The Best Soccer Players from Armenia

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List of the best soccer players from Armenia. List includes the top soccer (or “football”) players from Armenia, along with photos when available. This list of best Armenian soccer players is ordered by popularity, so only the greatest players are at the top of the list. If you're searching for a particular famous Armenian soccer player you can use the "search" box to find what you're looking for.

Players on this list include Tigran Petrosyants and Vardan Khachatryan.

This list answers the questions, "Who are the best Armenian footballers?" and "Who is the greatest Armenian soccer player of all time?"

You can click on the names of these popular soccer players of Armenia in order to get more information about each one. If you're a sports lover then you can use this list of popular Armenian soccer players to discover some new athletes that you might really enjoy watching.
Most divisive: Norair Aslanyan
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  • Henrikh Mkhitaryan
    1

    Henrikh Mkhitaryan

    Age: 35
    248 votes
    Henrikh Mkhitaryan (born January 21, 1989) is an Armenian professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Serie A club Inter Milan. He won four Armenian Premier League titles with Pyunik, and joined Metalurh Donetsk in 2009; he moved to city rivals Shakhtar Donetsk in 2010 for €6.1 million. At Shakhtar, Mkhitaryan set the league goalscoring record in the 2012–13 season, and was named the league's Footballer of the Year. After also winning three domestic doubles, he signed for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund for a club-record fee of €27.5 million, making him the most expensive Armenian player of all time.
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  • Yura Movsisyan
    2

    Yura Movsisyan

    Age: 36
    130 votes
    Yura Movsisyan (Armenian: Յուրա Մովսիսյան; born 2 August 1987), is an Armenian footballer who plays as a forward for the Armenia national football team, with 14 goals in 37 international games.
  • Youri Djorkaeff
    3

    Youri Djorkaeff

    Age: 56
    117 votes
    Youri Raffi Djorkaeff (French pronunciation: ​[juʁi raffi djɔʁkaɛf]; born 9 March 1968) is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a striker. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He is the son of former player Jean Djorkaeff. He currently runs the Youri Djorkaeff Foundation.
  • Roman Berezovsky
    4

    Roman Berezovsky

    Age: 49
    78 votes
    Roman Anatoliyevich Berezovsky (Armenian: Ռոման Բերեզովսկի, Russian: Рома́н Анато́льевич Березо́вский [rɐˈman ɐnɐˈtolʲɪvʲɪtɕ bʲɪrʲɪˈzofskʲɪj], born 5 August 1974) is an Armenian football coach and a former player. He is the goalkeepers' coach for PFC Sochi. Berezovsky was the captain of the Armenia national team. He previously played for Zenit Saint Petersburg, Khimki and Torpedo Moscow, among other clubs. He also holds a Russian passport.
  • Aras Özbiliz
    5

    Aras Özbiliz

    Age: 34
    85 votes
    Aras Özbiliz (Armenian: Արազ Օզբիլիս, born 9 March 1990) is an Armenian footballer who plays as a right winger for FC Pyunik and the Armenian national team.
  • Sargis Adamyan
    6

    Sargis Adamyan

    Age: 30
    29 votes
    Sargis Adamyan is an Armenian-German footballer who plays for Neustrelitz.
  • Varazdat Haroyan
    7

    Varazdat Haroyan

    Age: 31
    29 votes
    Varazdat Haroyan (Armenian: Վարազդատ Հարոյան, born on 24 August 1992) is an Armenian footballer who plays as a central defender for Russian Premier League club Ural Yekaterinburg and the Armenian national team.
  • Karlen Mkrtchyan
    8

    Karlen Mkrtchyan

    Age: 35
    55 votes
    Karlen Mkrtchyan (Armenian: Կառլեն Մկրտչյան; born 25 November 1988 in Yerevan) is an Armenian football player who currently plays midfielder for FC Pyunik at the Armenian Premier League.
  • Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
    9

    Hovhannes Hambardzumyan

    Age: 33
    22 votes
    Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenian: Հովհաննես Համբարձումյան, born 4 October 1990) is an Armenian football player who currently plays defender for the Armenian national team and for Cypriot First Division side Enosis Neon Paralimni.
  • Hrayr Mkoyan
    10

    Hrayr Mkoyan

    Age: 37
    31 votes
    Hrayr Mkoyan (Armenian: Հրայր Մկոյան, born 2 September 1986 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Armenian football player who currently plays defender for the Armenian national team and the Armenian Premier League side FC Alashkert.
  • Sargis Hovhannisyan
    11

    Sargis Hovhannisyan

    Age: 55
    18 votes
    Sargis Hovhannisyan (Armenian: Սարգիս Հովհաննիսյան, born 17 August 1968), is an Armenian football coach and a former defender, who mostly spent his club career at FC Lokomotiv Moscow. He is an assistant coach with FC Lokomotiv Moscow. Hovhannisyan was born in Yerevan, Soviet Union. He was one of the key defenders of the Armenia national football team, and has participated in 16 international matches since his debut on 7 September 1994, in an away match against Belgium. Sargis currently is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv Moscow.
  • Eduard Markarov
    12

    Eduard Markarov

    Age: 81
    17 votes
    Eduard Artyomovich Markarov (Armenian: Էդուարդ Մարկարով, Russian: Эдуард Артёмович Маркаров, born on 20 June 1942) is a retired Soviet football player who played striker for clubs Torpedo Armavir, Neftchi Baku and Ararat Yerevan and for the Soviet Union national football team and current football manager for Armenian Premier League club Mika Yerevan. He was a member of the Ararat Yerevan team that won the Soviet Top League in 1973 and the Soviet Cup in 1973 and 1975. Markarov scored 5 goals for Ararat Yerevan at the 1974–75 European Cup, sharing top goalscorer with Gerd Müller of Bayern Munich. He played three matches for the Soviet national squad and participated with the team at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, where they came in fourth place. As a manager, Markarov led Mika Yerevan to victory at the Armenian Cup in 2000 and 2001. Markarov was awarded the Master of Sport of the USSR title in 1963, the Honored Master of Sport of the USSR title in 1973 and the Honored Coach of the Armenian SSR title in 1983.
  • Kamo Hovhannisyan
    13

