Artur Voskanyan (Armenian: Արթուր Ոսկանյան, born 13 August 1976) is an Armenian football coach and former player who is the manager of the academy of Noravank.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Noravank (academy manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DYuSSh Echmiadzin | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | SKA-Arai Etchmiadzin | 37 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Van Yerevan | 39 | (3) |
| 1997 | Karabakh Yerevan | 17 | (1) |
| 1998 | Tsement Ararat | 22 | (4) |
| 1999–2000 | Uralan Elista | 33 | (2) |
| 2001 | Spartak Yerevan | 14 | (5) |
| 2002 | Banants Yerevan | 3 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Digenis Morphou | 25 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | Ethnikos Achna | 21 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Pyunik Yerevan | 44 | (7) |
| 2006 | Kilikia Yerevan | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | Ararat Yerevan | 24 | (0) |
| 2008 | Vitebsk | 21 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Banants Yerevan | 42 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2010 | Armenia | 51 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Banants Yerevan (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Armenia U17 | ||
| 2016 | Armenia U17 | ||
| 2016–2017 | Banants Yerevan | ||
| 2016–2018 | Armenia U21 | ||
| 2018–2019 | Armenia U19 | ||
| 2021– | Noravank (academy) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editArtur Voskanyan began his career in Zvartnots Echmiadzin, for which he played 11 games in his first season. At that time, he was still 17 years old. Zvartnots soon had a number of unsuccessful performances and soon became SKA-Arai Echmiadzin and was demoted from the Armenian Premier League to the Armenian First League. After leaving the club, Voskanyan moved to Van Yerevan. He managed to play only two seasons for Van, as the club was disbanded after the 1996–97 season.
In 1998, Voskanyan joined Tsement Ararat. The club won the 1998 Armenian Premier League that season and also the 1998 Armenian Cup and 1998 Armenian Supercup. Voskanyan was given the Armenian Footballer of the Year award in 1998 by the Football Federation of Armenia.[2]
International career
editVoskanyan debuted in the Armenia national team on 27 March 1999 in a home UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match against Russia, in which Armenia was defeated 3–0. Over his entire time playing for the Armenia national squad, he made 52 appearances and scored one goal in a game against the Maltese national team.
In March 2010, Voskanyan was invited to the national team after having last played a year before.[3] He left the national team that same year.
Managerial career
editOn 8 December 2015 he has appointed as Head coach of Armenia under-17 football team.
Personal life
editArtur is married and has two children, a girl and a boy. His younger brother, Ara Voskanyan, was also a football player.
Career statistics
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 1 | |
Honours
editTsement Ararat
- Armenian Premier League: 1998; third place 2001
- Armenian Cup: 1998
- Armenian Supercup: 1998
Banants Yerevan
- Armenian Premier League runner-up: 2010; third place 2002
- Armenian Cup runner-up: 2009, 2010
- Armenian Supercup runner-up: 2010
Pyunik Yerevan
- Armenian Premier League: 2005, 2006
- Armenian Cup runner-up: 2006
- Armenian Supercup: 2005; runner-up 2006
Ararat Yerevan
- Armenian Cup runner-up: 2007
Individual
References
edit- ^ Артур Восканян: 477 игр в карьере футболиста (in Russian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ a b ԼԱՎԱԳՈՒՅՆ ՖՈՒՏԲՈԼԻՍՏԻ ՄԽԻԹԱՐՅԱՆԻ 2-ՐԴ ՏԻՏՂՈՍԸ (in Armenian). ArmSport.am. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Артур Восканян: рад, что снова приглашен в национальную команду (in Russian). ArmFootball.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
External links
edit- Artur Voskanyan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Artur Voskanyan at FootballDatabase.eu
- armfootball.tripod.com
- Artur Voskanyan at Soccerway
- Artur Voskanyan at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)