Taron Voskanyan

Taron Voskanyan (Armenian: Տարոն Ոսկանյան, born 22 February 1993) is an Armenian football player who plays for FC Alashkert and the Armenian national team.

Taron Voskanyan
Voskanyan lining up for Armenia in 2014
Personal information
Full name Taron Voskanyan
Date of birth (1993-02-22) 22 February 1993
Place of birth Yerevan, Armenia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Alashkert
Youth career
?–2010 Pyunik Yerevan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Pyunik Yerevan 136 (4)
2016–2017 Karmiotissa 28 (1)
2017–2018 Nea Salamina 10 (0)
2018– Alashkert 0 (0)
National team‡
2011 Armenia U-19 5 (0)
2012– Armenia U-21 12 (1)
2012– Armenia 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:21, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:21, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Voskanyan was a pupil of the Pyunik Yerevan football school. Having begun his career with the youth team, he went to play for Pyunik-2, the reserve team, appearing in eight matches in second-tier Armenian First League during the 2010 season. The following season, he played exclusively for the first team in the Armenian Premier League making his debut on 2 April 2011 in a 0–1 away loss against Ulisses playing the full 90 minutes.[1] Months later, Pyunik won the 2011 Armenian Supercup with Voskanyan in the team.

International career

As a player of the main team of Pyunik, Voskanyan was invited into the ranks of the Armenia U-19 junior team at 19 years of age, and first played for the team on 21 October 2011 against peers from Slovakia U-19. Armenia won 2–1.[2] He subsequently had a few more games with the youth team.

He was a player of the Armenia U-21 team scoring on his debut on 12 June 2013 in a 4–1 win against Andorra U-21.[3]

Voskanyan was first called up to the senior Armenia national football team for a match against the Italian national team on 12 October 2012.[4] His debut came in the next game on 14 November 2012 a 4–2 victory against Lithuania with Voskanyan replacing Robert Arzumanyan after 29 minutes.[5]

Voskanyan in a May 2014 friendly, defending against Yacine Brahimi of Algeria

References
  1. "Ulisses vs. Pyunik 1 – 0". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. "Slovakia U19 vs. Armenia U19 1 – 2". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. "Armenia U21 vs. Andorra U21 4 – 1". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. "Armenia vs. Italy 1 – 3". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  5. Տարոն Ոսկանյան. «Ուրախ եմ, որ Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը շարունակում է մնալ հավաքականի կողքին» (in Armenian). ArmFootball.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
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