Artur Voskanyan ( hy, Արթուր Ոսկանյան, born 13 August 1976 in
Yerevan
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) is an
Armenia
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football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of
Armenia national under-21 football team
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.
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
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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
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and 1998
Armenian Supercup
The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League Champion and Armenian Cup
The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competitio ...
. Voskanyan was given the
Armenian Footballer of the Year award in 1998 by the
Football Federation of Armenia
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The Fe ...
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International career
Voskanyan debuted in the
Armenia national football team
The Armenia national football team ( hy, Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական, ''Hayastani futboli azgayin havak'akan'') represents Armenia in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation o ...
on 27 March 1999 in a home
UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
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match against
Russia
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, 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.
Voskanyan left the national team that same year.
Managerial career
On 8 December 2015 he has appointed as Head coach of Armenia under-17 football team.
He is now the manager of FC Banants Yerevan.
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
Honours
Club
Tsement Ararat
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Armenian Premier League
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(1):
1998
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Armenian Premier League
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3rd place (1):
2001
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Armenian Cup
The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the ...
(1): 1998
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Armenian Supercup
The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League Champion and Armenian Cup
The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competitio ...
(1): 1998
Banants Yerevan
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Armenian Premier League
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Runner-up (1):
2010
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Armenian Premier League
The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a r ...
3rd place (1):
2002
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Armenian Cup
The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the ...
Runner-up (2): 2009, 2010
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Armenian Supercup
The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League Champion and Armenian Cup
The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competitio ...
Runner-up (1): 2010
Pyunik Yerevan
Football Club Pyunik Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երևան, Futbolayin Akumb P’yunik Yerevan), commonly known as Pyunik (" Phoenix"), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the Kentron neighbourh ...
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Armenian Premier League
The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a r ...
(2):
2005,
2006
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Armenian Cup
The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the ...
Runner-up (1): 2006
*
Armenian Supercup
The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League Champion and Armenian Cup
The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competitio ...
(1): 2005
*
Armenian Supercup
The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League Champion and Armenian Cup
The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competitio ...
Runner-up (1): 2006
Ararat Yerevan
Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League.
Since 1999, the club is ...
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Armenian Cup
The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the ...
Runner-up (1): 2007
Individual
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Armenian Footballer of the Year: 1998
References
External links
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armfootball.tripod.com*
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1976 births
Living people
Footballers from Yerevan
Armenian footballers
Association football midfielders
Armenia international footballers
Armenian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate footballers in Belarus
Armenian Premier League players
Russian Premier League players
Cypriot First Division players
FC Elista players
FC Urartu players
Digenis Akritas Morphou FC players
Ethnikos Achna FC players
FC Pyunik players
FC Ararat Yerevan players
FC Vitebsk players
Armenian football managers
FC Urartu managers