Arsen Georgievich Avakov (born 28 May 1971) is a former
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
i player. He is of
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
descent. Arsen won the top scorer award in the
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...
in 1995 while playing for
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia, the first foreign player in history of the
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...
to do so.
Avakov began his playing career with
FC Pamir Dushanbe
CSKA Pamir Dushanbe ( tg, Клуби футболи ЦСКА-Помир Душанбе, Klubi Futboli CSKA Pomir Dushanbe; fa, زسکا پامیر دوشنبه) is a professional football club based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan that currently plays i ...
in the
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
, before moving to clubs in Ukraine. He finished his career with
FC Torpedo Moscow
Football Club Torpedo Moscow (russian: link=no, ФК "Торпедо" Москва, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and returned to the Russian Pr ...
,
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl.
From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist").
In the USSR ...
,
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League.
History
Early years
The team of the railway workers was founded in Nizhny Novgorod in 1916. Later it was k ...
and
FC Uralan Elista
FC Uralan Elista (russian: ФК Уралан Элиста) is a football club based in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia.
History
FC Elista was founded in 2005 following the dissolution of its predecessor, FC Uralan Elista. The club entered ''South'' zone ...
in the
Russian Premier League
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.
International career stats
Goals for senior national team
References
External links
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1971 births
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
FC Elista players
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players
CSKA Pamir Dushanbe players
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
FC Temp Shepetivka players
FC Torpedo Moscow players
FC Torpedo-2 players
FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia players
Living people
Sportspeople from Dushanbe
Russian Premier League players
Soviet footballers
Soviet Armenians
Soviet Top League players
Tajikistan international footballers
Tajikistani people of Armenian descent
Tajikistani expatriate footballers
Tajikistani footballers
Ukrainian Premier League players
Ukrainian Premier League top scorers
Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Association football forwards
Ethnic Armenian sportspeople
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