Tigran Avanesyan
 Avanesyan with FC Tambov in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tigran Benikovich Avanesyan | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Baltika Kaliningrad | ||
| Number | 59 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Baltika Kaliningrad | ||
| 2015–2020 | CSKA Moscow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | CSKA Moscow | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Tambov (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Baltika Kaliningrad (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Baltika-BFU Kaliningrad (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2023– | Baltika Kaliningrad | 20 | (0) |
| 2024– | Baltika-BFU Kaliningrad | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Russia U16 | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Russia U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | Russia U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Armenia U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | Armenia | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | |||
Tigran Benikovich Avanesyan (Russian: Тигран Беникович Аванесян; Armenian: Տիգրան Ավանեսյան; born 13 April 2002) is a football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Baltika Kaliningrad. Born in Uzbekistan, he represents Armenia national team.
Club career
[edit]Avanesyan was born in Uzbekistan and moved to Russia at the age of two.[1][2] Later, he joined the junior teams of CSKA Moscow in 2015, and was first included in their Russian Premier League squad in February 2017, but did not make any appearances for the senior squad in the next 4 years, playing only in the youth team.[3]
On 20 February 2021, he was loaned to Russian Premier League club Tambov until the end of the 2020–21 season.[4]
He made his debut for Tambov on 21 February 2021 in a Russian Cup game against Lokomotiv Moscow.[5] He made his Russian Premier League debut on 26 February 2021 in a game against Rotor Volgograd.[6]
On 1 June 2021, CSKA signed a new contract with Avanesyan that would run throughout the 2025–26 season.[7]
On 7 September 2021, he joined Tekstilshchik Ivanovo on loan.[8]
On 9 June 2022, Avanesyan was loaned to Baltika Kaliningrad, where he already played on junior levels, for the 2022–23 season.[9] On 20 June 2023, Baltika made the transfer permanent.[10]
International career
[edit]He represented Russia at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and appeared in all 3 games as Russia was eliminated at group stage.[11][12]
In the summer of 2023, he agreed to play for the Armenian youth team.[13][14] He made his debut for the U21 national team on September 12 in a home match against Montenegro as part of the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.[15]
On 25 March 2024, he received his first call-up to the Armenian senior national team for away friendly match against Czech Republic.[16][17]
On the next day, 26 March 2024, Avanesyan made his debut for the national team.[18][19]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 2 June 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tambov (loan) | 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (loan) | 2021–22 | Russian First League | 22 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 1 | ||
| Baltika Kaliningrad (loan) | 2022–23 | Russian First League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| Baltika-BFU Kaliningrad (loan) | 2022–23 | Russian Second League | 17 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 7 | 0 | 12 | 2 | – | 19 | 2 | |
| Baltika-BFU Kaliningrad | 2024 | Russian Second League B | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 56 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 3 | ||
Honours
[edit]FC Baltika Kaliningrad
- Russian Cup runner-up: 2023–24
References
[edit]- ^ "Тигран Аванесян: "Я воспитанник калининградского футбола. Есть желание доказать в "Балтике", что чего‑то стою"". matchtv.ru. 15 January 2024.(in Russian)
- ^ "Тигран Аванесян: "Не стал бы рассматривать приглашение в сборную Узбекистана, в Армении меня неправильно поймут"". matchtv.ru. 29 October 2021.(in Russian)
- ^ "Статистика.Аванесян Тигран Беникович". pfc-cska.com. PFC CSKA Moscow.(in Russian)
- ^ "Тигран Аванесян завершит сезон в Тамбове" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Lokomotiv v Tambov game report". Russian Premier League. 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Tambov v Rotor game report". Russian Premier League. 26 February 2021.
- ^ "ПФК ЦСКА продлил контракт с Тиграном Аванесяном" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 1 June 2021.
- ^ "ТИГРАН АВАНЕСЯН — ИГРОК "ТЕКСТИЛЬЩИКА"" (in Russian). FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo. 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Тигран Аванесян проведет сезон-2022/23 в Балтике" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Сергей Пряхин и Тигран Аванесян перешли в Балтику" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Стал известен состав юношеской сборной России на чемпионат Европы-2019". news.sportbox.ru. 3 May 2019.(in Russian)
- ^ "Тигран Беникович Аванесян". rfs.ru. Russian Football Union.(in Russian)
- ^ "Футболист "Балтики" Аванесян вызван в молодежную сборную Армении". news.sportbox.ru (in Russian). 24 July 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Рафаэль Назарян пригласил в сборную Армении до 21-го года 25 футболистов". sport.news.am. 28 August 2023.(in Russian)
- ^ "Новости - Сборная Армении до 21 года проиграла сборной Черногории до 21 года". www.ffa.am. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Игрок "Балтики" Аванесян впервые вызван в основную сборную Армении". championat.com. 25 March 2024.(in Russian)
- ^ "Հայաստանի հավաքականը մեկնեց Չեխիա". sport.news.am. Football Federation of Armenia. 25 March 2024.(in Armenian)
- ^ "Football player Tigran Avanesyan". eu-football.info.
- ^ "Полузащитник "Балтики" Аванесян прокомментировал дебют за сборную Армении". sport-express.ru. 29 March 2024.(in Russian)
External links
[edit]- Tigran Avanesyan at Russian Premier League
- Tigran Avanesyan at Soccerway
- Tigran Avanesyan at WorldFootball.net