Darón Iskenderian
{{short description|Armenian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Darón Iskenderian
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|3|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States
| height = {{convert|1.80|m|order=flip}}
| position = Attacking midfielder
| currentclub = Real Monarchs
| clubnumber = 41
| youthyears1 = 2015–2019
| youthclubs1 = LA Galaxy
| youthyears2 = 2019
| youthclubs2 = Gavà
| youthyears3 = 2019–2020
| youthclubs3 = Real So Cal
| youthyears4 = 2020–2022
| youthclubs4 = Barça Residency Academy
| years1 = 2022–2023
| clubs1 = Las Vegas Lights
| caps1 = 26
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2023–
| clubs2 = Real Monarchs
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 4
| nationalyears1 = 2018
| nationalteam1 = Armenia U16
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = Armenia U21
| nationalcaps2 = 7
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 21 January 2025
| nationalteam-update = 21 November 2023
}}
Darón Iskenderian (born 19 March 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Real Monarchs. Born in the United States, he is a youth international for Armenia.
Club career
Iskenderian played as part of the LA Galaxy academy,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lagalaxy.com/news/la-galaxy-academy-announce-graduating-class-2018|title=LA Galaxy Academy announce Graduating Class of 2018 | LA Galaxy|website=lagalaxy}} before spending a year with Catalan club CF Gavà in their under-19 team.{{Cite web|url=https://sport.news.am/eng/news/110944/discovering-young-talents-armenian-pupil-of-la-galaxy-photos.html|title=Discovering young talents: Armenian pupil of LA Galaxy (PHOTOS) | NEWS.am Sport - All about sports|website=sport.news.am}} He returned to the United States to play with Real So Cal and later moved to the Barça Residency Academy in Casa Grande, Arizona.{{Cite web|url=https://barcaresidencyacademyusa.com/barca-residency-academy-doubleheader-vs-nomads-and-albion/|title=Barça Residency Academy Doubleheader vs. Nomads and Albion SC|date=April 13, 2021}}
In March 2022, it was announced Iskenderian had signed a USL Academy contract with Las Vegas Lights ahead of their 2022 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uslchampionship.com/las-vegas-lights-fc-roster|title=Las Vegas Lights FC Roster|website=www.uslchampionship.com}} He debuted for the club on 13 March 2022, appearing as a 53rd–minute substitute during a 0–2 loss to New Mexico United.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uslchampionship.com/newmexicounited-lasvegaslightsfc-2267445|title=Match Center | USLChampionship.com|website=www.uslchampionship.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/daron-iskenderian/510496/|title=USA - D. Iskenderian - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=uk.soccerway.com}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 22 October 2022}}{{soccerway|daron-iskenderian/510496}}
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|National Cup !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=1|Las Vegas Lights
|2022 |USL | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 27 | 1 | |
| colspan=3|Career total
!26||1||1||0||0||0||27||1 |
References
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{{Real Monarchs squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iskenderian, Darón}}
Category:Soccer players from California
Category:Soccer players from Los Angeles
Category:Armenian men's footballers
Category:Armenia men's under-21 international footballers
Category:21st-century Armenian sportsmen
Category:Armenia men's youth international footballers
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:American sportspeople of Armenian descent
Category:Sportspeople of Armenian descent
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Ethnic Armenian sportspeople
Category:Las Vegas Lights FC players