Personal information | |||
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Full name | Armand Mondakan Mahan | ||
Date of birth | 7 September 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | defender-midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
ASEC Mimosas | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2007 | SK Beveren | 100 | (2) |
2007–2008 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2007 |
Armand Mahan (born 7 September 1983) is an Ivorian professional association football player. He is usually positioned as a left back or left winger.
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.
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