Taron Voskanyan (Armenian: Տարոն Ոսկանյան, born 22 February 1993) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Alashkert and the Armenia national team.
 Voskanyan lining up for Armenia in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Taron Genrikhovich Voskanyan | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Yerevan, Armenia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alashkert | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2010 | Pyunik | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2016 | Pyunik | 136 | (4) |
| 2010 | → Pyunik-2 | 8 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Karmiotissa | 28 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Nea Salamina | 10 | (0) |
| 2018– | Alashkert | 135 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Armenia U-19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012– | Armenia U-21 | 12 | (1) |
| 2012– | Armenia | 46 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:06, 17 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Voskanyan was a pupil of the Pyunik Yerevan football school. Having begun his career with the youth team, he went to play for Pyunik-2, the reserve team, appearing in eight matches in second-tier Armenian First League during the 2010 season. The following season, he played exclusively for the first team in the Armenian Premier League making his debut on 2 April 2011 in a 0–1 away loss against Ulisses playing the full 90 minutes.[1] Months later, Pyunik won the 2011 Armenian Supercup with Voskanyan in the team.
International career edit
As a player of the main team of Pyunik, Voskanyan was invited into the ranks of the Armenia U-19 junior team at 19 years of age, and first played for the team on 21 October 2011 against peers from Slovakia U-19. Armenia won 2–1.[2] He subsequently had a few more games with the youth team.
He was a player of the Armenia U-21 team scoring on his debut on 12 June 2013 in a 4–1 win against Andorra U-21.[3]
Voskanyan was first called up to the senior Armenia national football team for a match against the Italy national team on 12 October 2012.[4] His debut came in the next game on 14 November 2012 a 4–2 victory against Lithuania with Voskanyan replacing Robert Arzumanyan after 29 minutes.[5]
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Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 28 May 2022[6]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pyunik-2 | 2010 | Armenian First League | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Pyunik | 2011 | Armenian Premier League | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 1[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 2[c] | 0 | - | 44 | 5 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 4[c] | 0 | - | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 2[c] | 0 | - | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 4[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1[c] | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 136 | 4 | 18 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 170 | 4 | ||
| Karmiotissa | 2016–17 | Cypriot First Division | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 2017–18 | Cypriot First Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Alashkert | 2017–18 | Armenian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 0[a] | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 5[d] | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 4[c] | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | 1[c] | 1 | - | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 12[e] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||
| Total | 93 | 3 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 275 | 8 | 34 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 349 | 9 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
- ^ a b c d e f Appearances in the Armenian Supercup
- ^ a b c d e f Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances in the UEFA Europa League and four appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
International edit
- As of match played 17 October 2023[7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 0 | |
Honours edit
Club edit
- Pyunik
- Armenian Premier League (1): 2014–15
- Armenian Cup (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
- Armenian Supercup (2): 2011, 2015
- Alashkert
- Armenian Premier League (2): 2017–18, 2020–21
- Armenian Cup (1): 2018–19
- Armenian Supercup (1): 2021
References edit
- ^ "Ulisses vs. Pyunik 1 – 0". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Slovakia U19 vs. Armenia U19 1 – 2". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Armenia U21 vs. Andorra U21 4 – 1". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Armenia vs. Italy 1 – 3". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Տարոն Ոսկանյան. «Ուրախ եմ, որ Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը շարունակում է մնալ հավաքականի կողքին» (in Armenian). ArmFootball.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Taron Voskanyan at Soccerway
- ^ "Taron Voskanyan". eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
External links edit
- Profile at FFA.am
- Taron Voskanyan at Soccerway
- Taron Voskanyan at FootballDatabase.eu