Arman Karamyan

Arman Karamyan

Personal information
Full name	Arman Sureni Karamyan
Date of birth	(1979-11-14) 14 November 1979
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (now Armenia)
Height
Position(s)	Striker / Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Arabkir Yerevan	7	(4)
1997–1998	Pyunik Yerevan	23	(4)
1999–2000	Kilikia Yerevan	54	(35)
2001–2002	Pyunik Yerevan	41	(57)
2003	Panachaiki Patras	15	(0)
2003–2004	Arsenal Kyiv	10	(1)
2004–2006	Rapid Bucureşti	6	(0)
2005	→ FC Braşov (loan)	9	(2)
2005	→ Gloria Bistriţa (loan)	6	(0)
2006	→ Braşov (loan)	10	(10)
2006–2007	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	13	(0)
2007–2010	Politehnica Timişoara	50	(16)
2010	Steaua Bucureşti	13	(5)
2010–2011	Unirea Urziceni	5	(0)
2012–2014	Clinceni	41	(22)
International career‡
2000–2010	Armenia	48	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 August 2014

Arman Karamyan (Armenian: Արման Քարամյան, born 14 November 1979) is a retired Armenian-Romanian footballer and former international for the Armenian national team. Arman is the twin brother of fellow football player Artavazd Karamyan.

Club career

Arman Karamyan began playing football as a senior in 1996. That year, both he and his older brother Artavazd Karamyan joined Arabkir. In 1997, they both made their way to Pyunik Yerevan. Arman was a part of Pyunik when they won the Armenian Premier League in 2001 and 2002, the Armenian Cup in 2002 and Armenian Supercup in 1997 and 2002. Both brothers moved to Kilikia Yerevan in 1999 and back to Pyunik in 2001. They both joined the Football League (Greece) in 2003 when they both signed with Panachaiki Patras. From 2003 to 2004, they both played in Ukrainian Premier League club Arsenal Kyiv. Arman and Artavazd both joined Liga I club Rapid Bucureşti in 2004. While Arman left that season, Artavazd would remain in the club for a number of seasons. Arman was loaned to other Liga I clubs FC Braşov and Gloria Bistriţa for the 2005 season. He was loaned to Braşov again at the start of the 2006 season. Arman than officially signed with Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ. Both Arman and Artavazd reunited in the club Politehnica Timişoara in 2007. The next season, the club was a finalist in the 2008–09 Liga I championship.

The Karamyan brothers moved to Steaua Bucureşti in 2010. In the 2009–10 season, Arman was selected as the left winger of the year. After finishing Liga I for the 2009-10 season, the brothers ended their contracts with Steaua Bucureşti. A search began to find the club they would both continue playing football in. But the process of finding a new club was delayed. Later, it was reported that the brothers were in talks with FC Brașov. However, the head coach of Brasov Daniel Iseyle later stated that the transition of the Karmanyans was unlikely to be completed because of the complexity of the negotiations, which reached a standstill. Talks were later made for the brothers to play for Astra Giurgiu, coached by Mihai Stoichiță. But after Stoichiță departed from the club, the talks ended. According to an edition of TotalFootball, because of the long search for a new team, the financial conditions for the Karamyan brothers increased to that of a required minimum of 10,000 euros per month. The option that both players finish their playing careers and enter into coaching activities was considered. In mid-September 2010, the search was over for Karamyan brothers. The football players signed a contract with and officially moved into Unirea Urziceni. Near the end of a match, Arman made his debut for the club coming in as a substitute for 81st minute of the game.

In late October 2011, Stoichiță, who knew firsthand the playing abilities of both brothers, invited them to his current team Mioveni. However, Artavazd decided to retire as a player and go into business.

A year later, Artavazd resumed his career and he and Arman both joined the Liga II club CS Buftea. In their first meeting, Artavazd scored twice. Arman also scored a goal in their second match.

International career

Karamyan was a member of the Armenia national team and had participated in 49 international matches and scored 5 goals since his debut in an away friendly match against Guatemala on January 9, 2000 ending 1-1. In 2010, he left the national team. He is the eighth top goalscorers of the Armenian national squad of all time.

Personal life

He and his brother Artavazd Karamyan are both football players and have spent nearly their entire careers playing for the same teams.

At the end 2014 he also took the Romanian citizenship, together with his brother. They are living in Romania with their kids and wives.

National team statistics

Armenia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	8	1
2001	4	0
2002	3	1
2003	7	1
2004	5	2
2005	3	0
2006	3	0
2007	5	0
2008	3	0
2009	6	0
2010	1	0
Total	48	5

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 February 2000	Cyprus	Cyprus	2-3	Loss	Friendly
2	7 June 2002	Andorra	Andorra	2-0	Win	Friendly
3	10 September 2003	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	1-0	Win	2004 ECQ
4	19 February 2004	Cyprus	Kazakhstan	3-3	Draw	Friendly
5	21 February 2004	Cyprus	Georgia	2-0	Win	Friendly

Honours

Club

Kilikia Yerevan

• Armenian Supercup (1): 1997

Pyunik Yerevan

• Armenian Premier League (2): 2001, 2002
• Armenian Cup (1): 2002
• Armenian Supercup (2): 2002

Politehnica Timişoara

• Liga I Runner-up (1): 2008–09
• Cupa României Runner-up (1): 2008–09

Individual

• Armenian Footballer of the Year: 2002
• Armenian Premier League Top Goalscorer (2): 2001 (21 goals), 2002 (36 goals)

External links

• Arman Karamyan at National-Football-Teams.com
• Armfootball.tripod.com
• Footballdatabase.eu
• Arman Karamyan at Soccerway