Samvel Melkonyan

Samvel Melkonyan
Personal information
Date of birth	15 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right Winger, Forward
Team information
Current team	Alashkert
Number	6
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2008	Banants Yerevan
2008–2009	Metalurh Donetsk
2009–2011	Banants
2011–2012	Mika
2012–2012	Chernomorets Burgas
2012–2013	Ulisses
2013–2015	Gandzasar
2015–2016	Mika
2016–2017	Alashkert
International career‡
2003–2006	Armenia U-21
2005–2010	Armenia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2013

Samvel Melkonyan (Armenian: Սամվել Մելքոնյան, born on 15 March 1984 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Armenian former footballer who played as a winger. Samvel was also a member of the Armenia national football team, participated in 29 international matches since his debut at home 2006 World Cup qualification match against the Netherlands on 3 September 2005.

Club career

Samvel began his professional career playing for Spartak Yerevan. When Spartak merged with Banants, Samvel Melkonyan automatically transferred to Banants. He has been one of the stars at his new club for the past few years. Melkonyan transferred to Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk in 2008, but his spell there was not successful and he returned to Banants the following year.

Melkonyan transferred to Chernomorets Burgas in Bulgaria in January 2012.^[1] He made his first appearance on 4 March 2012 and had one assist in a 2–0 win for the team against CSKA Sofia.