Zhirayr Margaryan

Zhirayr Margaryan (Armenian: Ժիրայր Մարգարյան; born 13 September 1997) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays for Urartu.

Zhirayr Margaryan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Urartu
Number	88
Youth career
0000–2013	Banants
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Banants II
2015–2018	Banants	10	(0)
2018–2020	Shirak	71	(3)
2020–2021	Ararat Yerevan	37	(0)
2020	→ Shirak (loan)	0	(0)
2022–2023	Veres Rivne	0	(0)
2022–2023	→ Urartu (loan)	44	(3)
2023–	Urartu	57	(3)
International career‡
2015	Armenia U19	3	(0)
2017–2018	Armenia U21	7	(0)
2021–	Armenia	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024

Career

Club

On 22 July 2022, Urartu announced the permanent signing of Margaryan on a one-year contract from Veres Rivne.^[1]

International

He made his debut for Armenia national football team on 11 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against North Macedonia.^[2][3]

Honours

Ararat Yerevan

• Armenian Cup: 2020–21

Urartu

• Armenian Premier League: 2022–23
• Armenian Cup: 2022–23
• Armenian Cup: Runner-up 2021–22