Karlen Mkrtchyan
Personal information
Full name Karlen Vardkesovich Mkrtchyan
Date of birth (1988-11-25) 25 November 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Pyunik 83 (10)
2011–2015 Metalurh Donetsk 47 (0)
2013–2014 → Anzhi Makhachkala (loan) 13 (0)
2014–2015 Tobol Kostanay 4 (0)
2015–2016 Anzhi Makhachkala 22 (1)
2017–2020 Pyunik 44 (3)
International career
2007–2010 Armenia U-21 13 (1)
2008–2019 Armenia 56 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karlen Mkrtchyan (Armenian: Կառլեն Մկրտչյան; born 25 November 1988) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Club

Pyunik

Karlen Mkrtchyan is a graduate the Armenian football club school Pyunik Yerevan. Since 2007, he played for the first team. In the 2008 Armenian Premier League he played in all 28 games,[1] and also took part in the final match against Ararat Yerevan, in which Pyunik won the Premier League.[2] With Mkrtchyan as a member, Pyunik won the Armenian Premier League in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, the Armenian Cup in 2009 and 2010 and the Armenian Supercup in 2007, 2008 and 2010.

On 10 January 2011, it was reported that Karlen went to preseason camp in Turkey with Kuban Krasnodar.[3] Together with Mkrtchyan on interest of Kuban was national teammate Gevorg Ghazaryan. In the test match against Astana Locomotive, Mkrtchyan was seriously hurt damaged, resulting in a surgery.[4]

Metalurh Donetsk

On 1 April 2011, Mkrtchyan signed a contract with Metalurh Donetsk for three years.[5] Following a vote held at the official site of Donetsk Metalurh, Mkrtchyan was voted the best player of the club in October, November and December 2011.[6][7][8]

Anzhi Makhachkala

On 30 August 2013, Mkrtchyan signed for Russian Premier League side Anzhi Makhachkala.[9]

Tobol

On 9 January 2015, Mkrtchyan signed a one-year contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Tobol,[10] leaving the club on 22 April of the same year through mutual consent.[11] Following his release from Tobol, Mkrtchyan trained with FC Pyunik.[12]

Anzhi Makhachkala

On 26 June 2015, Mkrtchyan signed a three-year contract to return to Anzhi Makhachkala.[13]

On 31 January 2017, Anzhi removed him from their Russian Premier League roster.[14]

Pyunik

On 17 August 2017, Mkrtchyan signed a one-year contract with his former club Pyunik of the Armenian Premier League.[15] On 2 July 2020, Pyunik announced that Mkrtchyan had left the club after his contract had expired.[16]

After two years without a club, he decided to end his career due to recurring injuries.[17][18]

International career

Since joining Pyunik he began to be involved in 2008 in the Armenia U-21 team that in a home game, he scored his first goal for the youth national team and the first goal of the match against the Turkey U-21 team. Armenia defeated Turkey 2–1.[19][20] Since 2008, plays for the senior Armenia national football team. The first match held on 2 February 2008 in Malta's capital Valletta, against the local national team. The match ended 1–0 in favor of the Armenian team.[21] Mkrtchyan scored his first goal for the Armenia national team on 14 November 2012 in a home friendly match against Lithuania at the 50th minute. Armenia defeated Lithuania 4–2.[22]

Personal life

Following the 14 November 2012 Armenian national game, in which Mkrtchyan scored his first goal for the team, he headed back to Donetsk together with his wife and got married. His wife was a classmate of fellow Metalurh and Armenian national player Gevorg Ghazaryan.[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 February 2020[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metalurh Donetsk 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League 6 0 0 0 – – – 6 0
2011–12 19 0 4 0 – – 0 0 23 0
2012–13 16 0 1 0 – – – 17 0
2013–14 6 0 0 0 – 2 0 – 8 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0
Total 47 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 54 0
Anzhi Makhachkala (loan) 2013–14 Russian Premier League 13 0 0 0 – 5 1 – 18 1
Tobol 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League 4 0 0 0 – – – 4 0
Anzhi Makhachkala 2015–16 Russian Premier League 20 1 1 0 – – 0 0 21 1
2016–17 2 0 0 0 – – – 2 0
Total 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1
Pyunik 2017–18 Armenian Premier League 16 1 1 0 – 0 0 – 17 1
2018–19 22 1 2 0 – 1 0 – 25 1
2019–20 6 1 0 0 – 5 0 – 11 1
Total 44 3 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 53 3
Career total 130 4 9 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 152 5

International

Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mkrtchyan goal.
List of international goals scored by Karlen Mkrtchyan
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 November 2012 Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Lithuania 2–0 4–2[25] Friendly
2 6 September 2013 Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 1–0 2–1[26] 2014 World Cup Qualifier

Honours

Pyunik Yerevan

Individual

References

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