Nominees for “Armenia’s Footballer of the Year” and “Coach of the Year” Announced

The Football Federation of Armenia has announced the start of voting for the “Footballer of the Year” and “Coach of the Year” awards. This year, the voting procedure has changed: voters can choose only one candidate from the proposed list, and the player and coach with the highest number of votes will receive the prestigious award.

The nominees for “Footballer of the Year” include both local stars and Armenian players performing for clubs abroad.

Nominees for “Footballer of the Year” include:

• Ognen Cančarević – “Noah” (Yerevan)
• Erik Piloyan – “Urartu” (Yerevan)
• Gevorg Arutyunyan – “Puskás Akadémia” (Hungary)
• Varazdat Aroyan – unattached
• Sergey Muradyan – “Noah” (Yerevan)
• Nair Tiknizyan – “Red Star” (Serbia)
• Kamo Ohanesyan – “Ararat-Armenia” (Yerevan)
• Eduard Spertsyan – “Krasnodar” (Russia)
• Ugochukwu Iwu – “Rubin” (Russia)
• Tigran Barseghyan – “Slovan” (Slovakia)
• Henrikh Mkhitaryan – “Inter” (Italy)
• Lukas Selarayan – “Belgrano” (Argentina)
• Grant-Leon Ranos – “Borussia Mönchengladbach” (Germany)
• Arsen Beglaryan – “Alashkert” (Yerevan)
• Henry Avagyan – “Pyunik” (Yerevan)
• Artur Serobyan – “Ararat-Armenia” (Yerevan)
• Karen Nalbandyan – “Alashkert” (Yerevan)
• Zhirayr Shagoyan – “Ararat-Armenia” (Yerevan)
• Vahan Bichakhchyan – “Legia Warsaw” (Poland)
• Karen Muradyan – “Ararat-Armenia” (Yerevan)
• Narek Aghasaryan – “Urartu” (Yerevan)

Nominees for “Coach of the Year” include:

• Egishe Melikyan – Armenia national team / “Pyunik”
• Vahé Gevorgyan – “Alashkert” / “Van”
• Robert Arzumanyan – “Urartu”
• Vardan Minasyan – unattached
• Artak Oseyan – “Pyunik”

Voting will continue until 18:00 on December 25, 2019. Votes submitted after this deadline or in violation of the established procedure will be considered invalid.

Winners will be announced after the voting concludes and will receive well-deserved awards for their achievements in Armenian and international football.