Eduard Markarov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Eduard Markarov

Armenian footballer

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1942

Place of Birth: Baku

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Armenia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Eduard Artyomovich Markarov (Armenian: ??????? ????????, Russian: ?????? ????????? ????????, born on 20 June 1942) is a retired Soviet football player who played striker for clubs Torpedo Armavir, Neftchi Baku and Ararat Yerevan and for the Soviet Union national football team and current football manager for Armenian Premier League club Mika Yerevan. He was a member of the Ararat Yerevan team that won the Soviet Top League in 1973 and the Soviet Cup in 1973 and 1975.
Markarov scored 5 goals for Ararat Yerevan at the 1974–75 European Cup, sharing top goalscorer with Gerd Müller of Bayern Munich.
He played three matches for the Soviet national squad and participated with the team at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, where they came in fourth place.
As a manager, Markarov led Mika Yerevan to victory at the Armenian Cup in 2000 and 2001.
Markarov was awarded the Master of Sport of the USSR title in 1963, the Honored Master of Sport of the USSR title in 1973 and the Honored Coach of the Armenian SSR title in 1983.