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France vs Armenia friendly – special match for Gaël Andonian

France vs Armenia friendly – special match for Gaël Andonian

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 8, ARMENPRESS. Gaël Andonian of the Armenian national football team spoke about the friendly France vs Armenia, expressing his opinion on the upcoming match at a pre-match press conference.

As “Armenpress” reports Andonian noted that it would be a special match for him as his family members would also be at the stadium, adding that he was born in France and realized that special attention would be paid to his performance during the match. Andonian also said that he stuck to the opinion that Europe’s best footballers played in the France national football team and that France was stronger than Portugal.

Gaël Andonian (born 7 February 1995) is a French-Armenian footballer who plays as a centre back for Ligue 1 club Marseille and represents the Armenian national team.

Andonian is a youth exponent from Marseille. He was first called into a matchday squad for their 1–0 win away at Nancy on 16 September 2012, remaining an unused substitute. His only other call-up that season was on 6 December, again unused as Marseille lost 0–3 away to AEL Limassol in the UEFA Europa League, both teams already eliminated.

He made his professional debut in a 2–1 Ligue 1 home win against Lens on 2 November 2014, replacing Florian Thauvin for the last 10 minutes.

In 2011, Andonian played two friendlies for France under-16, both goalless draws against Slovenia on 5 and 7 April.

On 26 February 2015, the president of the Armenian Football Federation Ruben Hayrapetyan announced that Andonian would arrive in the Armenian capital Yerevan on 21 March to receive Armenian citizenship and officially join the Armenia national football team.

Eight days later he received his first international cap, playing the full 90 minutes against Albania in a 1–2 defeat at the Elbasan Arena in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. 








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