Artur Avahimyan ( uk, Артур Самвелович Авагімян; born 16 January 1997) is a Ukrainian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ...

on loan from

Oleksandriya Oleksandriia () is a city located in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. Administratively, Oleksandriia serves as the administrative center of Oleksandriia Raion (district). Oleksandriia also hosts the administrat ...

Career

Avahimyan is of

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descent. He is a product of the FC Mariupol and FC Shakhtar youth sportive schools. In February 2017 he went on loan for the

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a professional football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions pyramid. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. It is th ...

club

FC Illichivets Mariupol Football Club Mariupol ( uk, Футбольний клуб "Маріуполь" ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol, that competed in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club ceased to exist as a result of the Siege of M ...

. His career continued, when he finished on loan playing and signed in June 2017 a 2 years deal with

FC Mariupol Football Club Mariupol ( uk, Футбольний клуб "Маріуполь" ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol, that competed in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club ceased to exist as a result of the Siege of M ...

(former FC Illichivets), that was promoted to 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'') ...

. He spend the last of 2022-2023 season on loan at

FC Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 a ...

from

, and in August 2023 he moved back to

on a loan-deal for the 2023-24 season.

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* Ukrainian men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders 1997 births Living people Footballers from Mariupol FC Mariupol players FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol players FC Arsenal Kyiv players FC Alashkert players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Oleksandriya players Ukrainian people of Armenian descent Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Armenian Premier League players Ukraine men's youth international footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia FC Shakhtar Donetsk players {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub