Zaven Badoyan ( hy, Զավեն Բադոյան, born 22 December 1989) is an

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player who currently plays winger for Saudi club Afif.

Club career

Zaven Badoyan was born in

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. He is a graduate of the local school FIMA. But he first tried his hand at several other sports, and eventually decided to pursue a football career. At 6 years of age he went to football school FIMA, where his first coach was Levon Barseghyan. At 16 years old, he was playing in the professional

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 association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the compet ...

. In 2006, he signed a contract with Kilikia Yerevan advocated by over two seasons. In 2008, while serving in the Army, he played for Gandzasar Kapan, which came in third place at the

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and was the first medal of Badoyan's career. In January 2010, was meeting with Impuls Dilijan, which subsequently entered into a contract. Badoyan become a major player in the team after spending 27 games out of a possible 28, the same number achieved by

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and Avetik Kirakosyan (captain). In December 2011, Badoyan made a 4-year contract with the Belarusian club BATE Borisov. With Badoyan as a member, the club has won the

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and

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. On 21 June 2023, Badoyan joined Saudi Second Division side Afif.

International career

In late April 2010, he was summoned to the youth Armenia U-21 national team of Armenia, and on 20 May of the same year he made his debut in the junior youth team against

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. In 2011, Badoyan had come to the attention of the coaching staff of 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 of ...

. It was because of his progression in Impuls Dilijan. Before the game in St. Petersburg, head coach

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included Badoyan in his list for the upcoming match against

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. However, Badoyan was not chosen for this game day to play. Badoyan's debut took place on 10 August in a game against the

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. In May 2016, Badoyan scored his first international goal, the seventh in a 7-1 friendly win against

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International goals

:''As of match played 28 May 2016. Armenia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Badoyan goal.''

Personal life

His favourite championship is

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, favourite club is

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, favourite player is

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and favourite coach is

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Honours

Club

Gandzasar Kapan *

3rd place (1):

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BATE Borisov *

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(1):

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(1):

Runner-up (1):

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Badoyan, Zaven 1989 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Armenian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Armenia men's international footballers Armenia men's under-21 international footballers Armenian Premier League players Belarusian Premier League players Saudi Second Division players FC Gandzasar Kapan players Impuls FC players FC BATE Borisov players FC Gomel players FC Pyunik players FC Urartu players FC Alashkert players Shabab Al Sahel FC players FC Ararat Yerevan players FC Van players FC Akzhayik players Afif FC players