Draft:Arthur Soghomonyan
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Arthur Soghomonyan (Armenian Արթուր Սողոմոնյան, born June 15, 1967) is an Armenian businessman and former owner of FC Pyunik, an Armenian football club.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-31 |title=Լուրեր Հայաստանից - Tert.am |url=https://tert.am/en/news/2024/12/31/football/4218642 |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=tert.am}}{{Cite news |title=Pyunik FC owner announces decision to sell the club - Public Radio of Armenia |url=https://en.armradio.am/2024/09/18/pyunik-fc-owner-announces-decision-to-sell-the-club/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241012033623/https://en.armradio.am/2024/09/18/pyunik-fc-owner-announces-decision-to-sell-the-club/ |archive-date=2024-10-12 |access-date=2025-05-31 |work=Public Radio of Armenia |language=en-US}}
== Early life ==
Soghomonyan was born on the 15th of June 1967 in Yerevan, Armenia. His father was a military pilot by profession. When Soghomonyan turned two years old, his family moved to St. Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad) from Armenia, and then to Moscow, Russia.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-30 |title=Arthur Soghomonyan |url=https://fcpyunik.am/hy/artur-soghomonyan |archive-date= |website=Fcpyunik.am}}
Soghomonyan played football from an early age and, in 1984, he joined the second team of FC Lokomotiv Moscow, however he chose to leave in order to pursue an education at the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, Faculty of Applied Mathematics.
Military service
From 1985 to 1987, Soghomonyan served in the Armed Forces of the USSR.
Career
= Oil-chemical products company =
Soghomonyan, owns a 95% share in Fomline, a company that manufactures oil-chemical products in Serbia, Uzbekistan, Latvia and Kazakhstan.
= Football club ownership =
Soghomonyan owned FC Pyunik from May 2017 until December 31, 2024.{{Cite web |date=2017-06-03 |title=New Owner of Armenia's Pyunik FC Manufactures Oil-Chemical Products in 4 Countries |url=https://hetq.am/en/article/79396 |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=Hetq.am |language=en}} He acquired the club free of charge from the family of then-Football Federation of Armenia President Ruben Hayrapetyan in May 2017 . During his tenure, Soghomonyan invested in the club's infrastructure and aimed to elevate its performance. However, citing ongoing conflicts with the leadership of the Football Federation of Armenia, he announced his decision to sell the club in September 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-23 |title=I decided to sell the football club "Pyunik". Arthur Soghomonyan - 2024-09-23 20:34:06 |url=https://www.archyworldys.com/i-decided-to-sell-the-football-club-pyunik-arthur-soghomonyan-2024-09-23-203406/ |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=Archyworldys |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Արմենիա |first=Sputnik |date=2024-09-18 |title=Արթուր Սողոմոնյանը վաճառում է «Փյունիկ» ակումբը և հեռանում հայկական ֆուտբոլից |trans-title=Artur Soghomonyan sells "Pyunik" club and leaves Armenian football |url=https://arm.sputniknews.ru/20240918/artur-svoghvomvonjany-vatsharum-e-pjunik-akumby-ev-heranum-hajkakan-futbvolic-80805565.html |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=Sputnik Արմենիա |language=am}}{{Cite web |date=2025-05-31 |title=Արթուր Սողոմոնյան․ ՀՖՖ-ում ահավոր բաներ են տեղի ունենում |trans-title=Artur Soghomonyan: Terrible things are happening in the Armenian Football Federation |url=https://news.am/arm/news/868276.html |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=news.am |language=hy}} The ownership officially transferred to Spanish citizen Anton Farber on December 31, 2024.
Philanthropy
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