Karen Muradyan

Karen Muradyan (Armenian: Կարեն Մուրադյան, born 1 November 1992 in Gyumri) is an Armenian football player who plays as a midfielder for the Armenian Premier League club FC Ararat-Armenia.

Karen Muradyan
Personal information
Full name Karen Rafikovich Muradyan
Date of birth (1992-11-01) 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 72 (0)
International career‡
2012–2015 Armenia U-21 9 (0)
2012– Armenia 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

Career

Club

Karen 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 July 24, 2011, in a game against the guest Mika Yerevan. Muradyan entered the field in the first team and played until the 60th minute, when he was replaced by Arman Margaryan. But the debut was overshadowed by the crushing defeat of Gyumri team 1:4.[1] His Armenian Cup debut came on the draw for next season. On November 20, 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 FC 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

Muradyan made his debut for the Armenia national football team on February 5, 2013 in a friendly match in Valence, France against Luxembourg.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 5 June 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shirak 2011 Armenian Premier League 8020--100
2012–13 4116040-511
2013–14 251204010321
2014–15 1302020-170
Total 872120100101102
Alashkert 2014–15 Armenian Premier League 90200000110
2015–16 191403000261
2016–17 80104000130
Total 3617070--501
Gällivare Malmbergets[14] 2017 Division 2 Norrland 5000--50
Alashkert 2017–18 Armenian Premier League 2010000030
Shirak 2018–19 Armenian Premier League 24110--251
2019–20 27010--280
Total 51120----531
Ararat Yerevan 2020–21 Armenian Premier League 22060--280
2021–22 000030-30
Total 2206030--310
Shirak (loan) 2020–21 Armenian Premier League 000010-10
Ararat-Armenia 2021–22 Armenian Premier League 27010--280
2022–23 3402020-380
Total 6103020--660
Career total 2644310230103164

International
As of match played 27 September 2022[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Armenia 201320
201400
201500
201620
201700
201800
201900
202020
202140
202210
Total110

Honours

Club

Shirak Gyumri

References
  1. "Mika vs. Shirak 4 - 1". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  2. "Ширак vs. Бананц 2 - 1" (in Russian). Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  3. "Shirak vs. Impuls 1 - 0". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  4. GMFF mäktade inte med att vända motlutet‚ nsd.se, 8 April 2016
  5. "Официально. Бадоян, Асланян, Пелтьер, Тофиловски и Мурадян покинули "Алашкерт"". armfootball.com/ (in Russian). Arm Football. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  6. "Официально. Карен Мурадян и Мусса Пол Бакайоко также вернулись в "Ширак"". armfootball.com/ (in Russian). Arm Football. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  7. "Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Կարեն Մուրադյան". facebook.com. Shirak SC Facebook. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  8. "‼ ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ‼ ԿԱՐԵՆ ՄՈՒՐԱԴՅԱՆԸ ՀԱՄԱԼՐԵՑ ԱՐԱՐԱՏԸ". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  9. "Արարատի" ֆուտբոլիստները կօգնեն "Շիրակին" Եվրոպա լիգայում". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  10. "Official statement: Karen Muradyan". fcararat.am/. FC Ararat Yerevan. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  11. "Նոր տրանսֆեր: #WelcomKarenMuradyan". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  12. "Armenia vs. Czech Republic Preview". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  13. Karen Muradyan at Soccerway
  14. "Karen Muradyan". svenskfotboll.se/. Svensk Fotoll. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  15. "Karen Muradyan". eu-football.info. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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