Artak Yedigaryan

Artak Yedigaryan (Armenian: Արտակ Եդիգարյան, born on 18 March 1990 in Yerevan) is an Armenian football player who currently plays defender for FC Ararat Yerevan and the Armenian national team.

Artak Yedigaryan
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-03-18) 18 March 1990
Place of birth Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Full back/Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ararat Yerevan
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Pyunik 83 (10)
2012–2013 Metalurh Donetsk 9 (0)
2013 Pyunik 20 (1)
2013–2014 Banants 13 (1)
2014–2015 Žalgiris Vilnius 20 (0)
2015–2019 Alashkert 109 (31)
2019–2020 Pyunik 17 (4)
2020– Ararat Yerevan 0 (0)
National team‡
2008–2008 Armenia U-19 3 (0)
2009–2012 Armenia U-21 12 (0)
2010– Armenia 31 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:16, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2019

Club career

Artak was born in Yerevan in a family of football players, which naturally affected his future. Also an important factor is that the Yedigaryan lived in a house that is located next to the Republican Stadium.

Pyunik

Yedigaryan is a graduate from the football school Pyunik Yerevan. Early in his career, he played for the reserves. After spending two seasons there, he was transferred to the first team. At the beginning of the 2009 Armenian Premier League season, he went on replacements, and then began to appear in the first team, but not for the entire first match. In the second round, he almost staked a place at the base. Direct participation of Yedigaryan allowed Pyunik to score a hat-trick in the 2010 season, when the team won the 2010 Armenian Premier League, 2010 Armenian Cup and 2010 Armenian Supercup.

Metalurh Donetsk

In the summer of 2012, along with Pyunik teammate David Manoyan, he held interest in the Metalurh Donetsk. Manoyan later went on to play for Kuban Krasnodar, but the game of Yedigaryan attracted the attention of the coaching staff of Metalurh. In the near future, he was to be signed a contract between the parties on both sides.[1][2] On 9 July, in the conference room of a training base of FC Metalurh, the club's sporting director Vardan Israelyan and head coach Vladimir Pyatenko presented five newcomers, one of whom was Artak Yedigaryan. The agreement contract was for 3 years. He played on the team as number 21.[3]

Return to Pyunik

In 2013, Yedigaryan was transferred from Metalurh Donetsk back to Pyunik Yerevan for an undisclosed fee.[4]

VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius

In January 2014, Yedigaryan joined reigning Lithuanian champions VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius.[5]

Alashkert

On 18 August 2015, Yedigaryan signed a one-year contract with the Armenian Premier League side Alashkert FC.[6] On 5 June 2019, Yedigaryan was released by Alashkert along with six other players.[7]

Return to Pyunik

Ahead of the 2019/20 season, Yedigaryan returned to FC Pyunik.[8]

International career

On 25 May 2010, Yedigaryan made his debut in the Armenia national football team. In a friendly game against the national team of Uzbekistan, Artak came from the first minute and played the entire match. Afterwards, the Armenian team celebrated the victory with a score of 3–1.[9][10]

International goals
Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first.[8]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 June 2017Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Saint Kitts and Nevis5–05–0Friendly

Personal life

Artak's brother Arthur Yedigaryan also plays for the Armenia national football team. Their father, Gegham Yedigaryan, was a Soviet football player and their grandfather Felix Veranyan was also a football player and is currently a football manager. Artak is married to a woman named Shushan.[11]

Honours

Club

Pyunik Yerevan

FC Žalgiris

Alashkert FC

References
  1. Маноян тренируется с "Кубанью", а Едигарян в ближайшие дни подпишет контракт с "Металлургом" (in Russian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  2. Արտակ Եդիգարյանը պայմանագիր կկնքի Դոնեցկի "Մետալուրգի" հետ (in Armenian). ArmFootball.com. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. Դոնեցկի "Մետալուրգը" ներկայացրել է նորեկներին. Եդիգարյանը կխաղա 21 համարի մարզաշապիկով (in Armenian). ArmFootball.com. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  4. "Artak Yedigaryan transferred from Metalurh Donetsk to Pyunik Yerevan for an undisclosed fee". Soccerfame. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  5. http://www.zalgiris-vilnius.lt/naujienos/n3194_%E2%80%9Ezalgiryje%E2%80%9C___armenijos_rinktines_narys.html
  6. "Artak Yedigaryan moved to Alashkert". Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. "«Ալաշկերտը» հրաժեշտ տվեց 7 ֆուտբոլիստների". fcalashkert.am (in Armenian). FC Alashkert. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. "A. Yedigaryan". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  9. А осадочек остался (in Russian). ArmFootball.com. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  10. Армения — Узбекистан: 3:1 Первая победа сборной Армении в этом году (in Russian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  11. Հայաստանի հավաքականի ֆուտբոլիստների կանայք (ֆոտո) (in Armenian). sport.news.am. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
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