Tigran Avanesyan

Tigran Benikovich Avanesyan (Тигран Беникович Аванесян; Տիգրան Ավանեսյան; born 13 April 2002) is a football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Baltika Kaliningrad. Born in Uzbekistan, he represents Armenia national team.

Club career
Avanesyan was born in Uzbekistan and moved to Russia at the age of two. Later, he joined the junior teams of CSKA Moscow in 2015, and was first included in their Russian Premier League squad in February 2017, but did not make any appearances for the senior squad in the next 4 years, playing only in the youth team.

On 20 February 2021, he was loaned to Russian Premier League club Tambov until the end of the 2020–21 season.

He made his debut for Tambov on 21 February 2021 in a Russian Cup game against Lokomotiv Moscow. He made his Russian Premier League debut on 26 February 2021 in a game against Rotor Volgograd.

On 1 June 2021, CSKA signed a new contract with Avanesyan that would run throughout the 2025–26 season.

On 7 September 2021, he joined Tekstilshchik Ivanovo on loan.

On 9 June 2022, Avanesyan was loaned to Baltika Kaliningrad, where he already played on junior levels, for the 2022–23 season. On 20 June 2023, Baltika made the transfer permanent.

International career
He represented Russia at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and appeared in all 3 games as Russia was eliminated at group stage.

In the summer of 2023, he agreed to play for the Armenian youth team. He made his debut for the U21 national team on September 12 in a home match against Montenegro as part of the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.

On 25 March 2024, he received his first call-up to the Armenian senior national team for away friendly match against Czech Republic.

On the next day, 26 March 2024, Avanesyan made his debut for the national team.

Honours
FC Baltika Kaliningrad
 * Russian Cup runner-up: 2023–24