Erik Piloyan Explained

Erik Piloyan
Birth Date:	29 January 2001
Birth Place:	Armenia
Height:	1.82 m
Position:	Centre-back
Currentclub:	Urartu
Clubnumber:	3
Youthclubs1:	Urartu
Years1:	2019–2022
Clubs1:	Urartu-2
Caps1:	35
Goals1:	1
Years2:	2020–
Clubs2:	Urartu
Caps2:	43
Goals2:	2
Years3:	2021–2022
Clubs3:	→ BKMA Yerevan (loan)
Caps3:	6
Goals3:	0
Nationalyears1:	2017
Nationalteam1:	Armenia U17
Nationalcaps1:	3
Nationalgoals1:	0
Nationalyears2:	2019
Nationalteam2:	Armenia U18
Nationalcaps2:	4
Nationalgoals2:	0
Nationalyears3:	2021
Nationalteam3:	Armenia U21
Nationalcaps3:	2
Nationalgoals3:	0
Nationalyears4:	2023–
Nationalteam4:	Armenia
Nationalcaps4:	2
Nationalgoals4:	0
Pcupdate:	1 June 2024
Ntupdate:	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,^{[1] [2]} 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,^[3] but already in January 2022, it was announced that he would return to his native club.^[4]

After returning from BKMA, he continued to play for both the main and reserve teams of Urartu.^[5]

International

He was called up to the Armenia U17^[6] and Armenia U21.^{[7] [8]}

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.^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

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.^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}

Career statistics

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Armenia	2023	2	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Club

Urartu

• Armenian Premier League

2022–23

• Armenian Cup

2022–23

External links

• • • • • Profile at FFA.am
  • FC Urartu official club profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: էՐԻԿ ՓԻԼՈՅԱՆ․ "ՈՐԵՎԷ ԹԻՄԻ ԹԵՐԱՀԱՎԱՏՈՐԵՆ ՉՊԵՏՔ Է ՄՈՏԵՆԱԼ". March 11, 2020. fcurartu.am.
2. Web site: ERIK PILOYAN: "WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR GOALS". June 8, 2020. fcurartu.am.
3. Web site: ERIK PILOYAN WILL PLAY IN BKMA. July 29, 2021. fcurartu.am.
4. Web site: 3 MORE PLAYERS RETURNED TO URARTU FC. January 19, 2022. fcurartu.am.
5. Web site: ЭРИК ПИЛОЯН: "ДЕЛАЕМ И ПРОДОЛЖИМ ДЕЛАТЬ ВСЕ, ЧТОБЫ ДОБИТЬСЯ ХОРОШЕГО РЕЗУЛЬТАТА". April 14, 2022. fcurartu.am.
6. Web site: Հայաստանի Մ17 հավաքականը սկսում է նախապատրաստությունը Եվրոպայի առաջնությանը. October 7, 2017. hraparak.am.
7. Web site: 2 PLAYERS ՕF URARTU FC WERE CALLED-UP TO ARMENIAN U-21 NATIONAL TEAM. March 18, 2021. fcurartu.am.
8. Web site: Ռաֆայել Նազարյանը հրապարակել է Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի Մ-21 հավաքական հրավիրված ֆուտբոլիստների ցանկը . November 4, 2021. armenpress.am.
9. Web site: Manager Petrakov announces Armenia squad list. March 17, 2023. sport.news.am.
10. Web site: Մի շարք ֆուտբոլիստներ առաջին անգամ են հրավիրվել Հայաստանի հավաքական. March 17, 2023. interfootball.am.
11. Web site: ERIK PILOYAN: "IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO WEAR THE NATIONAL TEAM JERSEY, THIS WAS ONE OF MY MAIN DREAMS". March 17, 2023. fcurartu.am.
12. Web site: Հայաստանի ազգային հավաքական են հրավիրվել 26 ֆուտբոլիստներ . March 17, 2023. armedia.am.
13. Web site: Armenia vs Cyprus. March 28, 2023. eu-football.info.
14. Web site: Национальная сборная Армении сыграла вничью со сборной Кипра. March 28, 2023. armedia.am.
15. Web site: ERIK PILOYAN: I WILL DO MY BEST TO PATRICIPATE AS MUCH MATCHES AS POSSIBLE IN THE NATIONAL TEAM. March 30, 2023. fcurartu.am.
16. Web site: Էրիկ Փիլոյան. "Հավաքականում խաղալն ինձ կօգնի հետագայում". March 30, 2023. vnews.am.
17. Web site: Erik Piloyan . eu-football.info .