18 Facts About Arkady Andreasyan

Arkady Georgievich Andreasyan was a Soviet Armenian football player and manager.

Arkady Andreasyan played as midfielder for Ararat Yerevan in most of his club career and for the Soviet Union national football team.

Arkady Andreasyan was a member of the Ararat Yerevan team that won the Soviet Top League in 1973 and the Soviet Cup in 1973 and 1975 and a member of the Soviet Olympic football team that won bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Arkady Andreasyan was a pupil of the Neftchi Baku football school.

Arkady Andreasyan moved to the Armenian SSR for his senior career when he joined Shirak Leninakan in 1965.

Arkady Andreasyan didn't get to play for Araray at all his first year and moved to Sevan Hoktemberyan in 1967 and played for the team until 1968.

Once the 1969 season began, Arkady Andreasyan moved back to Ararat Yerevan.

Arkady Andreasyan played as one of the main midfielders of Ararat during these years.

Arkady Andreasyan played a total of 242 matches and scored a total of 62 goals for Ararat Yerevan.

Arkady Andreasyan was a member of the Soviet Union Olympic football team that competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Arkady Andreasyan became the vice-president of Ararat Yerevan in 2009 and held the position until his death in 2020.

Arkady Andreasyan assumed the role of acting manager of Ararat in March 2009 when Ashot Kirakosyan left the manager position.

Arkady Andreasyan upheld the role for the rest of the year, after which Tigran Yesayan became the new manager.

However, on 5 March, in the first round of the 2011 Armenian Premier League in a match against Banants Yerevan, Arkady Andreasyan was coaching Ararat Yerevan.

Three days later, Arkady Andreasyan officially became the manager of Ararat Yerevan .

In February 2012, Arkady Andreasyan was replaced by Albert Safaryan, a previous assistant coach of the club, as manager of Ararat Yerevan.

Arkady Andreasyan's father, George Andreasyan, was a football player who played for Lokomotiv Baku in the 1937 Soviet Second League B in Group D and for Dinamo Yerevan, which won the 1936 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic championships.

Arkady Andreasyan was married and had a son named George, who was a football player and played for a number of Armenian clubs, including for Ararat Yerevan.