Midfielder Tigran Avanesyan of Russian club Orenburg has been called up to Armenia’s national football team for upcoming friendly matches, the Football Federation of Armenia said.
The 23-year-old made his debut for the Armenian national team in 2024 and has played three matches so far.
Armenia will play a friendly against the United Arab Emirates on March 26, and three days later will face Belarus in Yerevan.
Earlier, Armenia national team head coach Yegishe Melikyan announced the list of invited players competing abroad, which includes 10 footballers. Sunderland youth team forward Finn Geragusian received his first call-up to the national team.
The 18-year-old striker has scored 12 goals this season for various Sunderland youth teams.
