Taron Voskanyan
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Voskanyan lining up for Armenia in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Taron Genrikhovich Voskanyan | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Yerevan, Armenia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Gandzasar | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2010 | Pyunik | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2016 | Pyunik | 136 | (4) |
| 2010 | → Pyunik-2 | 8 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Karmiotissa | 28 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Nea Salamina | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2024 | Alashkert | 164 | (5) |
| 2024–2025 | Pyunik | 20 | (1) |
| 2025– | FC Gandzasar | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Armenia U-19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012– | Armenia U-21 | 12 | (1) |
| 2012– | Armenia | 46 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 07:06, 17 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Taron Voskanyan (Armenian: Տարոն Ոսկանյան, born 22 February 1993) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a defender, for FC Gandzasar, and the Armenia national team.
Born in Yerevan, Armenia, 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 during the 2010 season. The following season, he played exclusively for the first team in the Armenian Premier League making his debut on 2 April 2011 in a 0–1 away loss against Ulisses playing the full 90 minutes.[1] 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.[2] On 3 June 2025, Pyunik announced the departure of Voskanyan.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
Voskanyan was first called up to the senior Armenia national football team for a match against the Italy national team on 12 October 2012.[6] His debut came in the next game on 14 November 2012 a 4–2 victory against Lithuania with Voskanyan replacing Robert Arzumanyan after 29 minutes.[7]
