David Arshakyan

{{Infobox football biography

| name = David Arshakyan

| fullname = David Arshakyan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|08|16}}

| birth_place = Saint Petersburg, Russia

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=4}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2000–2006

| youthclubs1 = Smena St. Petersburg[http://football.kulichki.com/mls/2017/players/16320.htm Давид Аршакян] at football.kulichki.com

| youthyears2 = 2006

| youthclubs2 = Lokomotiv St. Petersburg[http://footballfacts.ru/players/1468433-arshakyan-david-rudolfovich Аршакян Давид Рудольфович] at footballfacts.ru

| youthyears3 = 2006–2009

| youthclubs3 = Smena St. Petersburg

| youthyears4 = 2009–2010

| youthclubs4 = Zenit-84 St. Petersburg

| youthyears5 = 2010–2012

| youthclubs5 = Lokomotiv St. Petersburg

| years1 = 2012–2013 | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Mika

| years2 = 2015–2016 | caps2 = 52 | goals2 = 34 | clubs2 = Trakai

| years3 = 2016–2017 | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Chicago Fire

| years4 = 2018 | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Vejle BK

| years5 = 2018 | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Gorica

| years6 = 2019 | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Fakel Voronezh

| years7 = 2019 | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = Rudeš

| years8 = 2019–2020 | caps8 = 5 | goals8 = 1 | clubs8 = Ararat Yerevan

| years9 = 2020–2021 | caps9 = 6 | goals9 = 1 | clubs9 = Irtysh Omsk

| years10 = 2022 | caps10= 6 | goals10= 0 | clubs10= FA Šiauliai

| years11 = 2022–2023 | caps11= 0 | goals11= 0 | clubs11= Van

| years12 = 2023 | caps12= 4 | goals12= 0 | clubs12= BKMA Yerevan

| years13 = 2024 | caps13= 2 | goals13= 1 | clubs13= Maxline Vitebsk

| nationalyears1 = 2012

| nationalteam1 = Armenia U19

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2016

| nationalteam2 = Armenia U21

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2016

| nationalteam3 = Armenia

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 10 December 2024

| nationalteam-update = 4 September 2016

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David Arshakyan ({{langx|hy|Դավիթ Արշակյան}}; born 16 August 1994) is an Armenian footballer. He also holds Russian citizenship as David Rudolfovich Arshakyan ({{langx|ru|Давид Рудольфович Аршакян}}).{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football National League|url=https://1fnl.ru/players/4482/|title=Russian FNL profile for Arshakyan|access-date=23 September 2020|language=Russian}}

Club career

= FC Mika =

Arshakyan began his professional career with Armenian side FC Mika in 2012, and made three Armenian Premier League appearances as his side captured the 2012–13 Armenian Supercup.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2016/08/03/chicago-fire-acquire-armenian-international-david-arshakyan|title=Chicago Fire Acquire Armenian International David Arshakyan|publisher=Chicago Fire|type=Press release|date=August 3, 2016|access-date=August 28, 2016}}

= FK Trakai =

Arshakyan was transferred to Lithuanian side FK Trakai prior to the start of the 2015 season. In 34 A Lyga appearances, Arshakyan scored 25 goals and had six multi-goal games, including three hat-tricks, finishing the season just three goals shy of the top scorer in the league. That season, he also appeared in six UEFA Europa League qualifiers, scoring five goals in total.

Arshakyan made 18 appearances for Trakai in the 2016 season, scoring nine goals, including a hat-trick over FK Utenis Utena on July 28.

= Chicago Fire =

On August 3, 2016, the Chicago Fire announced that they had acquired Arshakyan from FK Trakai, on a two-year contract with club options for the third and fourth years. Arshakyan made his Chicago Fire debut on August 27, 2016, in a 6–2 defeat against D.C. United, when he replaced striker Michael de Leeuw in the 56th minute.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2016/08/27/ten-man-chicago-fire-fall-6-2-dc-united|title=Ten-Man Chicago Fire Fall 6–2 at D.C. United|publisher=Chicago Fire|type=Press release|date=August 27, 2016|access-date=August 29, 2016}}

On December 18, 2017, Chicago and Arshakayan mutually agreed to terminate his contract.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2017/12/18/chicago-fire-soccer-club-and-forward-david-arshakyan-mutually-terminate-contract|title = Chicago Fire Soccer Club and Forward David Arshakyan Mutually Terminate Contract | Chicago Fire FC}}

= Vejle Boldklub =

On January 26, 2018, the Danish club Vejle Boldklub announced that they had signed Arshakyan on a free transfer. He signed a contract until the summer 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://vejle-boldklub.dk/david-arshakyan-forstaerker-vb/|title=David Arshakyan forstærker VB – Vejle Boldklub|access-date=2018-01-26|archive-date=2018-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127004840/https://vejle-boldklub.dk/david-arshakyan-forstaerker-vb/|url-status=dead}}

=Irtysh Omsk=

On 23 September 2020, Arshakyan signed for Irtysh Omsk.{{cite web |title=Состав Иртыша пополнил Давид Аршакян |url=https://fc-irtysh.ru/news/sostav-irtysha-popolnil-david-arshakyan/ |website=fc-irtysh.ru/ |publisher=FC Irtysh Omsk |access-date=16 October 2020 |language=Russian |date=23 September 2020}} On 31 March 2021, his contract with Irtysh was terminated by mutual consent.{{cite web|publisher=FC Irtysh Omsk|url=https://fc-irtysh.ru/news/david-arshakyan-pokinul-sostav-irtysha/|title=Давид Аршакян покинул состав "Иртыша"|date=31 March 2021|language=ru}}

International career

As a youth player, Arshakyan represented Armenia at the U-19 and U-21 levels.{{cite web|url=https://www.thescore.com/news/1070808|title=Chicago Fire Sign Armenian Striker David Asrshakyan|publisher=TheScore|type=Press release|date=August 24, 2016|access-date=August 29, 2016}} In August 2016 Arshakyan was called up to the senior team ahead of its first match of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.{{cite web|title=David Arshakyan: I'll join Armenian national team on August 29|url=http://news.am/eng/news/343609.html|publisher=news.am|access-date=4 September 2016}} On 4 September 2016 he debuted for the senior team, starting in Armenia's qualification match against Denmark.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332008/index.html#lineups%23nosticky|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728235748/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300332008/index.html#lineups%23nosticky|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 28, 2015|title=Round 1 – Group E: Denmark v. Armenia|publisher=FIFA|type=Match Report|date=September 4, 2016|access-date=September 4, 2016}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 10 December 2017|{{soccerway|davit-arshakyan/267057 |accessdate=6 February 2018}}}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mika \|2014–15 \|Premier League \|3	0	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	0	0	5	0
rowspan="3"\|Trakai \|2015 \|rowspan="2"\|A Lyga \|34	25	5	2	4Appearances in the Europa League	3	colspan="2"\|—	43	30
2016 \|18	9	0	0	2	2	1Appearance in the Lithuanian Supercup	1	21	12
colspan="2"\|Total !52	34	5	2	6	5	1	1	64	42
rowspan="3"\|Chicago Fire \|2016 \|rowspan="2"\|MLS \|9	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	9	0
2017 \|8	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	8	0
colspan="2"\|Total !17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
Vejle \|2017–18 \|1. Division \|5	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	0	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !72	34	7	2	6	5	1	1	86	42