| Erik Vardanyan | |
| Birth Date: | 1998 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Yerevan, Armenia |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Banants |
| Youthclubs2: | Barcelona |
| Years1: | 2015–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Pyunik |
| Caps1: | 60 |
| Goals1: | 12 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Clubs2: | → Mika (loan) |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs3: | Sochi |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021 |
| Clubs4: | → Pyunik (loan) |
| Caps4: | 12 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2022 |
| Clubs5: | Urartu |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Armenia U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | Armenia U21 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017–2022 |
| Nationalteam3: | Armenia |
| Nationalcaps3: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | 21 January 2022 |
Erik Vardanyan (hy|Էրիկ Վարդանյան; born 7 June 1998) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
On 24 October 2019, Vardanyan extended his contract with Pyunik.[1] On 27 October 2019, Vardanyan was sent off in a 4–2 defeat away to Ararat Yerevan,[2] pushing the referee Henrik Nalbandyan and swearing at the opposition fans in the process. As a result, on 1 November 2019, Vardanyan was handed a six-month suspension until 30 April 2020.[3]
On 5 November 2019, Pyunik and PFC Sochi announced the transfer of Erik Vardanyan, with the transfer to be finalised on 1 January 2020.[4] [5] Erik was considered one of the most promising Armenian football talents at the time, and earned call ups to Armenia's senior national team. Even though his contract with Sochi was technically not active until 2020, he was not eligible to play for Pyunik due to disqualification, and therefore joined Sochi and started training with the squad immediately upon signing. The disqualification applied to the Russian Premier League.[6]
On 10 July 2021, Pyunik announced the return of Vardanyan to the club on loan from Sochi.[7]
On 17 February 2022, Vardanyan signed with Urartu.[8] On 29 December 2022, Vardanyan announced his retirement from football due to a knee injury, and that he would become a football scout for Urartu.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Pyunik | 2015–16 | Armenian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 21 | 8 | |||
| 2019–20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | 14 | 1 | |||
| Total | 60 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 69 | 13 | |||
| Mika (loan) | 2015–16 | Armenian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Sochi | 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pyunik (loan) | 2021–22 | Armenian Premier League | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 3 | |||
| Urartu | 2021–22 | Armenian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 79 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 90 | 16 | |||
| Armenia national team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 1 | |