Romik Khachatryan (; born 23 August 1978 in

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) is an

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n retired

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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 SKA-Arai Echmiadzin. 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 (, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within th ...

and was sent to the

Armenian First League The Armenian First League () is currently the second level association football, football competition in Armenia after the Armenian Premier League. The competition exists mostly out of reserve teams of several Premier League clubs; however, other ...

. 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 FC BKMA Yerevan ( or ; ''Banaki Kentronakan Marzakan Akumb Yerevan''; ) is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan. History During the days of the Soviet rule in Armenia, the Central Sport Club of the Army Yerevan was founded in ...

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 1998 Armenian Premier League, he made a transition into

Araks Ararat Araks Ararat FC (), is Armenian association football, football club from the town of Ararat, Armenia, Ararat, Ararat Province. Club history The club was founded in 1960 as FC Ararat to represent the town of Ararat, Armenia, Ararat. With the indep ...

. 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 APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

and

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. He also returned to Armenia to play for Banants Yerevan, 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

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. 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

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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 Football Club Pyunik (), commonly known as Pyunik (), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the Kentron neighbourhood of Yerevan. Pyunik is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its creation in 1992, has always ...

(2): 1995–96, 1996–97 *

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 ...

(1): 1996 *

Armenian Supercup The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League (, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Ar ...

(1): 1997 *

Runner-up (1): 1997 Spartak Yerevan *

3rd place (1):

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(1): 1999 *

Runner-up (1): 1999 Banants Yerevan *

Runner-up (1):

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Runner-up (1): 2000–01

APOEL Nicosia APOEL (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a major Cypriot multi-spo ...

Cypriot Super Cup The Cypriot Super Cup is a Cypriot football trophy, contested in an annual match between the previous season's Cypriot First Division champions, and the Cypriot Cup winners. The match is contested at the beginning of the football season, and is ...

(1): 2002

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association. First held in 1934, it i ...

(1): 2006–07

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khachatryan, Romik 1978 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian men's footballers Armenia men's international footballers Armenian expatriate men's footballers Olympiakos Nicosia players APOEL FC players OFI Crete F.C. players Anorthosis Famagusta FC 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 Uzbekistan Super League players Liga I players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Men's association football midfielders Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan