Arkadi Aleksandrovich Akopyan (; born 11 May 1984) is a former

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Club career

He made his

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debut for

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on 16 May 2005 in a game against

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* * 1984 births People from Krymsky District Living people Russian men's footballers FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players FC Lada-Tolyatti players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Volgar Astrakhan players Russian sportspeople of Armenian descent FC Metallurg Lipetsk players Men's association football midfielders FC Dynamo Bryansk players FC Spartak-UGP Anapa players Footballers from Krasnodar Krai 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1984-stub