Ara Bedrossian (born 2 June 1967) is a Cypriot former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He is of Armenian descent. His father was a Cypriot tennis champion. He moved to England in 1974 following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
In England, Bedrossian played youth football with AYA before playing semi-professionally with Kingstonian. He spent his early career in Cyprus with APOEL, playing for them for 8 years.
He moved from Queens Park Rangers to Fulham at the end of the 1992âÂÂ93 season. While playing with Fulham he has trials at Birmingham City and Middlesbrough. Bedrossian made a total of 42 league appearances for Fulham, scoring 1 goal. He also played for Stevenage Borough.
Bedrossian later played in Sweden before returning to Cyprus, playing for APOEL and Olympiakos Nicosia, where he retired from playing at the age of 35.
He later ran the Arsenal Soccer School in Cyprus as well as being Arsenal's scout for Eastern Europe. He also managed AGBU Ararat, a futsal team.