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Place of birth
  
Cyprus

1992–1995
  
Fulham

Position
  
Midfielder

0000–1992
  
APOEL

Role
  
Footballer

Years
  
Team

Name
  
Ara Bedrossian

Playing position
  
Midfielder

1995–????
  
Stevenage Borough


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Ara Bedrossian (born 2 June 1967) is a Cypriot former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Early and personal life

He is of Armenian descent. His father was a Cypriot tennis champion. He moved to England in 1974 following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

Early career

In England, Bedrossian played youth football with AYA before playing semi-professionally with Kingstonian. He spent his early career in Cyprus with APOEL, playing for them for 8 years.

Playing in England

He moved from Queens Park Rangers to Fulham at the end of the 1992–93 season. While playing with Fulham he has trials at Birmingham City and Middlesbrough. Bedrossian made a total of 42 league appearances for Fulham, scoring 1 goal. He also played for Stevenage Borough.

Later career

Bedrossian later played Sweden before returning to Cyprus, playing for APOEL and Olympiakos Nicosia, where he retired from playing at the age of 35.

He later ran the Arsenal Soccer School in Cyprus as well as being Arsenal's scout for Eastern Europe. He also managed AGBU Ararat, a futsal team.

References

Ara Bedrossian Wikipedia