Karen Muradyan

Karen Muradyan

Muradyan with Ararat-Armenia in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Karen Rafikovich Muradyan
Date of birth	(1992-11-01) 1 November 1992 (age 32)
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	109	(0)
International career^‡
2012–2015	Armenia U21	9	(0)
2012–	Armenia	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

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.

Club career

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 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

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

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 October 2024^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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

As of match played 27 September 2022^[15]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

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

Shirak Gyumri

• Armenian Cup: 2011–12; runner-up 2011

References

1. "Mika vs. Shirak 4 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
2. "Ширак vs. Бананц 2 - 1". Soccerway (in Russian). Retrieved 25 March 2013.
3. "Shirak vs. Impuls 1 - 0". Soccerway. 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.

External links

• Profile at ffa.am
• Karen Muradyan at Soccerway