Romik Khachatryan ( hy, Ռոմիկ Խաչատրյան, born on 23 August 1978 in

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) is an

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n retired football player. He was formerly a member of the Armenia national team.

Club career

Romik Khachatryan began to get involved in football at age 7. Khachatryan began his youth career in

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. The then 16-year-old player played for the club for 11 games and was able to score 2 goals in the 1994 season. The club performed poorly that season, taking 14th place 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 ...

and was sent to the

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. Khachatryan joined Kilikia Yerevan. The club, who were soon merged with Pyunik Yerevan, played in season informal and formal, respectively. Following 1996, he joined BKMA Yerevan and stayed at the club for a long time. His first season for the club was initially not good. They had 7 defeats at the start of the Premier League. In the first round, the team finished with one win and 10 losses. Moreover, after the first match of the second round, the club withdrew from the championship and disbanded. Khachatryan himself played only three games and returned to Pyunik. From this period, Khachatryan went to take his career elsewhere. Successful performance for the club provided the opportunity to play in the Armenia national team. At the end of the

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, he made a transition into

Araks Ararat Araks Ararat FC ( hy, Արաքս Արարատ Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Ararat, Ararat Province. Club history The club was founded in 1960 as FC Ararat to represent the town of Ar ...

. His skills developed in the new club and he was allowed half of the season to move to the

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. He played for Cypriot clubs

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, APOEL Nicosia and Anorthosis Famagusta. He also returned to Armenia to play for

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 ...

, which made it to the finals of the

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. Khachatryan currently plays for

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International career

Khachatryan played in 54 matches in 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 ...

. He made his debut on 30 March 1997 in Tbilisi in a friendly game between Armenia and

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. In this match, Khachatryan substituted in, replacing Arthur Petrosyan at the 60th minute of the match. The Armenian team suffered a devastating defeat 0:7. To his credit, he had scored a goal once in a match against

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. Khachatryan has played the 7th most games for the national team.

Personal life

Romik was born to parents Akop and Manushak. He is married and has two children, twins Eric and Helen.

National team statistics

Honours

Club

Pyunik Yerevan *

(2): 1995–96, 1996–97 *

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): 1996 *

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 ...

(1): 1997 *

Runner-up (1): 1997 Spartak Yerevan *

3rd place (1):

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(1): 1999 *

Runner-up (1): 1999

Runner-up (1):

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Runner-up (1): 2000–01 APOEL Nicosia *

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(1): 2002 Anorthosis Famagusta *

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(1): 2006–07

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khachatryan, Romik 1978 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian footballers Armenia international footballers Armenian expatriate footballers Olympiakos Nicosia players APOEL FC players OFI Crete F.C. players Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. players FC Unirea Urziceni players FC Universitatea Cluj players APOP Kinyras FC players FC Urartu players AEP Paphos FC players PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent players Armenian Premier League players Super League Greece players Liga I players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan Association football midfielders