Artur Voskanyan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Artur Voskanyan | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Yerevan, Soviet Armenia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–1999 | Tsement Ararat | 22 | (4) |
| 1999–2000 | Uralan Elista | 33 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Banants Yerevan | 17 | (6) |
| 2002–2003 | Digenis Morphou | 25 | (4) |
| 2003-2004 | Ethnikos Achna | 21 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Pyunik Yerevan | 44 | (7) |
| 2006–2007 | Ararat Yerevan | 24 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | FC Vitebsk | 21 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Banants Yerevan | 42 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2010 | Armenia | 51 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 November 2010. | |||
Artur Voskanyan (Armenian: Արթուր Ոսկանյան, born August 13, 1976 in Yerevan) is an Armenian retired football player who formerly played midfielder for the Armenian national team and last for Armenian Premier League club Banants Yerevan. He is the current head coach of Banants-2.[1]
Club career
Artur Voskanyan began his career in Zvartnots Echmiadzin, for which he played 11 games in his first season. At that time, he was still 17 years old. Zvartnots soon had a number of unsuccessful performances and soon became SKA-Arai Echmiadzin and was demoted from the Armenian Premier League to the Armenian First League. After leaving the club, Voskanyan moved to Van Yerevan. He managed to play only two seasons for Van, as the club was disbanded after the 1996-97 season.
In 1998, Voskanyan joined Tsement Ararat. The club won the 1998 Armenian Premier League that season and also the 1998 Armenian Cup and 1998 Armenian Supercup. Voskanyan was given the Armenian Footballer of the Year award in 1998 by the Football Federation of Armenia.[2]
International career
Voskanyan debuted in the Armenia national football team on 27 March 1999 in a home UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match against Russia, in which the Armenian team was defeated 0:3. Over his entire time playing for the Armenian national squad, Artur had 52 matches and scored one goal in a game against the Maltese national team.
In March 2010, has been invited to the national team, for which last played a year ago.[3] Voskanyan left the national team that same year.
Managerial career
On the 8th of December 2015 he has appointed as Head coach of Armenia under-17 football team.
Personal life
Artur is married and has two children, a girl and a boy. His younger brother, Ara Voskanyan, was also a football player.
National team statistics
| Armenia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 8 | 1 |
| 2008 | 10 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 51 | 1 |
Honours
Club
- Armenian Premier League (1): 1998
- Armenian Premier League 3rd place (1): 2001
- Armenian Cup (1): 1998
- Armenian Supercup (1): 1998
- Armenian Premier League Runner-up (1): 2010
- Armenian Premier League 3rd place (1): 2002
- Armenian Cup Runner-up (2): 2009, 2010
- Armenian Supercup Runner-up (1): 2010
- Armenian Premier League (2): 2005, 2006
- Armenian Cup Runner-up (1): 2006
- Armenian Supercup (1): 2005
- Armenian Supercup Runner-up (1): 2006
- Armenian Cup Runner-up (1): 2007
Individual
References
- ↑ Артур Восканян: 477 игр в карьере футболиста (in Russian). armsport.am. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- 1 2 ԼԱՎԱԳՈՒՅՆ ՖՈՒՏԲՈԼԻՍՏԻ ՄԽԻԹԱՐՅԱՆԻ 2-ՐԴ ՏԻՏՂՈՍԸ (in Armenian). ArmSport.am. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ Артур Восканян: рад, что снова приглашен в национальную команду (in Russian). ArmFootball.com. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
External links
- Artur Voskanyan at National-Football-Teams.com
- footballdatabase.eu
- armfootball.tripod.com
- Artur Voskanyan profile at Soccerway
- klisf.info
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