Varazdat Haroyan (, born on 24 August 1992) is an Armenian professional

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er who plays as a

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for

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club Pyunik Yerevan and

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the Armenia national team.

Club career

Patani and Pyunik Yerevan

Varazdat Haroyan was born in

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, and started football at the football school Pyunik Yerevan. In 2008, he played for Patani, for whom he made 17 appearances. In 2009, he made his debut as a starter for Pyunik in the

match against Gandzasar in Yerevan. Haroyan came off the bench in place of Arthur Yedigaryan at 90 minutes. That season Pyunik became the 2009 Armenian Premier League champion. Starting in 2010, Haroyan had always been a team regular, and becoming the

2010 Armenian Premier League The 2010 Armenian Premier League season was the nineteenth since its establishment. The season began in March 2010 and ended in November 2010. FC Pyunik were the defending champions, having won their twelfth championship last season. Participating ...

champion and the winning the 2010 Armenian Cup and 2010 Armenian Supercup. In March 2012, he became known to the interest of the German club

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, which sent an official invitation to Haroyan. Haroyan was earlier invited to attend the viewing, but in March 2012, decided to go to Germany.

Padideh

On 6 June 2016, Haroyan signed a two–year contract with

Persian Gulf Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League (, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is a professional association football league in Iran and the highest level of the Iranian football league s ...

side Tractor Sazi. However, just one day later the transfer was cancelled by Tractor Sazi management after Tractor Sazi's supporters protests due to historical conflicts between Armenian and Azerbaijani ethnic. Just hours after Haroyan's contract with Tractor Sazi were cancelled, he joined to another Iranian club,

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based Padideh.

Ural Yekaterinburg

On 5 July 2017, he signed a contract with the

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club

FC Ural Yekaterinburg FC Ural Yekaterinburg () is a Russian professional association football club based in Yekaterinburg that plays in the Russian First League. History The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Zenit (1944� ...

. On 22 September 2020, his contract with Ural was terminated by mutual consent. Days after leaving Ural, Haroyan postponed a transfer to Greek club AEL Larissa due to the

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, surrounding occupied territories. It was a major esca ...

. He later clarified that he was not enlisting to fight in the conflict.

Tambov

On 6 October 2020, Haroyan joined

club

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Astana

On 15 February 2021,

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announced the signing of Haroyan.

Cadiz

On 27 May 2021,

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announced the signing of Haroyan from Astana, on a two-year contract, with Astana confirming his departure from their club on 24 June 2021. He made his

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debut for

, starting in a 1–1 draw against Levante on 14 August 2021. Cádiz and Haroyan terminated their contract on 4 July 2022.

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 12 July 2022, Haroyan signed with

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club

Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta (), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.

on a two-year contract until 2024. On 17 March 2023, Haroyan left Anorthosis Famagusta by mutual consent.

Astana Return

On 21 March 2023, Haroyan returned to sign for

. On 11 January 2024, Astana announced that Haroyan had left the club.

Qingdao West Coast

On 4 February 2024, Haroyan joined

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club Qingdao West Coast.

International career

Haroyan made his debut for the Armenia national team on 10 August 2011 in a friendly match against

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. He made his debut in official matches on 11 June 2013 in their 4–0 win against

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Haroyan goal.''

Honours

Pyunik Yerevan *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, 2014–15 *

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, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 * Armenian Supercup: 2010, 2011, 2015 Individual * Armenian Footballer of the Year: 2021

References

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