Karen Muradyan (Armenian: Կարեն Մուրադյան, born 1 November 1992) is an Armenian professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Armenian Premier League club FC Ararat-Armenia.
 Muradyan with Ararat-Armenia in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karen Rafikovich Muradyan | ||
| Date of birth | 1 November 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Gyumri, Armenia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ararat-Armenia | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SDUSHOR Labor Reserves | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Shirak | 74 | (2) |
| 2015–2017 | Alashkert | 36 | (1) |
| 2017 | Gällivare Malmbergets | 5 | (0) |
| 2017 | Alashkert | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Shirak | 38 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Ararat Yerevan | 22 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Shirak (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021– | Ararat-Armenia | 100 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2015 | Armenia U21 | 9 | (0) |
| 2012– | Armenia | 11 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 | |||
Club career
editKaren Muradyan was born in Gyumri. At one year of age, he and his parents moved to Russia. Karen started watching football on TV. He liked the sport more and more and wanted to become a football player when he was 7 years old. Two years later, he went to the first football school of CYSS Mytischi. In youth football, he changed three teams, the last of which was the team SDYUSHOR Labor Reserves. With performances in the team in 2008, Muradyan joined a team in Moscow and took second place in the Russian National Football League.
Muradyan moved back to his home Gyumri and met with the breeders of the club Shirak Gyumri. After that, Muradyan invited to play and he was later awarded with a contract. Muradyan debuted on 24 July 2011, in a game against Mika Yerevan. Muradyan entered the field in the first team and played until the 60th minute, when he was replaced by Arman Margaryan, while Gyumri lost 4–1.[1] His Armenian Cup debut came on the draw for next season. On 20 November 2011, Shirak had a home game against Banants Yerevan, which they won with a minimal victory 2–1. Muradyan came off the bench in the 73rd minute of the match, replacing Grachev Mnatsakanyan.[2] In the same drawing, Shirak reached the final, beating Dilijan Impulse 1–0. Muradyan played the entire match and won the 2011–12 Armenian Cup tournament medals.[3]
In 2017, Muradyan moved to Gällivare Malmbergets in Sweden.[4]
In December 2017, Muradyan left Alashkert.[5] In September 2018, Muradyan joined Shirak.[6] On 5 December 2019, Muradyan extended his contract with Shirak for another year.[7]
On 26 July 2020, Muradyan joined Ararat Yerevan.[8] One month later, Muradyan returned to Shirak on loan to help the club out with their UEFA Europa League qualifying match on 27 August 2021.[9]
On 1 August 2021, Ararat Yerevan announced that Muradyan had left the club after his contract had expired,[10] with Muradyan going on to sign for Ararat-Armenia on 4 August 2021.[11]
International career
editMuradyan made his debut for the Armenia national team on 5 February 2013, in a friendly match in Valence, France against Luxembourg.[12]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 3 October 2024[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shirak | 2011 | Armenian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 51 | 1 | |||
| 2013–14 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 87 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 2 | ||
| Alashkert | 2014–15 | Armenian Premier League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 36 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | ||
| Gällivare Malmbergets[14] | 2017 | Division 2 Norrland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Alashkert | 2017–18 | Armenian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Shirak | 2018–19 | Armenian Premier League | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | ||
| Ararat Yerevan | 2020–21 | Armenian Premier League | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Shirak (loan) | 2020–21 | Armenian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| Ararat-Armenia | 2021–22 | Armenian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 39 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 100 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 303 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 366 | 4 | ||
International
edit- As of match played 27 September 2022[15]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 0 | |
Honours
editShirak Gyumri
- Armenian Cup: 2011–12; runner-up 2011
References
edit- ^ "Mika vs. Shirak 4 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ "Ширак vs. Бананц 2 - 1". Soccerway (in Russian). Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ "Shirak vs. Impuls 1 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ GMFF mäktade inte med att vända motlutet‚ nsd.se, 8 April 2016
- ^ "Официально. Бадоян, Асланян, Пелтьер, Тофиловски и Мурадян покинули "Алашкерт"". armfootball.com/ (in Russian). Arm Football. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Официально. Карен Мурадян и Мусса Пол Бакайоко также вернулись в "Ширак"". armfootball.com/ (in Russian). Arm Football. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Կարեն Մուրադյան". facebook.com. Shirak SC Facebook. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ "‼ ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ‼ ԿԱՐԵՆ ՄՈՒՐԱԴՅԱՆԸ ՀԱՄԱԼՐԵՑ ԱՐԱՐԱՏԸ". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Արարատի" ֆուտբոլիստները կօգնեն "Շիրակին" Եվրոպա լիգայում". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ "Official statement: Karen Muradyan". fcararat.am/. FC Ararat Yerevan. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Նոր տրանսֆեր: #WelcomKarenMuradyan". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Armenia vs. Czech Republic Preview". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ Karen Muradyan at Soccerway
- ^ "Karen Muradyan". svenskfotboll.se/. Svensk Fotoll. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Karen Muradyan". eu-football.info. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
External links
edit- Profile at ffa.am
- Karen Muradyan at Soccerway