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Gor Manvelyan

Gor Manvelyan (Armenian: Գոռ Մանվելյան; born 9 April 2002) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays for FC Noah.[1][2]

Gor Manvelyan
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Stepanakert, Republic of Artsakh
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfield, forward
Team information
Current team
 FC Noah
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2014 FC Saint-Lô
2014–2015 US Granville
2015–2021 FC Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 FC Nantes B 32 (4)
2021–2023 FC Nantes 0 (0)
2023- FC Noah 7 (1)
International career‡
2023– Armenia U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Early life edit

Gor Manvelyan was born in Stepanakert, Republic of Artsakh

Having arrived in France at an early age, Manvelyan grew up in Pont-Hébert, La Manche, first playing football with FC Saint-Lô, before moving to the US Granville as an under-13.[3][4][5][6]

Club career edit

Manvelyan joined the FC Nantes academy in 2015.[4] During the 2018–19 season, he won the national U17 championship, scoring 5 goals and 6 assists with a team comprising the likes of Jean-Claude Ntenda, Lohann Doucet, Mohamed Achi, Jean-Baptiste Gorby and Quentin Merlin.[3][4][7]

The following season, with Stéphane Ziani under-19s, he was the top scorer of the Championnat National[8][9] and the team, with 22 goals in total, despite the season ending prematurely with the covid pandemic.[3][6][10][11]

He was also a standout in the 2019–20 [fr] Coupe Gambardella, as Nantes reached the quarter finals of the national youth cup, before the competition was eventually also canceled.[6] Having scored a goal in the opening round against Lorient,[12] he recorded two braces for the last two matches against Évreux[13] and Niort.[14]

In 2020–21, he started playing with the reserve team in National 2, before making his first apparences in the professional squad.[3] He signed his first professional contract in April 2021.[15][6][10][16]

He made his professional debut with Antoine Kombouaré's first team on the 2 January 2022. He replaced Willem Geubbels during a 2–0 Coupe de France win against AS Vitré.[4][17][18] He was therefore part of the team that won the competition, Nantes' first trophy in 22 years,[4] and their 4th Coupe de France title.[19]

Whilst regularly included in the first team match day squads, Manvelyan mainly kept on showing his talents with the reserve team.[20]

Style of play edit

Coming though the FC Nantes academy as a versatile midfielder, he rose to prominence as an offensively minded player, mostly as a false nine, regularly scoring goals.[3]

He is described as a calm, good under pressure, technically gifted player, compensating his modest speed with great game vision.[9][3]

Honours edit

Nantes

References edit

  1. ^ Gor Manvelyan at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ https://www.armenews.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=78257
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Boudard, Jean-Marcel (22 August 2021). "Trois choses à savoir sur Gor Manvelyan, le dernier appelé". Ouest-France. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Allaire, Baptiste (10 May 2022). "Un ancien joueur de Saint-Lô et Granville gagne la Coupe de France". La Manche libre [fr] (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Le jeune espoir du FC Nantes Gor Manvelyan revient à Pont-Hébert". La Manche libre (in French). 31 December 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d Rey, Aurélien (26 April 2021). "Football : originaire de la Manche, il signe pro au FC Nantes !". actu.fr [fr] (in French). La Presse de la Manche [fr]. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b Bourdeau, Denis (5 June 2019). "Johann Sidaner, leur entraîneur, présente ses jeunes joueurs champions de France". Presse-Océan [fr]. Ouest-France. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  8. ^ Sukiasyan, Samvel (27 April 2020). "Discovering young talents: Nantes Armenian scorer". Armenia News. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  9. ^ a b Bourgoin, Charles (12 August 2022). "Nantes : Gor Manvelyan, zoom sur la nouvelle pépite du FC Nantes". Football 365 (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  10. ^ a b Pereira, Alexis (22 April 2021). "Nantes : Gor Manvelyan passe pro". Foot Mercato [fr] (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  11. ^ Bouchacourt, Jérome (23 March 2020). "U19. Gor Manvelyan (FC Nantes), l'éclosion d'un vrai talent". Foot Amateur (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  12. ^ Le Sauce, Arnaud (15 December 2019). "Football. Gambardella. FC Lorient – FC Nantes : 0-5". Le Télégramme (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Gambardella : le grand huit pour le FC Nantes". Ouest-France. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  14. ^ Teraha, Clément (24 February 2020). "Les Chamois éliminés par Nantes". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  15. ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush (23 April 2021). "French Armenian footballer Gor Manvelyan signs for FC Nantes". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  16. ^ Amirzayan, Krikor (22 April 2021). "Un Arménien, Gor Manvelyan (19 ans) a signé un contrat pro avec le FC Nantes". Nouvelles d'Arménie Magazine [fr]. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  17. ^ Maltret, Laurent (2 January 2022). "Nantes 2-0 Vitré, Coupe de France , résultat et résumé du match". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  18. ^ "Transferts : Gor Manvelyan (Nantes) pisté en Belgique". L'Équipe (in French). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  19. ^ a b Bernard, Thomas (7 May 2022). "Coupe de France : 22 ans après, le FC Nantes décroche enfin un trophée". actu.fr [fr] (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  20. ^ "FC Nantes : La confiance retrouvée de Gor Manvelyan". Ouest-France. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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