Masis Voskanyan (; born 11 July 1990) is an Armenian international

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who plays for Sint-Eloois-Winkel in the

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, as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Voskanyan moved to Belgium with his family at the age of three. During his first years of playing football, he represented Belgian clubs KS Veurne,

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and

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. In 2014, he returned to Armenia to play for Pyunik where he won the

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, but he returned to Belgium after one season where he began playing for Coxyde. He only played one season there before moving to Sint-Eloois-Winkel in 2016.

International career

Between 2009 and 2010, Voskanyan played for the Armenian under-17 national team. In 2010, Voskanyan played for the Armenian under-19 national team, appearing in qualifying matches for the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. His debut was on 4 September 2009, in a home game against

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, which ended with a 1–3 defeat. Voskanyan made his debut for the Armenian senior team in 2012.Profile at footballdatabase.eu
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Honours

Pyunik *

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: 2014–15 *

Armenian Cup The Armenian Cup () 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 served as a qualification tournament for the Soviet Cup, and it ...

: 2014–15

References

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