Mardik Tchaparian

{{short description|Lebanese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mardik Tchaparian | image = Mardik Tchaparian Lebanon, 1963.png | image_size = 150 | caption = Mardik with Lebanon at the 1963 Arab Cup | fullname = Mardiros Tchaparian<ref name=":0" /> | birth_date = | birth_place = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Forward | years1 = 1950s–1960s | clubs1 = Homenmen | caps1 = | goals1 = 15+ | nationalyears1 = 1956–1963 | nationalteam1 = Lebanon | nationalcaps1 = 10+ | nationalgoals1 = 10+ }} '''Mardiros Tchaparian''' ({{langx|ar|مارديروس تشاباريان}}), commonly known as '''Mardik''' ({{langx|ar|مارديك|links=no}}), is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a striker.

Active during the 1950s and 1960s, he used to play as a striker for Homenmen at club level.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MARDIK|url=https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/mardik.html|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.abdogedeon.com|archive-date=30 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830045140/https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/mardik.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the top scorer in the 1960–61 Lebanese Premier League, scoring 15 goals during the season.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mubarak, Hassanin|title=Lebanon - List of Topscorers|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebtops.html|accessdate=9 July 2009}}</ref> Mardik also represented the Lebanon national team, scoring a hat-trick in the 1963 Arab Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arab Cup 1963 Details|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabcup63det.html|access-date=2020-09-08|website=RSSSF}}</ref>

== International career == On 29 February 1956, Mardik scored against Hungary after an individual effort; Lebanon lost 4–1.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-05-30|title=الهومنمن: مسيرة متنوعة وتحولات دراماتيكية.. ونجومه علامة فارقة في المنتخب|url=https://ahwal.media/archives/26211|access-date=2021-10-14|website=أحوال ميديا|language=ar}}</ref> Hungarian forward Ferenc Puskás congratulated Mardik, and stated that he has the technique to be able to play in Europe.<ref name=":0" /> Following the incident, the Lebanese press nicknamed Mardik "the Lebanese Puskás".<ref name=":0" />

==Career statistics== ===International=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !Goal !Date !Venue !Opponent !Score !Result !Competition |- |1 |29 February 1956 |Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon |{{fb|HUN|1949}} | align="center" |– | align="center" |1–4 |Friendly |- |2 | rowspan="2" |22 October 1957 | rowspan="2" |Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon | rowspan="2" |{{fb|JOR}} | align="center" |– | rowspan="2" align="center" |6–0 | rowspan="2" |1957 Pan Arab Games |- |3 | align="center" |– |- |4 | rowspan="2" |26 January 1962 | rowspan="2" |Kuwait University Stadium, Shuwaikh, Kuwait | rowspan="2" |{{fb|KUW}} | align="center" |2–0 | rowspan="2" align="center" |5–0 | rowspan="2" |Friendly |- |5 | align="center" |5–0 |- |6 | rowspan="2" |29 January 1962 | rowspan="2" |Kuwait University Stadium, Shuwaikh, Kuwait | rowspan="2" |{{fb|KUW}} | align="center" |– | rowspan="2" align="center" |3–0 | rowspan="2" |Friendly |- |7 | align="center" |– |- |8 | rowspan="3" |31 March 1963 | rowspan="3" |Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon | rowspan="3" |{{fb|KUW}} | align="center" |2–0 | rowspan="3" align="center" |6–0 | rowspan="3" |1963 Arab Cup |- |9 | align="center" |4–0 |- |10 | align="center" |5–0 |}

== Honours == '''Homenmen''' * Lebanese Premier League: 1954, 1957, 1961

'''Lebanon''' * Pan Arab Games third place: 1957 * Arab Cup third place: 1963

'''Individual''' * Lebanese Premier League top goalscorer: 1960–61

==References== {{commonscat}} {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{FA Lebanon|25415}}

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