Andrey Akopyants (born 27 August 1977) is an

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i former

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midfielder of

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n descent. He last played for

Neftchi Farg'ona F.C. Neftchi Fergana (, Uzbek Cyrillic: Нефтчи Фарғона футбол клуби) is an Uzbek professional football club based in Fergana. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple champions of Uzbekista ...

Career

He started his playing career at Pakhtakor in 1996. He played for ''Pakhtakor'' in 1996–1999. In 2000, he moved to

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and completed for club 6 seasons.

International

Akopyants played 40 matches and scored 6 goals for the Uzbekistan national team between 1998 and 2005.

Career statistics

International goals

Honours

Club

;Pakhtakor *

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(1): 1998 *

runners-up (1): 2008 *

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(1) 1997 *

runners-up (1): 2008 ;Khimik *

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West conference (1)

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Individual

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: 1999

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Akopyants, Andrey 1977 births Living people Footballers from Tashkent Ethnic Armenian sportspeople Uzbekistani men's footballers Uzbekistani expatriate men's footballers Uzbekistan men's international footballers 2000 AFC Asian Cup players 2004 AFC Asian Cup players Uzbekistani people of Armenian descent Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players FC Rostov players FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players FC Daugava players FC Darida Minsk Raion players FC Luch Vladivostok players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) players FK Dinamo Samarqand players FC Bukhara players FC Neftchi Fergana players FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk players Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Uzbekistan Super League players Russian Premier League players Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Men's association football forwards Asian Games footballers for Uzbekistan