Varazdat Haroyan


Varazdat Haroyan is an Armenian footballer who plays as a central defender for Russian Premier League club Ural Yekaterinburg and the Armenian national team.

Club career

Varazdat Haroyan was born in Yerevan, and started football at the football school Pyunik Yerevan. In 2008, he played for Patani, for whom he made 17 appearances.
In 2009, he made his debut as a starter for Pyunik in the Armenian Premier League match against Gandzasar in Yerevan. Haroyan came off the bench in place of Arthur Yedigaryan at 90 minutes. That season Pyunik became the 2009 Armenian Premier League champion. Starting in 2010, Haroyan had always been a team regular, and becoming the 2010 Armenian Premier League champion and the winning the 2010 Armenian Cup and 2010 Armenian Supercup.
In March 2012, he became known to the interest of the German club 1. FC Köln, which sent an official invitation to Haroyan. Haroyan was earlier invited to attend the viewing, but in March 2012, decided to go to Germany.

Padideh

On 6 June 2016, Haroyan signed a two–year contract with Persian Gulf Pro League side Tractor Sazi. However, just one day later the transfer was cancelled by Tractor Sazi management after Tractor Sazi's supporters protests due to historical conflicts between Armenian and Azerbaijani ethnic.
Just hours after Haroyan's contract with Tractor Sazi were cancelled, he joined to another Iranian club, Mashhad based Padideh.

Ural Yekaterinburg

On 5 July 2017, he signed a contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Ural Yekaterinburg.

International career

Haroyan made his debut for the Armenia national football team on 10 August 2011 in a friendly match against Lithuania. He made his debut in official matches on 11 June 2013 in a winning match vs Denmark national football team where Armenia national football team beat Denmark 4-0.

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 November 2016Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia2–23–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.13 November 2017Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia2–03–2Friendly

Honours

Club

Pyunik Yerevan

Club