Gor Manvelyan (Armenian: Գոռ Մանվելյան; born 9 April 2002) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays for FC Noah.[1][2]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Stepanakert, Republic of Artsakh | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfield, forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Noah | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2014 | FC Saint-Lô | ||
2014–2015 | US Granville | ||
2015–2021 | FC Nantes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | FC Nantes B | 32 | (4) |
2021–2023 | FC Nantes | 0 | (0) |
2023– | FC Noah | 21 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Armenia U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Gor Manvelyan was born in Stepanakert, Republic of Artsakh
Having arrived in France at an early age, Manvelyan grew up in Pont-Hébert, La Manche, first playing football with FC Saint-Lô, before moving to the US Granville as an under-13.[3][4][5][6]
Manvelyan joined the FC Nantes academy in 2015.[4] During the 2018–19 season, he won the national U17 championship, scoring 5 goals and 6 assists with a team comprising the likes of Jean-Claude Ntenda, Lohann Doucet, Mohamed Achi, Jean-Baptiste Gorby and Quentin Merlin.[3][4][7]
The following season, with Stéphane Ziani under-19s, he was the top scorer of the Championnat National[8][9] and the team, with 22 goals in total, despite the season ending prematurely with the covid pandemic.[3][6][10][11]
He was also a standout in the 2019–20 [fr] Coupe Gambardella, as Nantes reached the quarter finals of the national youth cup, before the competition was eventually also canceled.[6] Having scored a goal in the opening round against Lorient,[12] he recorded two braces for the last two matches against Évreux[13] and Niort.[14]
In2020–21, he started playing with the reserve team in National 2, before making his first apparences in the professional squad.[3] He signed his first professional contract in April 2021.[15][6][10][16]
He made his professional debut with Antoine Kombouaré's first team on the 2 January 2022. He replaced Willem Geubbels during a 2–0 Coupe de France win against AS Vitré.[4][17][18] He was therefore part of the team that won the competition, Nantes' first trophy in 22 years,[4] and their 4th Coupe de France title.[19]
Whilst regularly included in the first team match day squads, Manvelyan mainly kept on showing his talents with the reserve team.[20]
Coming though the FC Nantes academy as a versatile midfielder, he rose to prominence as an offensively minded player, mostly as a false nine, regularly scoring goals.[3]
He is described as a calm, good under pressure, technically gifted player, compensating his modest speed with great game vision.[9][3]
Nantes