The Araks Ararat Herald
Squad23 Nov 2026
Jonnathan Lima arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Jonnathan Lima has, at Araks Ararat, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Araks Ararat
Wallace and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Jonnathan Lima stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonnathan Lima and Araks Ararat agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Araks Ararat
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vitaly Shakhov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market23 Nov 2026
A stepping stone, not a home, for Emmanuel Ujah
He is doing his job and he is not settling. Araks Ararat were supposed to be a step up in his own reckoning, and his own reckoning has been adjusted since he arrived.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Ashot Kocharyan
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Norik Mkrtchyan knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Araks Ararat, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market23 Nov 2026
The Rômulo question follows Araks Ararat around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Rômulo’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market23 Nov 2026
Araks Ararat shop where it costs nothing
Emmanuel Ujah signs, and the fee column stays empty. Deals like this look small in July and clever by March — or they are never mentioned again.
In brief
- Market Jonnathan Lima joins Araks Ararat on a free
- The dugout The manager comes out for Sevak Aslanyan