Taron Voskanyan (, born 22 February 1993) is an Armenian professional

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who plays as a defender, most recently for Pyunik, and the Armenia national team.

Club career

Born in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

, Voskanyan was a pupil of the Pyunik Yerevan football school. Having begun his career with the youth team, he went to play for Pyunik-2, the reserve team, appearing in eight matches in second-tier

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 ...

during the 2010 season. The following season, he played exclusively for the first team 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 ...

making his debut on 2 April 2011 in a 0–1 away loss against Ulisses playing the full 90 minutes. Months later, Pyunik won the 2011 Armenian Supercup with Voskanyan in the team. On 6 July 2024, Pyunik announced the return of Voskanyan from Alashkert. On 3 June 2025, Pyunik announced the departure of Voskanyan.

International career

As a player of the main team of Pyunik, Voskanyan was invited into the ranks of the Armenia U-19 junior team at 19 years of age, and first played for the team on 21 October 2011 against peers from Slovakia U-19. Armenia won 2–1. He subsequently had a few more games with the youth team. He was a player of the Armenia U-21 team scoring on his debut on 12 June 2013 in a 4–1 win against Andorra U-21. Voskanyan was first called up to the senior Armenia national football team for a match against the Italy national team on 12 October 2012. His debut came in the next game on 14 November 2012 a 4–2 victory against

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with Voskanyan replacing Robert Arzumanyan after 29 minutes.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Pyunik *

: 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 ...

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 * Armenian Supercup:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Alashkert * Armenian Premier League: 2017–18, 2020–21 * Armenian Cup: 2018–19 * Armenian Supercup:

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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at FFA.am * {{DEFAULTSORT:Voskanyan, Taron 1993 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Armenia men's international footballers FC Pyunik players Karmiotissa FC players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Armenian Premier League players Cypriot First Division players Armenia men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Armenian sportsmen Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus FC Alashkert players