David Arshakyan ( hy, Դավիթ Արշակյան; born 16 August 1994) is an Armenian footballer who plays for BKMA. He also holds

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n citizenship as David Rudolfovich Arshakyan (russian: Давид Рудольфович Аршакян).

Club career

FC Mika

Arshakyan began his professional career with Armenian side

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in 2012, and made three

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appearances as his side captured the 2012–13

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FK Trakai

Arshakyan was transferred to Lithuanian side FK Trakai prior to the start of the 2015 season. In 34 A Lyga appearances, Arshakyan scored 25 goals and had six multi-goal games, including three hat-tricks, finishing the season just three goals shy of the top scorer in the league. That season, he also appeared in six UEFA Europa League qualifiers, scoring five goals in total. Arshakyan made 18 appearances for Trakai in the 2016 season, scoring nine goals, including a hat-trick over FK Utenis Utena on July 28.

Chicago Fire

On August 3, 2016, the Chicago Fire announced that they had acquired Arshakyan from FK Trakai, on a two-year contract with club options for the third and fourth years. Arshakyan made his Chicago Fire debut on August 27, 2016, in a 6–2 defeat against

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, when he replaced striker

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in the 56th minute. On December 18, 2017, Chicago and Arshakayan mutually agreed to terminate his contract.

Vejle Boldklub

On January 26, 2018, the Danish club

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announced that they had signed Arshakyan on a free transfer. He signed a contract until the summer 2020.

Irtysh Omsk

On 23 September 2020, Arshakyan signed for Irtysh Omsk. On 31 March 2021, his contract with Irtysh was terminated by mutual consent.

International career

As a youth player, Arshakyan represented Armenia at the U-19 and U-21 levels. In August 2016 Arshakyan was called up to the senior team ahead of its first match of

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. On 4 September 2016 he debuted for the senior team, starting in Armenia's qualification match against

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Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arshakyan, David 1994 births Living people Footballers from Saint Petersburg Armenian men's footballers Armenia men's international footballers Russian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Armenian expatriate men's footballers FC Mika players FK Riteriai players Chicago Fire FC players HNK Gorica players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Ararat Yerevan players NK Rudeš players FC Irtysh Omsk players A Lyga players Major League Soccer players Croatian Football League players Armenian Premier League players Danish 1st Division players Russian First League players Armenia men's under-21 international footballers Russian sportspeople of Armenian descent Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Armenian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Russian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Russian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Russian expatriate sportspeople in the United States