Hiraç Yagan (Armenian: Հրաչ Յագան, born on 3 January 1989 in Liège), is an Armenian retired football midfielder. He is currently the sporting director of FC Stade Nyonnais.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hiraç Yagan | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Etterbeek, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy (sporting director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Lierse S.K. | ||
| 2006–2009 | Standard Liège | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Standard Liège | 2 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Tubize (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Charleroi Fleurus | 9 | (1) |
| 2012 | Gandzasar Kapan | 12 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Saint Gillis | 29 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | FC Meyrin | 7 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Servette | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Stade Nyonnais | 31 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2009 | Armenia U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 2009 | Armenia | 2 | (0) |
| 2016– | Western Armenia | 9 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Yagan began his career with Lierse S.K. and was scouted from Standard Liège in July 2006.[1]
He scored on his debut for Standard Liège against Tubize on 14 February 2009. In January 2010, he was loaned out to Tubize until July 2010.
Though born in Belgium, Yagan chose to represent his country of descent and was called up for Armenia U-21 on 17 April 2009,[2] just three days later played his first international match here.[3] He scored his first goal on his second game against Switzerland U-21 on 4 September 2009.
He made his debut for Armenia against Moldova on 12 August 2009.
Yagan has also turned out for Western Armenia, a team representing the Armenian indigenous people primarily from the region of Western Armenia which lays in today's Turkey.[4]
From 2017 to the end of 2019, Yagan was the president of Armenian club FC Ararat Yerevan.[5]
Yagan retired at the end of the 2018–19 season and was appointed sporting director of FC Stade Nyonnais.[6][7]