DENMARK’S JAN POULSEN NAMED ARMENIA COACH
The Canadian Press
Jan 24 2008
YEREVAN, Armenia – Jan Poulsen has been named coach of Armenia on
Thursday and will lead the team through qualifying for the 2010
World Cup.
The 61-year-old Dane, who coached Jordan’s under-20 team in 2006-07,
has signed a contract to coach Armenia through May 2010, Armenian
soccer federation president Ruben Ayrapetian said.
Poulsen said Armenia would play aggressively to stay "further from
our own goal and not allow the opponent to get close to it."
Armenia is in Group 5 of European qualifying with Spain, Turkey,
Belgium, Bosnia and Estonia.
Scottish coach Ian Porterfield led Armenia until his death last
September of intestinal cancer. The team has had two coaches in
the interim.