Arshak Rafaelyevich Koryan ( hy, Արշակ Կորյան; russian: Аршак Рафаэльевич Корян; born 17 June 1995) is an Armenian professional

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who plays as a

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for Alania Vladikavkaz on loan from

Khimki Khimki ( rus, Химки, p=ˈxʲimkʲɪ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 18.25 kilometres northwest of central Moscow, and immediately beyond the Moscow city boundary. History Origins and formation Khimki was initially a railway station th ...

Club career

Born in

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

, Koryan started his career at

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Prem ...

. After progressing through the club's youth system, he was an unused substitute in a 0–1 away loss against

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English: ...

. On 3 February 2015, Koryan signed for Dutch

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club Vitesse, being initially assigned to Jong Vitesse. On 21 May, he renewed his contract for a further year. On 8 June 2016, Koryan was promoted to the main squad and was assigned the 30 shirt. He made his professional debut on 6 August, replacing Mitchell van Bergen in the 81st minute of a 4–1 away win against Willem II. On 31 March 2017, it was announced that Koryan would leave Vitesse along with Wouter Dronkers and Ewout Gouw at the end of their current deals in June 2017. On 12 July 2017, Koryan returned to

as a free agent. He left Lokomotiv upon the expiration of his contract on 30 June 2019. On 1 July 2019, he signed with

. On 4 March 2021, he extended his contract with Khimki. On 13 August 2021, he joined

FC Orenburg FC Orenburg (russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian professional football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. It will return to the Russian Premier League for the 2022–23 season. History It played professionally as Gazovik from 197 ...

on loan for the 2021–22 season. On 19 August 2022, Koryan was loaned to Alania Vladikavkaz.

International career

He represented Russia on junior levels. Before the

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season, the players from the countries that belong to

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(of which Armenia is one), stopped being considered foreign players in Russian leagues (there are restrictions on the number of foreign players per team). He made his debut for

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 ...

on 5 September 2020 in a

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1–2 loss against North Macedonia.

Personal life

Koryan is the cousin of the Russian youth international Ruslan Koryan.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Vitesse *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

: 2016–17 ;Lokomotiv Moscow *

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: 2017–18

References

External links

Profile
at Vitesse official website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Koryan, Arshak 1995 births Sportspeople from Sochi Russian people of Armenian descent Citizens of Armenia through descent Living people Russian footballers Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Armenian footballers Armenia youth international footballers Armenia international footballers Association football wingers FC Lokomotiv Moscow players SBV Vitesse players FC Khimki players FC Orenburg players Russian Premier League players Eredivisie players Russian First League players Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Russian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands