Armand Mahan

Armand Mahan

Personal information
Full name	Armand Mondakan Mahan
Date of birth	September 7, 1983 (1983-09-07) (age 28)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	defender-midfielder
Club information
Current club	unattached
Youth career
	ASEC Mimosas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003-2007	SK Beveren	100	(2)
2007-2008	Cercle Brugge	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2007

Armand Mahan (born September 7, 1983) is an Ivorian professional football player. He is usually positioned as a left back or left winger.

Career

Mahan played during his youth for ASEC Mimosas. He moved to Belgium in 2003, when he signed a contract with SK Beveren who worked together with the Ivorian team via the Frenchman Jean-Marc Guillou. Several other more famous players made this same move, such as Emmanuel Eboué, Arthur Boka, Romaric and Yaya Touré.

In the Jupiler League 2006-07 season, SK Beveren ended 18th and last in the league. As a result, they were relegated to the Belgian Second Division. Mahan, being end of contract at Beveren, was offered a contract by Cercle Brugge about two weeks after the end of the season, a contract which he accepted. This way, despite relegation, Mahan still played at the highest level of Belgian football. However, at the end of the 2007-08 season, he was given a free transfer.

References

• Armand Mahan player info at Sportwereld.be (Dutch)
• Armand Mahan player info at the official Cercle Brugge site (Dutch)

Notes

Persondata
Name	Mahan, Armand
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1983-09-07
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Date of death
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