Tigran Benikovich Avanesyan (; ; born 13 April 2002) is a

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player who plays as a

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for

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. Born in Uzbekistan, he plays for the Armenia national team.

Club career

Avanesyan was born in Uzbekistan and moved to Russia at the age of two. Later, he joined the junior teams of

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in 2015, and was first included in their

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squad in February 2017, but did not make any appearances for the senior squad in the next 4 years, playing only in the youth team. On 20 February 2021, he was loaned to

club

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until the end of the 2020–21 season. He made his debut for Tambov on 21 February 2021 in a Russian Cup game against

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. He made his

debut on 26 February 2021 in a game against

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. On 1 June 2021, CSKA signed a new contract with Avanesyan that would run throughout the 2025–26 season. On 7 September 2021, he joined Tekstilshchik Ivanovo on loan. On 9 June 2022, Avanesyan was loaned to Baltika Kaliningrad, where he already played on junior levels, for the 2022–23 season. On 20 June 2023, Baltika made the transfer permanent. On 14 January 2025, he left Baltika Kaliningrad and joined

International career

He represented Russia at the

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and appeared in all 3 games as Russia was eliminated at group stage. In the summer of 2023, he agreed to play for the

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 ...

n youth team. He made his debut for the U21 national team on September 12 in a home match against

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as part of the

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. On 25 March 2024, he received his first call-up to the Armenian senior national team for away friendly match against

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. On the next day, 26 March 2024, Avanesyan made his debut for the

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Career statistics

International

Honours

FC Baltika Kaliningrad * Russian Cup runner-up: 2023–24

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Avanesyan, Tigran 2002 births Living people Armenian men's footballers 21st-century Armenian sportsmen Armenia men's international footballers Armenia men's under-21 international footballers Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Uzbekistani men's footballers 21st-century Uzbekistani sportsmen Russian sportspeople of Armenian descent Uzbekistani people of Armenian descent Uzbekistani emigrants to Russia Men's association football midfielders PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Tambov players FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Arsenal Tula players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players 21st-century Russian sportsmen