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Armand Mahan
Personal information
Full name	Armand Mondakan Mahan
Date of birth	(1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	defender-midfielder
Youth career
	ASEC Mimosas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	SK Beveren	100	(2)
2007–2008	Cercle Brugge	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2007

Armand Mahan (born 7 September 1983) is an Ivorian professional association football player. He is usually positioned as a left back or left winger.

Career

Mahan played during his youth for ASEC Mimosas. He moved to Belgium in 2003, when he signed a contract with SK Beveren who worked together with the Ivorian team via the Frenchman Jean-Marc Guillou. Several other more famous players made this same move, such as Emmanuel Eboué, Arthur Boka, Romaric and Yaya Touré.

In the Jupiler League 2006-07 season, SK Beveren ended 18th and last in the league. As a result, they were relegated to the Belgian Second Division. Mahan, being end of contract at Beveren, was offered a contract by Cercle Brugge about two weeks after the end of the season, a contract which he accepted. This way, despite relegation, Mahan still played at the highest level of Belgian football. However, at the end of the 2007-08 season, he was given a free transfer.

References

Armand Mahan player info at Sportwereld.be (in Dutch)
Armand Mahan player info at the official Cercle Brugge site (in Dutch)

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