Karen Aleksanyan ( hy, Կարեն Համլետի Ալեքսանյան, born 17 June 1980 in

Gyumri Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...

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. Aleksanyan spent the majority of his career at

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FC Shirak Football Club Shirak ( hy, Շիրակ Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ), commonly known as Shirak, is an Armenian professional sports club based in Gyumri. Shirak is known for its professional football team which is one of the oldest football ...

Career

Club

Aleksanyan announced his retirement from football on 7 January 2017 to take up a coaching role at Shirak.

International

Aleksanyan represented

on 25 occasions between 2002 and 2008, making his debut in an away

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

against

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on 7 June 2002.

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 11 October 2008''

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* 1980 births Living people Armenian footballers Armenia international footballers FC Shirak players FC Pyunik players FC Zimbru Chișinău players FC Urartu players FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players Ulisses FC players Armenian Premier League players Armenian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Moldova Expatriate footballers in Belarus Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Association football midfielders Footballers from Gyumri {{Armenia-footy-bio-stub