Artak_Yedigaryan
Artak Yedigaryan
Armenian footballer
Artak Yedigaryan (Armenian: Արտակ Եդիգարյան, born on 18 March 1990 in Yerevan) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Alashkert and the Armenia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1990-03-18) 18 March 1990 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth | Yerevan, Armenian SSR | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Full back/Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alashkert | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2012 | Pyunik | 83 | (10) |
| 2012–2013 | Metalurh Donetsk | 9 | (0) |
| 2013 | Pyunik | 20 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Banants | 13 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 20 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | Alashkert | 109 | (31) |
| 2019–2020 | Pyunik | 17 | (4) |
| 2020–2021 | Ararat Yerevan | 17 | (0) |
| 2021– | Alashkert | 70 | (15) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2008 | Armenia U-19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Armenia U-21 | 12 | (0) |
| 2010– | Armenia | 33 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:21, 31 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
Artak was born in Yerevan in a family of football players, which naturally affected his future. Also an important factor is that the Yedigaryan lived in a house that is located next to the Republican Stadium.
Pyunik
Yedigaryan is a graduate from the football school Pyunik Yerevan. Early in his career, he played for the reserves. After spending two seasons there, he was transferred to the first team. At the beginning of the 2009 Armenian Premier League season, he went on replacements, and then began to appear in the first team, but not for the entire first match. In the second round, he almost staked a place at the base. Direct participation of Yedigaryan allowed Pyunik to score a hat-trick in the 2010 season, when the team won the 2010 Armenian Premier League, 2010 Armenian Cup and 2010 Armenian Supercup.
Metalurh Donetsk
In the summer of 2012, along with Pyunik teammate David Manoyan, he held interest in the Metalurh Donetsk. Manoyan later went on to play for Kuban Krasnodar, but the game of Yedigaryan attracted the attention of the coaching staff of Metalurh. In the near future, he was to be signed a contract between the parties on both sides.[1][2] On 9 July, in the conference room of a training base of FC Metalurh, the club's sporting director Vardan Israelyan and head coach Vladimir Pyatenko presented five newcomers, one of whom was Artak Yedigaryan. The agreement contract was for 3 years. He played on the team as number 21.[3]
Return to Pyunik
In 2013, Yedigaryan was transferred from Metalurh Donetsk back to Pyunik Yerevan for an undisclosed fee.[4]
VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius
In January 2014, Yedigaryan joined reigning Lithuanian champions VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius.[5]
Alashkert
On 18 August 2015, Yedigaryan signed a one-year contract with the Armenian Premier League side Alashkert FC.[6] On 5 June 2019, Yedigaryan was released by Alashkert along with six other players.[7]
Return to Pyunik
Ahead of the 2019/20 season, Yedigaryan returned to FC Pyunik.[8]
On 25 May 2010, Yedigaryan made his debut in the Armenia national football team. In a friendly game against the national team of Uzbekistan, Artak came from the first minute and played the entire match. Afterwards, the Armenian team celebrated the victory with a score of 3–1.[9][10]
International goals
- Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first.[8]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4 June 2017 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
Artak's brother Arthur Yedigaryan also plays for the Armenia national football team. Their father, Gegham Yedigaryan, was a Soviet football player and their grandfather Felix Veranyan was also a football player and is currently a football manager. Artak is married to a woman named Shushan.[11]
Club
- Armenian Premier League (4): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Armenian Premier League 3rd place (1): 2011
- Armenian Cup (3): 2009, 2010, 2012–13
- Armenian Supercup (3): 2007, 2008, 2010
- A Lyga (1): 2014
- Lithuanian Football Cup (2): 2013–14, 2014–15
- Armenian Premier League (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18,
- Armenian Cup (1): 2018–19
- Armenian Supercup: 2016
- Маноян тренируется с "Кубанью", а Едигарян в ближайшие дни подпишет контракт с "Металлургом" (in Russian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- Արտակ Եդիգարյանը պայմանագիր կկնքի Դոնեցկի "Մետալուրգի" հետ (in Armenian). ArmFootball.com. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- Դոնեցկի "Մետալուրգը" ներկայացրել է նորեկներին. Եդիգարյանը կխաղա 21 համարի մարզաշապիկով (in Armenian). ArmFootball.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- "Artak Yedigaryan transferred from Metalurh Donetsk to Pyunik Yerevan for an undisclosed fee". Soccerfame. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- "Artak Yedigaryan moved to Alashkert". Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ""Ալաշկերտը" հրաժեշտ տվեց 7 ֆուտբոլիստների". fcalashkert.am (in Armenian). FC Alashkert. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- "A. Yedigaryan". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- А осадочек остался (in Russian). ArmFootball.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- Армения – Узбекистан: 3:1 Первая победа сборной Армении в этом году (in Russian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- Հայաստանի հավաքականի ֆուտբոլիստների կանայք (ֆոտո) (in Armenian). sport.news.am. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- Artak Yedigaryan at FFA
- Artak Yedigaryan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Artak Yedigaryan at Soccerway
- Artak Yedigaryan at FootballDatabase.eu
- Artak Yedigaryan at ArmFootball.Tripod.com
