Aghvan Papikyan (Armenian: Աղվան Պապիկյանը, born 8 February 1994) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Wisła Puławy. He was also a member of the Armenia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aghvan Papikyan | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Łódź, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Wisła Puławy | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2011 | ŁKS Łódź | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | ŁKS Łódź | 15 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Spartak Moscow | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → FC Pyunik (loan) | 18 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Ulisses FC | 19 | (2) |
| 2015–2017 | GKS Bełchatów | 37 | (6) |
| 2017 | Raków Częstochowa | 15 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Olimpia Grudziądz | 28 | (8) |
| 2019–2020 | Chojniczanka Chojnice | 25 | (3) |
| 2020 | Alashkert | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Ararat Yerevan | 18 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Alashkert | 11 | (0) |
| 2022– | Wisła Puławy | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2010–2011 | Armenia U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2011 | Armenia U19 | 9 | (2) |
| 2012 | Armenia U21 | 17 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Armenia | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2022 | |||
Aghvan was a pupil of the football academy ŁKS Łódź. He completed the stages of the club academy along with his older brother Volodya.[2] In 2011, he was included in the first team. Papikyan played 8 matches in total for Łódź.
In February 2013, he transferred to Spartak Moscow.[3]
On 4 September 2020, less than a month after joining FC Alashkert, he moved to Ararat Yerevan.[4]
Aghvan Papikyan has played for the junior and youth teams of Armenia. He has stated, "I play for the Armenia because that's where my roots are from and I feel Armenian." Papikyan had no desire to join the Polish national football team and couldn't anyway due to citizenship issues, but said he still "feels something towards Poland".[2]
After a match between the Armenia U21 and Armenia national teams on 21 March 2013, Papikyan was among three youth players chosen by the Football Federation of Armenia to join the senior team.[5]
Aghvan is the son of Armenian former football player and current football manager Arsen Papikyan and also has a one-year older brother Volodya who played midfielder for ŁKS Łódź with Aghvan. His parents and brother were born in Armenia and decided to work and live to Poland, where Aghvan was born one year later.
Although born in Poland, he only obtained Polish citizenship on 2 October 2017.[2][6][7]