# Taron Voskanyan

Taron Voskanyan (Armenian: Տարոն Ոսկանյան, born 22 February 1993) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Alashkert and the Armenia national team.

## Club career

Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Voskanyan was a pupil of the Pyunik Yerevan football school. Having begun his career with the youth team, he went to play for Pyunik-2, the reserve team, appearing in eight matches in second-tier Armenian First League during the 2010 season. The following season, he played exclusively for the first team in the Armenian Premier League making his debut on 2 April 2011 in a 0–1 away loss against Ulisses playing the full 90 minutes. Months later, Pyunik won the 2011 Armenian Supercup with Voskanyan in the team.

## International career

As a player of the main team of Pyunik, Voskanyan was invited into the ranks of the Armenia U-19 junior team at 19 years of age, and first played for the team on 21 October 2011 against peers from Slovakia U-19. Armenia won 2–1. He subsequently had a few more games with the youth team.
He was a player of the Armenia U-21 team scoring on his debut on 12 June 2013 in a 4–1 win against Andorra U-21.
Voskanyan was first called up to the senior Armenia national football team for a match against the Italy national team on 12 October 2012. His debut came in the next game on 14 November 2012 a 4–2 victory against Lithuania with Voskanyan replacing Robert Arzumanyan after 29 minutes.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 28 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Pyunik-2 | 2010 | Armenian First League | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 |
| Pyunik | 2011 | Armenian Premier League | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Pyunik | 2012–13 | Armenian Premier League | 38 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 44 | 5 |
| Pyunik | 2013–14 | Armenian Premier League | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 |
| Pyunik | 2014–15 | Armenian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 0 |
| Pyunik | 2015–16 | Armenian Premier League | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pyunik | 2016–17 | Armenian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Pyunik | Total | Total | 136 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 170 | 4 |
| Karmiotissa | 2016–17 | Cypriot First Division | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 1 |
| Nea Salamis Famagusta | 2017–18 | Cypriot First Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 |
| Alashkert | 2017–18 | Armenian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Alashkert | 2018–19 | Armenian Premier League | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Alashkert | 2019–20 | Armenian Premier League | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Alashkert | 2020–21 | Armenian Premier League | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 2 |
| Alashkert | 2021–22 | Armenian Premier League | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Alashkert | Total | Total | 93 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 4 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 275 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 349 | 9 |
* 1 2 3 Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in the Armenian Supercup
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances in the UEFA Europa League and four appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

### International

    As of match played 17 October 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Armenia | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2013 | 4 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2014 | 7 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2021 | 8 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 46 | 0 |

## Honours

Pyunik
* Armenian Premier League: 2014–15
* Armenian Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
* Armenian Supercup: 2011, 2015
Alashkert
* Armenian Premier League: 2017–18, 2020–21
* Armenian Cup: 2018–19
* Armenian Supercup: 2021