Arman Hovhannisyan
Armenian footballer
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Arman Hovhannisyan (Armenian: Արման Հովհաննիսյան, born 7 July 1993) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ararat Yerevan and the Armenia national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arman Surenovich Hovhannisyan | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Yerevan, Armenia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ararat Yerevan | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2010 | Pyunik Yerevan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Pyunik Yerevan | 60 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Pyunik-2 Yerevan | 10 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Alashkert | 20 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Alashkert-2 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Shirak Gyumri | 46 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | 16 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Ararat-Armenia | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Gandzasar Kapan | 20 | (1) |
| 2020 | Tobol | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Pyunik Yerevan | 28 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Ararat-Armenia | 6 | (0) |
| 2023 | Ararat Yerevan | 6 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Pyunik Yerevan | 16 | (0) |
| 2025– | Ararat Yerevan | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Armenia U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2013 | Armenia U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Armenia | 12 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 June 2022 | |||
Career
Born in Yerevan, Hovhannisyan is a product of his native Pyunik Yerevan youth sportive system and signed first contract with this club in 2009. Subsequently, he played for another Armenian Premier League football clubs.
In July 2017 Hovhannisyan signed two years contract with the Ukrainian Premier League Zirka Kropyvnytskyi.[2] He made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League for FC Zirka on 16 July 2017, playing in a match against FC Karpaty Lviv.[3]
On 12 February 2020, FC Tobol announced the signing of Hovhannisyan.[4]
On 25 January 2021, Hovhannisyan returned to his boyhood club and signed for FC Pyunik in the Armenian Premier League.[5] On 30 May 2022, Hovhannisyan left Pyunik after his contract expired.[6]
On 19 February 2023, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Hovhannisyan.[7] In June of the same year he returned to Pyunik again.[8]
On 14 June 2025, Hovhannisyan left Pyunik.[9] A month later he returned to Ararat Yerevan.[10]
International
He made his Armenia national football team debut on 8 September 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Bosnia & Herzegovina. He replaced Kamo Hovhannisyan in the 83rd minute.[11]
- As of match played 14 June 2022[12]
| National Team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | |||
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | |
Honours
- Pyunik