Artur Hovhannisyan

Goalkeeper - Van U18
30 Nov 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Artur Hovhannisyan

2 Edition

The Van Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Urartu come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Van did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets

Ernest Kacou will not be coming to Van

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Ararat is saying, and nobody at Van is enjoying the guessing.

Squad

Tempers go at Van

Artur Kartashyan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Javier Torres signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Javier Torres and Van agree another 3 years.

Transfer targets

Van rebuffed over Mikayel Mirzoyan

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Urartu have kept their man, and Van go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Hovhannes Haroyan steps up from the Van academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hovhannes Haroyan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

One of our own: Mkhitar Karapetyan joins the Van first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mkhitar Karapetyan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Artur Hovhannisyan joins the Van first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Artur Hovhannisyan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Javier Torres

“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.

In brief