Andranik Voskanyan

Andranik Voskanyan (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Ոսկանյան; born 11 April 1990), is an Armenian football player who currently plays as a defender for Armenian Premier League club FC Van.

Andranik Voskanyan
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-04-11) 11 April 1990
Place of birth Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back[1]
Club information
Current team
 Van
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2015 Mika 114 (6)
2015–2018 Alashkert 64 (0)
2019 Urartu 6 (0)
2020– Van
National team‡
2011 Armenia U-21 7 (0)
2012– Armenia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:31, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2015

Club career

Andranik Voskanyan loved football from early childhood. When he was in the first grade, a football coach visited looking for children interested in playing football. Voskanyan did not miss the opportunity and started to go to training. He began his career in the football school of Malatia Yerevan (now school property of Banants Yerevan) under the direction of Hakob Andreasyan.

He started playing for Mika-2 in the Armenian First League in 2008. Two years later, Voskanyan made his debut for the first team Mika Yerevan in the Armenian Premier League. He played three games that year. In 2011, he got a starter position in the defense and was a major player that season. In the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, Mika had a match against Norwegian club Vålerenga Fotball. Voskanyan did not play on the field and remained at the touch-lines.[2][3]

Voskanyan was released by FC Urartu on 5 December 2019.[4]

International career

In 2011, the chief coach of the Armenian national team saw Voskanyan's skills and recruited him in the Armenia U-21 youth team. On June 7 the same year, he made his debut for the youth national team in the qualifying matches for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. His debut came in the opening match against the Montenegro U-21 youth team, which the Armenian youth team dealt a crushing defeat to 4-1.[5] He played 5 games as a youth, all in 2011.

On February 28, 2012, he made his debut in the Armenia national football team in a friendly match against Serbia. Voskanyan played on the field in the 77th minute of the match, replacing Varazdat Haroyan. The match ended in defeat for Armenia 0-2.[6]

Honours

Club

Pyunik Yerevan

References
  1. Andranik Voskanyan | National Football Teams, national-football-teams.com
  2. "Vålerenga vs. Mika 1 - 0". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  3. "Mika vs. Vålerenga 0 - 1". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  4. "FC URARTU AND ANDRANIK VOSKANYAN TERMINATED THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT". fcurartu.am/. FC Urartu. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  5. "Armenia U21 vs. Montenegro U21 4 - 1". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  6. "Armenia vs. Serbia 0 - 2". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
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