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Personal information | |||
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Position(s) | Defender [1] | ||
International career‡ | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2008 | Armenia U17 | 6 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Armenia U19 | 9 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Armenia | 5 | (0) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 October 2011 |
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