Artak Aleksanyan (; born on 10 March 1991) is an

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player who is a

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. He last played for

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and the

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. He also holds

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n citizenship.

Club career

Artak's family moved to

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when he was two years old. He started playing football at 9 years old in the football sportschool of Spartak Moscow, which he was a pupil of . In January 2009, he signed a contract with and transferred to the reigning

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champions Pyunik Yerevan. On the field, Aleksanyan played periodically. As part of Pyunik, he debuted in the

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on 14 July 2009 in a home match against

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. Aleksanyan came off the bench in the 68th minute. In December, his contract with Pyunik ended. After negotiations with several clubs, in January he signed a contract with the Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast, playing in the

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. The contract was set for one year. Due to not playing in the first team of the Ural, Aleksanyan has decided to change clubs. In January 2011, arrived at the camp in

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and started their training. However, after some time Aleksanyan arrived in Yerevan and with Pyunik on a training camp in

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. After a contract was signed for a year, which was close to the end of August, both parties later terminated it with mutual desire. On 31 August,

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presented Aleksanyan on their squad. A contract was signed and lasted until the end of 2012. In late June, Aleksanyan, along with Arthur Yedigaryan and Edward Tatoyan, left the club. However, in late July, he returned to the club by signing a new contract.

International career

On 9 February 2011, Aleksanyan debuted for the

in a friendly match against

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. He was substituted in at the 85th minute in place of Edgar Manucharyan.

Personal life

Artak has a father, Levon, a mother, Nune, and a younger brother Arthur. His agent is Valeri Aleksanyan Oganesyan.

Honours

Club

Pyunik Yerevan *

(1):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Runner-up (1):

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(1):

* Armenian Supercup Runner-up (1): 2009

References

External links

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Profile
at ffa.am
spartak.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aleksanyan, Artak 1991 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian men's footballers Armenia men's youth international footballers Armenia men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Armenian sportsmen Armenia men's international footballers Armenian expatriate men's footballers FC Pyunik players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia FC Khimki players Armenian Premier League players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Armavir players FC Spartak Moscow players Men's association football defenders FC Ararat Moscow players FC Ararat Yerevan players