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Andranik Eskandarian
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Full name	Andranik Eskandarian
Date of birth	(1951-12-31) 31 December 1951 (age 60)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1968–1970	Poolad Tehran
1970–1974	Ararat Tehran
1974–1978	Taj
1978–1984	New York Cosmos	142	(0)
1984–1985	New York Cosmos (indoor)	29	(1)
1986–1987	New York Express (indoor)	14	(0)
1989–1990	New Jersey Eagles
National team
1975–1978	Iran	29	(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 Armenian Iranian-American footballer. He played as a defender for the F.C. Ararat Tehran, Taj F.C. 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]

References

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

External links

NASL career stats

v t e Iran squad – 1976 AFC Asian Cup Winners (3rd Title)

GK Rashidi GK Asgarkhani DF Nazari DF Zolfagharnasab DF Abdollahi DF Eskandarian DF Nayebagha DF Mirfakhraei MF Parvin MF Ghelichkhani MF Ghasempour MF Sadeghi MF Azizi MF Shahbandari FW Khorshidi FW Nouraei FW Mazloomi FW Rowshan Coach: Mohajerani

v t e Iran squad – 1976 Summer Olympics

1 Rashidi 2 Nazari 3 Eskandarian 4 Zolfagharnassab 5 Ghelichkhani 6 Ghasempour 7 Parvin 8 Abdollahi 9 Nouraei 10 Roshan 11 Khorshidi 12 Nayebagha 13 Mazloumi 14 Mirfakhraei 15 Jahani 16 Azizi 17 Hejazi Coach: Mohajerani

v t e Iran squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup

1 Hejazi 2 Danaeifard 3 Fariba 4 Bishkar 5 Allahverdi 6 Nayebagha 7 Parvin 8 Ghasempour 9 Sadeghi 10 Roshan 11 Ghesghayan 12 Mavaddat 13 Majd Teymouri 14 Nazari 15 Eskandarian 16 Nouraei 17 Jahani 18 Faraki 19 Shojaei 20 Abdollahi 21 Kazerani 22 Korbekandi Coach: Mohajerani

Persondata
Name	Eskandarian, Andranik
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	31 December 1951
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Date of death
Place of death

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