Artak Dashyan ( hy, Արտակ Դաշյան, born on 20 November 1989 in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and ...

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) is an Armenian professional

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who plays as a

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for Pyunik and the Armenia national team.

Club career

Artak Artak ( hy, Արտակ) is an Armenian masculine given name. Notable people called Artak include: *Artak Aleksanyan (born 1991), Armenian football player *Artak Dashyan (born 1989), Armenian football player *Artak Davtyan (born 1970), Armenian Maj ...

Dashyan is a graduate of the football school Shengavit. In 2006, he received an invitation from

Banants Yerevan Football Club Urartu ( hy, Ուրարտու Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ, translated ''Futbolayin Akumb Urartu''), commonly known as Urartu, is an Armenian professional football team based in the capital Yerevan that currently plays in the ...

, for which he began performing for in the

Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a r ...

in 2007. Dashyan's potential began to show at an early age. His game drew the attention of the head coach of the club, and then the football team. In the

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, during a 24-round game between Banants and Shirak Gyumri, he insulted the referee and was immediately sent off. The

Football Federation of Armenia The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) ( hy, Հայաստանի Ֆուտբոլի Ֆեդերացիա, ''Hayastani Futboli Federats’ia'') is the governing body of association football in Armenia. Its headquarters are located in Yerevan. The Fe ...

Disciplinary Committee decided to disqualify the player for the next four matches of the Armenian Premier League and his club was fined $150 000 AMD. After meeting in

Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football ...

, coached by former Banants head coach

Nikolay Kostov Nikolay Kostov ( bg, Николай Костов; born 2 July 1963) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer who most recently managed Shakhter Karagandy. Career Much of his coaching career has taken place in Cyprus. His first coa ...

, Dashyan had signed a contract for 3 years with the possibility of renewal in another 2. Dashyan rarely got into matches and left the touch-lines only as a replacement player. Metalurh decided to put the player on loan. The main stakeholder in getting the player was former club Banants. As a result, the leaders of the two clubs reached an agreement on the transition of Dashyan on lease conditions to Banants. Dashyan effortlessly merged with the plans of the coaching team. After the retirement of team captain

Arthur Voskanyan Artur Voskanyan ( hy, Արթուր Ոսկանյան, born 13 August 1976 in Yerevan) is an Armenian football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Armenia national under-21 football team. Club career Artur Voskanyan began his ...

in mid-season, the new team captain became

Arsen Balabekyan Arsen Balabekyan ( hy, Արսեն Բալաբեկյան, born 24 November 1986), is an Armenian football striker. He currently plays for the Armenian Premier League club Alashkert FC. He began his career at FC Kotayk of Abovyan, but soon foun ...

and Dashyan became vice-captain. After the conclusion of the season, the club decided not to renew the contract with Balabekyan, who left the club. Dashyan thus became the team captain. In 2013, he was transferred to

Gandzasar Kapan Football Club Gandzasar Kapan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Գանձասար Կապան), commonly known as Gandzasar, is an Armenian football club based in the town of Kapan, Syunik Province. Translated from the Armenian, "Gandz-a- ...

. In January 2014, Dashyan joined Al-Muharraq on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. In 2016, he was transferred to

FC Alashkert Football Club Alashkert ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Ալաշկերտ), commonly known as Alashkert, is an Armenian football club based in the capital Yerevan, founded in 1990 in Martuni and after folding in 2000 re-founded in 2011 ...

. On 6 March 2020,

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announced the signing of Dashyan. On 16 December 2021,

FC Pyunik Football Club Pyunik Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երևան, Futbolayin Akumb P’yunik Yerevan), commonly known as Pyunik (" Phoenix"), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the Kentron neighbourh ...

announced the signing of Dashyan.

International career

Dashyan joined the Armenia U-21 youth team in 2008. A year later, he became a member of the

Armenia national football team The Armenia national football team ( hy, Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական, ''Hayastani futboli azgayin havak'akan'') represents Armenia in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of ...

. His first match with the national team was held on 11 February 2009 in Cyprus in a friendly match against

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. The match ended 0–0. Dashyan subsequently played in a

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match against

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on 10 October 2009 and a friendly match against

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on 11 August 2010 (1–3 Loss).

International goals

Personal life

He got married in late November 2011.

Club career stats

Honours

Club

Pyunik *

: 2021–22

Runner-up (1):

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Armenian Cup The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It s ...

(1): 2007 *

Runner-up (1):

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

Armenian Supercup The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League Champion and Armenian Cup Winner. It is named after Hakob Tonoyan and typically takes place in May every year with some exceptions. Results Results by team Si ...

Runner-up (1): 2011-12

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003� ...

Runner-up (1): 2009–10

References

External links

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Profile
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dashyan, Artak 1989 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian footballers Armenia international footballers Armenian expatriate footballers Association football midfielders FC Metalurh Donetsk players FK Vardar players FC Alashkert players FC Gandzasar Kapan players FC Urartu players Al-Muharraq SC players FC Atyrau players Ukrainian Premier League players Armenian Premier League players Macedonian First Football League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Bahrain Expatriate footballers in North Macedonia Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan