Artak Aleksanyan (Armenian: Արտակ Ալեքսանյան; born on 10 March 1991) is an Armenian football player who is a free agent. He last played for FC Ararat Yerevan and the Armenia national football team. He also holds Russian citizenship.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Artak L. Aleksanyan | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Yerevan, Soviet Armenia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2009 | Spartak Moscow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Pyunik Yerevan | 24 | (1) |
| 2010 | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | 6 | (0) |
| 2011 | Pyunik Yerevan | 18 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | FC Khimki | 39 | (3) |
| 2013 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Ulisses FC | 27 | (9) |
| 2015 | FC Torpedo Armavir | 22 | (2) |
| 2016 | FC Gandzasar Kapan | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | FC Ararat Moscow | 7 | (0) |
| 2019 | FC Ararat Moscow (amateur) | ||
| 2019–2020 | FC Ararat Yerevan | 13 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Armenia U-19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2009 | Armenia U-21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2010– | Armenia | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2011 | |||
Club career
editArtak's family moved to Moscow when he was two years old. He started playing football at 9 years old in the football sportschool of Spartak Moscow, which he was a pupil of ?.
In January 2009, he signed a contract with and transferred to the reigning Armenian Premier League champions Pyunik Yerevan. On the field, Aleksanyan played periodically. As part of Pyunik, he debuted in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League on 14 July 2009 in a home match against Dinamo Zagreb. Aleksanyan came off the bench in the 68th minute.
In December, his contract with Pyunik ended.[1] After negotiations with several clubs,[2] in January he signed a contract with the Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast,[3] playing in the Russian National Football League. The contract was set for one year.
Due to not playing in the first team of the Ural, Aleksanyan has decided to change clubs. In January 2011, arrived at the camp in Mordovia Saransk and started their training.[4] However, after some time Aleksanyan arrived in Yerevan and with Pyunik on a training camp in Cyprus.[5] After a contract was signed for a year, which was close to the end of August, both parties later terminated it with mutual desire.
On 31 August, FC Khimki presented Aleksanyan on their squad. A contract was signed and lasted until the end of 2012.[6] In late June, Aleksanyan, along with Arthur Yedigaryan and Edward Tatoyan, left the club.[7] However, in late July, he returned to the club by signing a new contract.[8]
International career
editOn 9 February 2011, Aleksanyan debuted for the Armenia national football team in a friendly match against Georgia. He was substituted in at the 85th minute in place of Edgar Manucharyan.[9]
Personal life
editArtak has a father, Levon, a mother, Nune, and a younger brother Arthur.[2]
His agent is Valeri Aleksanyan Oganesyan.[2]
Honours
editClub
edit- Armenian Premier League (1): 2009
- Armenian Premier League Runner-up (1): 2011
- Armenian Cup (1): 2009
- Armenian Supercup Runner-up (1): 2009
References
edit- ^ Артак Алексанян покинул "Пюник" (in Russian). ArmFootball.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ a b c Артак Алексанян: очень тронут таким доверием (in Russian). ArmFootball.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ Артак Алексанян подписал контракт с "Уралом" (in Russian). ArmFootball.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ Егише Меликян продолжит выступления в "Шираке" (in Russian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 29 December 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ "Пюник" отправился на Кипр (in Russian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ Новичком ФК "Химки" стал Артак Алексанян (in Russian). fckhimki.ru. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ Едигарян, Алексанян и Татоян покинули Химки (in Russian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ Алексанян возвратился в "Химки" (in Russian). fckhimki.ru. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ "Armenia vs. Georgia 1–2" (in Armenian). Soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
External links
edit- Artak Aleksanyan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at ffa.am
- spartak.com[permanent dead link]