Alik Arakelyan ( hy, Ալիկ Արայիկի Առաքելյան; born 21 May 1996) is an Armenian
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for the
Armenia national team.
Career
Club
On 15 June 2021, Arakelyan left
FC Pyunik when his contract expired after playing 153 games for the club.
On 22 June 2021, Arakelyan signed with
Ararat Yerevan
Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League.
Since 1999, the club is ...
. On 10 December 2022, Ararat Yerevan announced that Arakelyan had left by mutual consent.
International
Arakelyan made his international debut for
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
on 19 November 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute for
Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
Hovhannes Hambardzumyan ( hy, Հովհաննես Համբարձումյան; born 4 October 1990) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Cypriot club Anorthosis and the Armenia national football team.
Club career
...
in the
2018–19 UEFA Nations League D match against
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ...
, which finished as a 2–2 away draw.
Career statistics
International
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Footballers from Yerevan
Armenian footballers
Armenia international footballers
Armenia youth international footballers
Armenia under-21 international footballers
Association football midfielders
FC Mika players
FC Pyunik players
Armenian Premier League players
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