Taron Voskanyan
Voskanyan lining up for Armenia in 2014
Personal information
Full name Taron Genrikhovich Voskanyan
Date of birth (1993-02-22) 22 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Yerevan, Armenia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Alashkert
Number 3
Youth career
?–2010 Pyunik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Pyunik 136 (4)
2010 → Pyunik-2 8 (0)
2016–2017 Karmiotissa 28 (1)
2017–2018 Nea Salamina 10 (0)
2018– Alashkert 135 (5)
International career‡
2011 Armenia U-19 5 (0)
2012– Armenia U-21 12 (1)
2012– Armenia 46 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:06, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Taron Voskanyan (Armenian: Տարոն Ոսկանյան, born 22 February 1993) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Alashkert and the Armenia national team.

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 Italy 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

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 May 2022[6]
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
Pyunik-2 2010 Armenian First League 8 0 — — — — 8 0
Pyunik 2011 Armenian Premier League 22 0 2 0 - 1[a] 0 1[b] 0 26 0
2012–13 38 4 4 1 - 2[c] 0 - 44 5
2013–14 25 0 5 0 - 4[c] 0 - 34 0
2014–15 27 0 5 0 - 2[c] 0 - 33 0
2015–16 24 0 2 0 - 4[a] 0 1[b] 0 12 0
2016–17 0 0 0 0 - 1[c] 0 - 1 0
Total 136 4 18 0 - - 14 0 2 0 170 4
Karmiotissa 2016–17 Cypriot First Division 28 1 1 0 — — — 29 1
Nea Salamis Famagusta 2017–18 Cypriot First Division 10 0 0 0 — — — 10 0
Alashkert 2017–18 Armenian Premier League 10 0 2 0 - 0[a] 0 0[b] 0 12 0
2018–19 25 0 4 0 - 5[d] 0 0[b] 0 34 0
2019–20 25 0 1 0 - 4[c] 1 1[b] 0 31 1
2020–21 20 2 7 0 - 1[c] 1 - 28 2
2021–22 13 1 1 0 - 12[e] 0 1[b] 0 27 1
Total 93 3 15 0 - - 22 1 2 0 132 4
Career total 275 8 34 0 - - 36 1 4 0 349 9
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in the Armenian Supercup
  3. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances in the UEFA Europa League and four appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 17 October 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Armenia 2012 1 0
2013 4 0
2014 7 0
2015 1 0
2016 6 0
2017 5 0
2018 1 0
2019 2 0
2020 4 0
2021 8 0
2022 5 0
2023 2 0
Total 46 0

Honours

Club

Pyunik
Alashkert

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.
  6. ^ Taron Voskanyan at Soccerway
  7. ^ "Taron Voskanyan". eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

External links

FC Alashkert – current squad
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