Saturday, October 3 2015 11:48

A charitable football match between journalists and bank employees, in which Europe and World champion Youri Djorkaeff played, has raised 1 million AMD.  These funds, allocated by ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank for charity purposes, will be provided to the Khachik borderline community school for buying sport equipment and for the orphanage in Gavar. 

 

Expressing gratitude to the participants of the charitable match, and to Youri Djorkaeff in particular, ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank's press officer Narek Asatryan noted that this is not the first time the bank initiates charitable programs for the Gavar orphanage.

 

The charitable football match between bank employees and journalists took place on October 2 at the "Pyunik" Club stadium. Europe and World champion, French footballer of Armenian origin Youri Djorkaeff played in ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank's team. The bank employees played with the football team of Armenian journalists, for which Vardan Minasyan, former head coach of the Armenia's National team and currently "Pyunik" club executive director played.At the end of the match Youri Djorkaeff dispensed autographs.

 

To note, Djorkaeff was born to Kalmyk-Polish father Jean Djorkaeff and an Armenian mother in Lyon.  He started his career in 1984 with French club Grenoble, before moving to RC Strasbourg in 1989, AS Monaco in 1990, and then Paris Saint-Germain in 1995. He also played for Internazionale1, FC Kaiserslautern, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers.Djorkaeff won the Cup Winners' Cup with Paris Saint-Germain in 1996 and the UEFA Cup with Internazionale in 1998. He accumulated 82 caps and scored 28 goals for France. Other than the two major tournaments (the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2000), Djorkaeff also played for his country in UEFA Euro 1996 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Winner of the Coupe de France: 1990-91, French Division 1: Top Scorer 1993-94 (20 goals). Notably, the footballer's roots played a significant role when he made a choice in which team to continue his career. Two major European football clubs Barcelona and Inter were trying to attract Djorkaeff. From the first days of joining Inter, the fans called him "Brilliant".