YEREVAN. – Armenian national football team head coach Vardan Minasyan announced, on Monday, those national players who will take part in the trainings to be held in Cyprus and will prepare for the friendly matches with Serbia and Canada on February 28 and 29.    

But among the 31 footballers invited to Armenia’s national squad, there is one player whose name is not so familiar for many.

Norair Mamedov was born on March 25, 1991, in Karahunj village of Armenia’s Syunik Region.

He started his professional career in the Netherlands, where he currently plays for FC Zwolle. This season Mamedov played nineteen games for the club and scored five goals. He even recorded a hat-trick in one match.   

Norair’s transfer value is estimated at 200 thousand euros.