| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2001-01-29) 29 January 2001 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Armenia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Urartu | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Urartu | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Urartu-2 | 35 | (1) |
| 2020– | Urartu | 57 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | → BKMA Yerevan (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Armenia U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Armenia U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | Armenia U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | Armenia | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Erik Piloyan (Armenian: Էրիկ Փիլոյան; born 29 January 2001) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Armenian Premier League club Urartu and the Armenia national team.
Club
Piloyan is a FC Urartu academy product who started his career as part of the backup team of Urartu, in the first league of Armenia, combining this with rare appearances in the first team.
In July 2021, it was announced that Piloyan went on a one-year loan to BKMA, the newcomer club of the Armenian Premier League for the 2021-2022 season, but already in January 2022, it was announced that he would return to his native club.
After returning from BKMA, he continued to play for both the main and reserve teams of Urartu.
International
He was called up to the Armenia U17 and Armenia U21.
On March 17, 2023, he received his first call-up to the Armenian senior national team for a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Turkey and a friendly match against Cyprus, respectively.
Piloyan debuted for the senior Armenia national football team in a friendly 2–2 draw with Cyprus on 28 March 2023, he played the full game.
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 21 November 2023
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honours
Club
References
- "էՐԻԿ ՓԻԼՈՅԱՆ․ "ՈՐԵՎԷ ԹԻՄԻ ԹԵՐԱՀԱՎԱՏՈՐԵՆ ՉՊԵՏՔ Է ՄՈՏԵՆԱԼ"". fcurartu.am. 11 March 2020.(in Armenian)
- "ERIK PILOYAN: "WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR GOALS"". fcurartu.am. 8 June 2020.
- "ERIK PILOYAN WILL PLAY IN BKMA". fcurartu.am. 29 July 2021.
- "3 MORE PLAYERS RETURNED TO URARTU FC". fcurartu.am. 19 January 2022.
- "ЭРИК ПИЛОЯН: "ДЕЛАЕМ И ПРОДОЛЖИМ ДЕЛАТЬ ВСЕ, ЧТОБЫ ДОБИТЬСЯ ХОРОШЕГО РЕЗУЛЬТАТА"". fcurartu.am. 14 April 2022.(in Russian)
- "Հայաստանի Մ17 հավաքականը սկսում է նախապատրաստությունը Եվրոպայի առաջնությանը". hraparak.am. 7 October 2017.(in Armenian)
- "2 PLAYERS ՕF URARTU FC WERE CALLED-UP TO ARMENIAN U-21 NATIONAL TEAM". fcurartu.am. 18 March 2021.
- "Ռաֆայել Նազարյանը հրապարակել է Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի Մ-21 հավաքական հրավիրված ֆուտբոլիստների ցանկը". armenpress.am. 4 November 2021.(in Armenian)
- "Manager Petrakov announces Armenia squad list". sport.news.am. 17 March 2023.
- "Մի շարք ֆուտբոլիստներ առաջին անգամ են հրավիրվել Հայաստանի հավաքական". interfootball.am. 17 March 2023.(in Armenian)
- "ERIK PILOYAN: "IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO WEAR THE NATIONAL TEAM JERSEY, THIS WAS ONE OF MY MAIN DREAMS"". fcurartu.am. 17 March 2023.
- "Հայաստանի ազգային հավաքական են հրավիրվել 26 ֆուտբոլիստներ". armedia.am. 17 March 2023.(in Armenian)
- "Armenia vs Cyprus". eu-football.info. 28 March 2023.
- "Национальная сборная Армении сыграла вничью со сборной Кипра". armedia.am. 28 March 2023.(in Russian)
- "ERIK PILOYAN: I WILL DO MY BEST TO PATRICIPATE AS MUCH MATCHES AS POSSIBLE IN THE NATIONAL TEAM". fcurartu.am. 30 March 2023.
- "Էրիկ Փիլոյան. "Հավաքականում խաղալն ինձ կօգնի հետագայում"". vnews.am. 30 March 2023.(in Armenian)
- "Erik Piloyan". eu-football.info.
External links
- Erik Piloyan at Soccerway
- Erik Piloyan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Erik Piloyan at WorldFootball.net
- Profile at FFA.am
- Erik Piloyan at Global Sports Archive
- FC Urartu official club profile
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