Yeghishe Melikyan head coach of Armenian national football team 

ArmInfo.  Yeghishe Melikyan has become the new head coach of the Armenian national football team. This was reported by the Football Federation of Armenia.

The source notes that the candidacy of the 46-year-old specialist was  approved on August 6 by members of the FFA Executive Committee. The  contract with Yeghishe Melikyan will be valid until November 2026.

Commenting on his appointment, Yeghishe Melikyan said: "I am proud to  have taken up the post of head coach of the Armenian national team. I  am aware of the complexity of the moment and all the responsibility,  but I am ready to go through this path with honor. I will make all my  decisions for the benefit of the national team and Armenian football.

Now is the time to join forces. I call on the entire football  community to unite around the national team." FFA President Armen  Melikbekyan, commenting on the appointment of Yeghishe Melikyan,  noted: "The Football Federation of Armenia has decided to change the  vector of development of the Armenian national team. We are grateful  to John van't Schip for his work.

Now we entrust the leadership of the national team to an Armenian  specialist who knows Armenian football from the inside, having gone  from being a player of the Armenian national team to a coach who has  twice won the championship in Armenian club football in recent years.  We hope that thanks to the cooperation and daily hard work of the FFA  staff and Yeghishe Melikyan, the Armenian national team will be able  to achieve good results. I believe that thanks to consolidation and  unity, we will be able to take a step forward."