Andranik Eskandarian

Football player infobox


playername = Andranik Eskandarian

fullname = Andranik Eskandarian
height = height|m=1.74
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1951|12|31
cityofbirth = Tehran
countryofbirth = Iran
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1970-1972 1972-1979 1979-1984 1986-1987
1989-1990
clubs = F.C. Ararat Tehran Taj New York Cosmos New York Express (indoor)
New Jersey Eagles|caps(goals) =
164 (0)
nationalyears = 1975-1978
nationalteam = flagicon|Iran Iran
nationalcaps(goals) = 29 (0)
pcupdate = 26 August 2006
ntupdate = 26 August 2006

Andranik Eskandarian (Armenian: _hy. Անդրանիկ Իսքանտարեան, born December 31, 1951) is an Iranian- born American football (soccer) player of Armenian descent, who played defender for the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.

Eskandarian played for Iran in the 1978 World Cup. Soon after that he moved to America to play for the highest-profile team in the country, the New York Cosmos, beginning in the 1979 season. After the Cosmos folded in 1984, Eskandarian played for the New York Express of the Major Indoor Soccer League for a few years. From 1989 through 1990, he played for the New Jersey Eagles of the American Soccer League. [ [http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1989/statsasl89.htm#Miami New Jersey Eagles Team Roster, 1989] and [http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1990/statsasl90.htm#NJ New Jersey Eagles Team Roster, 1990] ]

He is the father of current Major League Soccer player Alecko Eskandarian.

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