Varazdat Haroyan

Varazdat Haroyan
	Haroyan with Ural in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Varazdat Arshakovich Haroyan
Date of birth	24 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Qingdao West Coast
Number	33
Youth career
0000–2008	Pyunik
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008	Patani
2009–2016	Pyunik
2016–2017	Padideh
2017–2020	Ural Yekaterinburg
2020	Tambov
2021	Astana
2021–2022	Cádiz
2022–2023	Anorthosis Famagusta
2023–2024	Astana
2024–	Qingdao West Coast
International career‡
2008–2009	Armenia U17
2009–2010	Armenia U19
2010–2012	Armenia U21
2011–	Armenia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 November 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Varazdat Haroyan (Armenian: Վարազդատ Հարոյան, born on 24 August 1992) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Chinese Super League club Qingdao West Coast and captains the Armenia national team.

Club career

Patani and Pyunik Yerevan

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. ^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1]

Padideh

On 6 June 2016, Haroyan signed a two–year contract with Persian Gulf Pro League side Tractor Sazi.^[2] 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.^[3] On 22 September 2020, his contract with Ural was terminated by mutual consent.^[4]

Days after leaving Ural, Haroyan postponed a transfer to Greek club AEL Larissa due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.^[5] He later clarified that he was not enlisting to fight in the conflict.^[6]

Tambov

On 6 October 2020, Haroyan joined Russian Premier League club Tambov.^[7]

Astana

On 15 February 2021, Astana announced the signing of Haroyan.^[8]

Cadiz

On 27 May 2021, Cádiz announced the signing of Haroyan from Astana, on a two-year contract,^[9] with Astana confirming his departure from their club on 24 June 2021.^[10] He made his La Liga debut for Cádiz, starting in a 1–1 draw against Levante on 14 August 2021. Cádiz and Haroyan terminated their contract on 4 July 2022.^[11]

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 12 July 2022, Haroyan signed with Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year contract until 2024.^[12] On 17 March 2023, Haroyan left Anorthosis Famagusta by mutual consent.^[13]

Astana Return

On 21 March 2023, Haroyan returned to sign for Astana.^[14] On 11 January 2024, Astana announced that Haroyan had left the club.^[15]

Qingdao West Coast

On 4 February 2024, Haroyan joined Chinese Super League club Qingdao West Coast.^[16]

International career

Haroyan made his debut for the Armenia national team on 10 August 2011 in a friendly match against Lithuania. He made his debut in official matches on 11 June 2013 in their 4–0 win against Denmark.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 December 2023^[17]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pyunik	2009	Armenian Premier League	5	0	0	0	–		0^[a]	0	5	0
	2010		17	0	2	0	1^[b]	0	0^[a]	0	20	0
	2011		27	2	2	0	2^[b]	0	0^[a]	0	31	2
	2012–13		26	2	4	0	0^[c]	0	–		30	2
	2013–14		25	2	5	0	4^[c]	0	0^[a]	0	34	2
	2014–15		24	0	5	1	2^[c]	0	0^[a]	0	31	1
	2015–16		22	1	0	0	4^[b]	0	1^[a]	0	27	1
	Total		146	7	18	1	13	0	1	0	178	8
Padideh	2016–17	Persian Gulf Pro League	25	0	0	0	–		–		25	0
Ural Yekaterinburg	2017–18	Russian Premier League	20	1	0	0	–		–		20	1
	2018–19		16	1	5	0	–		–		21	1
	2019–20		18	1	2	0	–		–		20	1
	2020–21		1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	Total		55	3	7	0	-	-	-	-	62	3
Tambov	2020–21	Russian Premier League	8	0	1	0	–		–		9	0
Astana	2021	Kazakhstan Premier League	13	1	0	0	0^[d]	0	2^[e]	0	15	1
Cádiz	2021–22	La Liga	17	1	2	0	–		–		19	1
Anorthosis	2022–23	Cypriot First Division	20	1	2	0	–		–		22	1
Astana	2023	Kazakhstan Premier League	20	1	4	0	5^[f]	0	0^[e]	0	29	1
Career total			304	14	34	1	18	0	5	0	359	15

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Appearances in the Armenian Supercup
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
^ ^a ^b Appearances in the Kazakhstan Super Cup
^ One appearance in the UEFA Champions League, zero appearances in the UEFA Europa League, and four appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 10 September 2024^[18]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Armenia	2011	1	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	5	0
	2014	9	0
	2015	2	0
	2016	8	1
	2017	5	1
	2018	10	0
	2019	9	0
	2020	5	0
	2021	8	1
	2022	8	0
	2023	8	0
	2024	6	1
Total		85	4

Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Haroyan goal.

List of international goals scored by Varazdat Haroyan
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 November 2016	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Montenegro	2–2	3–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	13 November 2017	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Cyprus	2–0	3–2	Friendly
3	31 March 2021	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Romania	2–2	3–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	4 June 2024	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia	Slovenia	1–1	1–2	Friendly