scoring 68 goals. International career Vardanyan's first match for the Armenia national football team happened on 15 May 1994 in an away game, the second game for Armenia in its history; against the national team of the United States. The only goal for the national team Vardanyan had was a goal against Albania in a home game on 6 September 1997. On 29 August 2005, in part to match against the Netherlands and the Czech Republic for the first time after a long break caused by trauma, figured Vardanyan. However, not having played any first-or second-in games, Vardanyan was included in a list of players for the next qualifying match for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Andorra, though expressed his desire not to play for. Thus, he last played for the national team on 17 November 2004 in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Romania. Legal incident In April 2007, Harutyun Vardanyan was placed in pre-trial detention by Swiss police for cases involving fines. Causes and circumstances of these penalties in the Swiss media had not been reported. Jean-Marc Hofstetter, President of FC Biel Bienne, for which at the time Vardanyan played for, was surprised by the event. In the end, it turned out that Vardanyan was arrested because he gave 4 people a ride in his Mercedes. Three did not have the right to enter the territory of Switzerland and the 4th came to watch the game of football club Biel-Bienne advocated by Vardanyan. However, the latter in no way influenced the police. Vardanyan was supported by the players, coaches and club management. Personal life Vardanyan and his family moved from Switzerland to the town of Mont-de-Marsan, France, in 2010. He is the owner and the operator of a small café on one of the central squares in the French town. National team statistics Honours Club Shirak Gyumri Armenian Premier League (3): 1992, 1994, 1995 Armenian Supercup (1): 1996 Armenian Premier League Runner-up (3): 1993, 1995–96, 1997 Armenian Cup Runner-up (2): 1993, 1994 Individual Armenian Footballer of the Year: 1997 References External links klisf.info armfootball.tripod.com legioner.kulichki.com footballgraph.com 1970 births Living people Footballers from Gyumri Soviet Armenians Soviet footballers Armenian footballers Armenia international footballers Armenian expatriate footballers FC Shirak players SC Fortuna Köln players FC Lausanne-Sport players BSC Young Boys players Servette FC players FC Aarau players FC Biel-Bienne players Armenian Premier League players Swiss