Romanian footballer and manager

Florin Vașken Halagian (7 March 1939 – 12 August 2019) was a Romanian football player and manager of Armenian descent, hence the nickname Armeanul (The Armenian). He is the manager who has the most matches in Liga I with 878 games.

On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu for all of his achievements as a football coach, and for forming a young generation of future champions with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") cl* III.

Halagian was the manager of the Romania national football team for one match during 1979.

In 2011, Halagian returned to Gloria Bistriţa, but was sacked 3 weeks later because of issues regarding players shaving before matches.

One of Halagian's famous quotes as coach was: Focu' la ei! (Fire at them!), Armeanul explained: This is an expression that I invented to convey to the players on the pitch that the ball is good to be on the opponent half of the pitch, even if we have possession or not, I told them it is better to play there.

Contents

• 1 Honours
  • 1.1 Manager
• 2 References
• 3 External links

Honours

Manager

Argeş Pitești

• Divizia A (2): 1971–72, 1978–79

Steaua București

• Divizia A (1): 1984–85

Dinamo București

• Divizia A (1): 1991–92

References

External links

• Florin Halagian's profile Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Florin Halagian's coaching stats