Andranik Voskanyan ( hy, Անդրանիկ Ոսկանյան; born 11 April 1990), is an Armenian

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player who plays as a defender.

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

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(now school property of

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) under the direction of Hakob Andreasyan. He started playing for Mika-2 in the

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in 2008. Two years later, Voskanyan made his debut for the first team

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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

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, Mika had a match against Norwegian club Vålerenga Fotball. Voskanyan did not play on the field and remained at the touch-lines. Voskanyan was released by

FC Urartu Football Club Urartu ( hy, Ուրարտու Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ, translated ''Futbolayin Akumb Urartu''), commonly known as Urartu, is an Armenian professional football team based in the capital Yerevan that currently plays in the ...

on 5 December 2019. On 5 January 2023, Voskanyan left Alashkert after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

International career

In 2011, the chief coach of the Armenia 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

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. 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. 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

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. The match ended in defeat for Armenia 0-2.

Honours

Club

Pyunik Yerevan * Armenian Premier League Runner-up (1):

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* Armenian Cup (1):

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(1): 2012-13

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Voskanyan, Andranik 1990 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Armenia men's international footballers FC Mika players FC Alashkert players FC Urartu players FC Van players Armenian Premier League players