Name Mardik Mardikian Playing position Role Footballer | Height 1.8 m Years Team Date joined 2012 | |
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Full name Mardig Kevork Mardigian Date of birth (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 23) Current team Syria national football team (Forward) | ||
Mardig Kevork Mardigian (Arabic: مارديك كيفورك ماردكيان; born 14 March 1992), commonly known as Mardik Mardikian, is a Syrian footballer who plays for Al-Arabi in Qatar.
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Personal life
He is an ethnic Armenian. His father Kevork Mardikian is known as one of the best Syrian football players of all time.
Syria
Mardik began his professional career in 2009 with Hutteen SC. He scored five goals in his four-seasons long spell at the Latakia based club.
Bahrain
After his great performance with Hutteen SC, he earned the praise and received offers from various clubs in the GCC. He finally moved on-loan to Al-Riffa SC in 2012. He scored five goals for the Riffa based club, including one against Al-Nahda Club of Oman in the 2012 GCC Champions League.
Back to Syria
He came back to Syria and his parent club, Hutteen SC. He scored four league goals in the 2012–13 season.
Jordan
He again moved on-loan in 2013 to Jordan, where signed a contract with Amman based club, Al-Jazeera. He scored eight league goals for the club.
Oman
In the same season, he moved on-loan to Oman where he signed a contract with newly promoted side (To Oman Professional League), Sohar SC. This moved turned out to be the best of his career with him scoring eleven league goals for the club, hence becoming the top-scorer of the club and helping the club to stay in the top-division.
On 17 July 2014, he signed a one-year contract with Fanja SC. He made his Fanja SC debut on 12 September 2014 in a 1-0 win over Al-Suwaiq Club. In December 2014, he was released by Fanja SC.
Qatar
On 19 January 2015, he signed a six-month contract with Al-Markhiya Sports Club of Qatargas League.