Andranik Voskanyan (; born 11 April 1990) is an Armenian professional

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er who plays as a

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Club career

Andranik Voskanyan loved football from early childhood. When he was in the first grade, a football coach visited looking for children interested in playing football. Voskanyan did not miss the opportunity and started to go to training. He began his career in the football school of Malatia Yerevan (now school property of Banants Yerevan) under the direction of Hakob Andreasyan. He started playing for Mika-2 in the

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in 2008. Two years later, Voskanyan made his debut for the first team Mika Yerevan in the

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. He played three games that year. In 2011, he got a starter position in the defense and was a major player that season. In the

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, Mika had a match against Norwegian club

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. Voskanyan did not play on the field and remained at the touch-lines. Voskanyan was released by FC Urartu on 5 December 2019. On 5 January 2023, Voskanyan left Alashkert after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

International career

In 2011, the head coach of the Armenia national team saw Voskanyan's skills and recruited him in the Armenia U-21 youth team. On June 7 the same year, he made his debut for the youth national team in the qualifying matches for the

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. His debut came in the opening match against the Montenegro U-21 youth team, which the Armenian youth team dealt a 4–1 defeat. He played five games as a youth, all in 2011. On 28 February 2012, he made his debut in the Armenia senior national team in a friendly match against

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. Voskanyan played on the field in the 77th minute of the match, replacing Varazdat Haroyan. The match ended in 2–0 defeat for Armenia.

Honours

Pyunik Yerevan *

runner-up:

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* Armenian Supercup: 2012–13

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Voskanyan, Andranik 1990 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Armenia men's international footballers Armenian Premier League players FC Mika players FC Alashkert players FC Urartu players FC Van players