAN AT 80 YEARS The most important moments in the career of " The Armenian ": he built the Steaua's 1986 generation] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  2. "Top 60 antrenori" [Top 60 coaches] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1970–1979 – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  6. David Hills (1 May 2011). "Return to Gloria Bistrita". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  7. Florin Halagian "Focu’ la ei !“. revistaflacara.ro (in Romanian)
  8. "Doliu în fotbalul românesc! A murit Florin Halagian!" [Mourning in Romanian football! Florin Halagian died!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.


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