Hayrapetyan’s Armenian mission
Tuesday, 28 November 2006
The Football Federation of Armenia has held its fifth
presidential election, with the incumbent Ruben
Hayrapetyan winning a second four-year term in office.
Armenia’s football future
The 43-year-old Hayrapetyan, the only candidate in the
federation’s first uncontested election, said: "I am
happy I could win your trust – the fact we had only
one candidate shows that nobody else wanted to take on
the task of plotting a future for football in Armenia.
I will do my best to continue our development."
Youthful promise
When Hayrapetyan took the post in 2002, there were
only 2,000 associated young players in the country.
Under his tutelage, the Armenia Under-17 team has
participated in the qualifying round for the UEFA
European U17 Championship, while the national U19s
qualified for the final tournament of their European
Championship in Northern Ireland in 2005. "These
youngsters will eventually break into the senior team
and we will do our best to keep them progressing,"
Hayrapetyan said.
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