Romanian footballer and manager (1939–2019)
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 consisting of 432 victories, 176 draws and 270 losses.[1][2]
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
Manager
- Argeş Pitești
- Steaua București
- Dinamo București
References
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ "Top 60 antrenori" [Top 60 coaches] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1970–1979 – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ David Hills (1 May 2011). "Return to Gloria Bistrita". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ Florin Halagian "Focu’ la ei !“. revistaflacara.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b "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.
External links
- Florin Halagian's profile Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Florin Halagian's coaching stats
