Artur Avahimyan

Artur Avahimyan
	Avahimyan with Arsenal Kyiv in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Artur Samvelovych Avahimyan
Date of birth	16 January 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Mariupol, Ukraine
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	LNZ Cherkasy
Number	9
Youth career
2009–2011	Illichivets Mariupol
2012–2014	Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2017	Shakhtar Donetsk
2017	→ Illichivets Mariupol (loan)
2017	→ Illichivets-2 Mariupol (loan)
2017–2018	Mariupol
2019	Arsenal Kyiv
2019	Alashkert
2020–2022	Chornomorets Odesa
2022–	Oleksandriya
2023–2024	→ Chornomorets Odesa (loan)
2024	Oleksandriya
2024–	LNZ Cherkasy
International career
2012–2013	Ukraine U16
2013–2014	Ukraine U17
2014	Ukraine U18
2016	Ukraine U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2024

Artur Avahimyan (Ukrainian: Артур Самвелович Авагімян; born 16 January 1997) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian Premier League side LNZ Cherkasy.^[1]

Career

Avahimyan is of Armenian descent. He is a product of the FC Mariupol and FC Shakhtar youth sportive schools.

In February 2017 he went on loan for the Ukrainian First League club FC Illichivets Mariupol. His career continued, when he finished on loan playing and signed in June 2017 a 2 years deal with FC Mariupol (former FC Illichivets), that was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League.^[2]

He spend the last of 2022-2023 season on loan at FC Chornomorets Odesa from Oleksandriya, and in August 2023 he moved back to FC Chornomorets Odesa on a loan-deal for the 2023-24 season.^[3]

On 20 August 2024, Avahimyan joined Ukrainian Premier League side LNZ Cherkasy.^[4]