Artur Avahimyan

Artur Samvelovych Avahimyan (Ukrainian: Артур Самвелович Авагімян; born 16 January 1997) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian Premier League side LNZ Cherkasy.^[1]

Artur Avahimyan

Avahimyan with Arsenal Kyiv in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Artur Samvelovych Avahimyan
Date of birth	(1997-01-16) 16 January 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Mariupol, Ukraine
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	LNZ Cherkasy
Number	9
Youth career
2009–2011	Illichivets Mariupol
2012–2014	Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Shakhtar Donetsk	0	(0)
2017	→ Illichivets Mariupol (loan)	1	(0)
2017	→ Illichivets-2 Mariupol (loan)	10	(1)
2017–2018	Mariupol	3	(0)
2019	Arsenal Kyiv	8	(2)
2019	Alashkert	1	(0)
2020–2022	Chornomorets Odesa	55	(12)
2022–2024	Oleksandriya	11	(0)
2023	→ Chornomorets Odesa (loan)	12	(0)
2023–2024	→ Chornomorets Odesa (loan)	24	(5)
2024–	LNZ Cherkasy	15	(0)
International career
2012–2013	Ukraine U16	13	(7)
2013–2014	Ukraine U17	8	(6)
2014	Ukraine U18	6	(5)
2016	Ukraine U19	9	(7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 June 2025

Career

Avahimyan is of Armenian descent. He is a product of the FC Mariupol and FC Shakhtar youth sportive schools.

In February 2017 he went on loan for the Ukrainian First League club FC Illichivets Mariupol. His career continued, when he finished on loan playing and signed in June 2017 a 2 years deal with FC Mariupol (former FC Illichivets), that was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League.^[2]

He spend the last of 2022-2023 season on loan at FC Chornomorets Odesa from Oleksandriya, and in August 2023 he moved back to FC Chornomorets Odesa on a loan-deal for the 2023-24 season.^[3]

On 20 August 2024, Avahimyan joined Ukrainian Premier League side LNZ Cherkasy.^[4]