The Armenian national team played very tenaciously in the European Championship qualifiers, with six points from three games and a provisional second place in the table. Although Mkhitaryan has retired from the national team, everyone is very new to the national team players. However, the national team is very interesting, they have their own returnees, and they also have their own naturalized players.
In the recent 2-1 win over Latvia, for example, the starting 11 were born in six different countries. Born in the small German town of Geerden, the brother currently plays for FC Bayern II and has confirmed his move to Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchen. Two wingers, Zelalayan and Norberto Briasco, were both born in Argentina in South America.
Zelalayan played for the Columbus Crew in the American League and was the team's No. 10 player. He is 31 years old and was born in Córdoba, Argentina. The player has played in the Argentine, Mexican and American leagues. Briasco currently plays for giants Boca Juniors, playing mainly on the right winger and centre-winger.
Born in Nigeria, the 1.77m player has been in the Armenian league since 2018 and has been naturalized enough to become an Armenian international. Born in Russia and currently No.10 in Krasnodar, back-up Eduard Spertsyan is a much-talked about rising star who is sure to play in the big five leagues in the future.
In addition, Tigenizan and Harut Yunyan of the defender line were both born in Russia and currently play in the Russian Premier League. Veteran goalkeeper Kanchavic, born in the Serbian city of Užice, is also a naturalized player who came to the Armenian league in 2018 and was selected for the Armenian national team after five years of residence. This dude has also been named in the Serbian national team squad before. The other three defenders were born in Armenia proper.
On the bench there was another man named Angulo, who was born in Colombia. This dude came to Armenia in 2015 and became an international five years later. According to the geographical concept, the international players of the Armenian national team come from Asia, Africa, South America and Europe, which can be said to be varied. The internationals who made the squad were born in 7 different countries.
It can be said that from this team, we see the complexity of international football and the trend of naturalized players. The team will face the challenge of Turkey, Croatia and other teams, and the team has little hope of reaching the European Championship finals, but it is more realistic to score a few more goals and get a few more points.