Artavazd Karamyan

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Personal information
Artavazd Karamyan

Full name	Artavazd Karamyan
Date of birth	November 14, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Nickname	Kara, Arto
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Poli Timişoara
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999 - 2001 2001 - 2003 2003 - 2003 2003 - 2004 2004 - 2007 2007 - present	FC Kilikia Yerevan FC Pyunik Panachaiki FC Arsenal Kyiv Rapid Bucureşti Poli Timişoara	56(18) 49(21) 15(1) 12(2) 51(1) 5(0)
National team
2000 - present	Armenia	32(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Artavazd Karamyan (born November 14, 1979 in Yerevan) is an Armenian professional footballer. He currently plays for the Romanian team Poli Timişoara in the left midfield position. During 2004-2007 period, Kara was playing in Rapid Bucureşti and was in the list of best 5 players of Rapid. Playing for the Armenia national team since 2000, he has 32 caps and 3 international goals. Very popular player on computer games, and is ranked amongst the best along with Dennis Radionov and Iggli Tare.

Artavazd has a twin brother Arman Karamyan, who also plays in Romanian top league in midfield position, but in Armenia national team he plays as a forward.