    Kamo Hovhannisyan

    Age: 31
    13 votes
    Kamo Hovhannisyan is an Armenian footballer who plays for FC Pyunik.
  • Artur Maloyan
    14

    Artur Maloyan

    Age: 35
    32 votes
    Artur Mikhaylovich Maloyan (Armenian: Արթուր Մալոյան, Russian: Арту́р Миха́йлович Малоя́н, born on 4 February 1989) is a professional Russian footballer of Armenian ethnic origin. He plays for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.
  • Edgar Malakyan
    15

    Edgar Malakyan

    Age: 33
    15 votes
    Edgar Malakyan (Armenian: Էդգար Մալաքյան; born 22 September 1990) is an Armenian football player who currently plays as a midfielder for the Armenian national team.
  • Sargis Movsisyan
    16

    Sargis Movsisyan

    Age: 39
    12 votes
  • Artak Yedigaryan
    17

    Artak Yedigaryan

    Age: 34
    12 votes
    Artak Yedigaryan (Armenian: Արտակ Եդիգարյան, born on 18 March 1990 in Yerevan) is an Armenian football player who currently plays defender for FC Pyunik and the Armenian national team.
  • Ara Mkrtchyan
    18

    Ara Mkrtchyan

    Age: 35
    10 votes
  • Roman Grigoryan
    19

    Roman Grigoryan

    Age: 41
    6 votes
    Roman Bagdasarovich Grigoryan (Russian: Роман Багдасарович Григорян; born 14 September 1982) is a Russian professional footballer of Armenian descent.
  • Norair Aslanyan
    20

    Norair Aslanyan

    Age: 33
    37 votes
    Norair Aslanyan (Armenian: Նորայր Ասլանյան; né Norair Mamedov, born 25 March 1991) is an Armenian footballer who plays as a winger for OFC Oostzaan in the Dutch Derde Divisie.
  • Vardan Minasyan
    21

    Vardan Minasyan

    Age: 50
    7 votes
    Vardan Minasyan (Armenian: Վարդան Մինասյան, born on 5 January 1974) is a former Armenian footballer who played as a midfielder, and currently the head coach of FC Ararat-Armenia. Minasyan has been largely credited for advancing Armenia international and domestic football. He led Armenia to a record 3rd-place finish in Euro 2012 qualifications, where Armenia scored 22 goals, in his first qualification cycle. Minasyan was also the longest serving manager of the Armenian national squad to date and has the best match record of all the former managers of the national team. When he resigned in October 2013 after the FIFA 2014 qualifications, Armenia was ranked #38 by FIFA, the highest rank in the Armenian national team's history.
  • Levon Hayrapetyan
    22

    Levon Hayrapetyan

    Age: 35
    7 votes
    Levon Hayrapetyan (Armenian: Լևոն Հայրապետյան, born 17 April 1989), also known as Levon Hairapetian, is an Armenian football player who currently plays defender for the Armenian national team. He is the son of Olympic medal winning field hockey player Sos Hayrapetyan.
  • Artyom Khachaturov
    23

    Artyom Khachaturov

    Age: 31
    7 votes
    Artyom Khachaturov (Armenian: Արտյոմ Խաչատուրով, Russian: Артем Хачатуров, Romanian: Artiom Haceaturov, born 18 June 1992) is an Armenian-Moldovan football player who plays as a defender for Lori and the Armenian national team.
  • Armen Papyan
    24

    Armen Papyan

    Age: 34
    7 votes
    Armen Papyan is an Armenian footballer who plays for FC Ararat.
  • Aram Hovsepyan
    25

    Aram Hovsepyan

    Age: 32
    7 votes
  • Gevorg Karapetyan
    26

    Gevorg Karapetyan

    Age: 33
    7 votes
    Gevorg Karapetyan (Armenian: Գևորգ Կարապետյան; born 10 June 1990) is an Armenian footballer who last played for Orange County Blues FC of the United Soccer League.
  • Levon Stepanyan
    27

    Levon Stepanyan

    Age: 53
    18 votes
    Levon Stepanyan (Armenian: Լեւոն Ստեփանյան, born 22 March 1971 in Yerevan) is a retired Armenian football midfielder player and a current coach who played most of his career for Sepahan and previously played for Ararat Yerevan, Zob Ahan and captained Sepahan Novin. Stepanyan was capped for Armenia on one occasion in a 2–1 win against Macedonia on 6 September 1995 in Skopje.
  • Albert Sarkisyan
    28

    Albert Sarkisyan

    Age: 60
    12 votes
    Albert Sarkisyan (Armenian: Ալբերտ Սարգսյան; born 14 August 1963 in Yerevan) is an Armenian professional football manager and a former player.
  • Artak Aleksanyan
    29

    Artak Aleksanyan

    Age: 33
    10 votes
    Artak Aleksanyan (Armenian: Արտակ Ալեքսանյան; born on 10 March 1991) is an Armenian football player who currently plays midfielder for FC Ararat Yerevan and the Armenian national team. He also holds Russian citizenship.
  • Artur Aghasyan
    30

    Artur Aghasyan

    Age: 36
    10 votes
    Artur Aghasyan is an Armenian footballer currently playing for Ventura County Fusion in the USL Premier Development League.