Florin Halagian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Florin Halagian

Romanian footballer

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1939

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Date of Death: 12-Aug-2019

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Florin Va?ken Halagian (7 March 1939 – 12 August 2019) was a Romanian football player and manager of Armenian descent, hence the nickname Armeanul (The Armenian).
He is the manager who has the most matches in Liga I with 878 games.On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Basescu for all of his achievements as a football coach, and for forming a young generation of future champions with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class III.Halagian was the manager of the Romania national football team for one match during 1979.In 2011, Halagian returned to Gloria Bistrita, but was sacked 3 weeks later because of issues regarding players shaving before matches.One of Halagian's famous quotes as coach was: Focu' la ei! (Fire at them!), Armeanul explained: This is an expression that I invented to convey to the players on the pitch that the ball is good to be on the opponent half of the pitch, even if we have possession or not, I told them it is better to play there.