{{short description|Armenian professional football player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Nicholas Kaloukian | fullname = Nicholas John Kaloukian | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|2|18|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|publisher=mgoblue.com|url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/nicholas-kaloukian/23682|title=23 Nicholas Kaloukian|date=|access-date=|language=}}</ref> | birth_place = Wayne, New Jersey, U.S. | height = 1.85 m | currentclub = Urartu | clubnumber = 23 | position = Forward | youthyears1 = 2022–2023 | youthclubs1 = Michigan Wolverines | youthyears2 = 2023–2025 | youthclubs2 = Syracuse Orange | years1 = 2025– | clubs1 = Urartu | caps1 = 22 | goals1 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 2023–2024 | nationalteam1 = Armenia U21 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2025– | nationalteam2 = Armenia | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | pcupdate = 11 December 2025 | ntupdate = 20 March 2025 }}
'''Nicholas John Kaloukian''' ({{langx|hy|Նիկոլաս Ջոն Կալուկյան}}; born 18 February 2003) is a professional football player who plays as a forward for Armenian Premier League club Urartu. Born in United States, he plays for the Armenia national football team.
==Club career== Kaloukian started playing football in TSF Academy then later joined Cedar Stars Academy.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=cuse.com|url=https://cuse.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/kaloukian-nicholas/23392|title= 9 Nicholas Kaloukian|date=|access-date=|language=}}</ref> Raised in Wayne, New Jersey, Kaloukian attended Wayne Hills High School, but chose to play club soccer rather than play for his high school team.<ref>[https://mgoblue.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/nicholas-kaloukian/23682 Nicholas Kaloukian], Michigan Wolverines men's soccer. Accessed March 23, 2025. "Hometown: Wayne, N.J. High School: Wayne Hills... High School: Wayne Hills. Did not play high school soccer"</ref>
On 20 February 2025, Kaloukian signed a contract with Urartu.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sportaran.com|url=https://sportaran.com/en/post/oficialno-nikolas-kalukyan-podpisal-kontrakt-s-urartu/|title= Official. Nicholas Kaloukian has signed a contract with Urartu|date=|access-date=20 February 2025|language=}}</ref>
==International career==
On 13 March 2025, he received his first call-up to the Armenia national team for a 2024–25 UEFA Nations League playoff matches against Georgia on 20 March 2025 and 23 March 2025 respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Armenia’s Squad Announced for Matches Against Georgia: New Players and Absences |url=https://sportaran.com/en/post/opublikokvan-sostav-sbornoj-armenii-protiv-gruzii-novye-igroki-i-poteri/|website=sportaran.com |publisher=}}</ref>
Kaloukian made his senior international debut for Armenia on 20 March 2025 in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League playoff matches against Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=cuse.com|url=https://cuse.com/news/2025/3/20/mens-soccer-kaloukian-makes-armenian-national-team-debut|title= Kaloukian Makes Armenian National Team Debut|date=|access-date=20 March 2025|language=}}</ref>
==Personal life== His father, John Kalukian, is the founder of sports management agency Next Level Sports Concierge.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sportaran.com|url=https://sportaran.com/en/post/nikolas-kalukyan-novyj-napadayushij-sbornoj-armenii/|title= Nicholas Kaloukian: New Forward for the Armenian National Team|date=|access-date=13 March 2025|language=}}</ref> Nicholas have two sisters.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=sportaran.com|url=https://sportaran.com/en/post/nikolas-byl-bez-uma-ot-schastya-dzhon-kalukyan-o-pervom-vyzove-syna-v-sbornuyu-armenii/|title=«Nicholas was over the moon» - John Kaloukian on his son's first call-up to the Armenia's national team|date=|access-date=17 March 2025|language=}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===International=== {{Updated|match played 20 March 2025}}<ref>{{cite web | url = https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=32995 | title = Nicholas Kaloukian | publisher = eu-football.info | access-date = 22 March 2025}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="1"|Armenia |2025||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||1||0 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|nicholas-kaloukian/590626}} * {{WorldFootball.net|nicholas-kaloukian}} * {{NFT player|98751}}
{{FC Urartu squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaloukian, Nicholas}} Category:2003 births Category:Living people Category:Soccer players from Passaic County, New Jersey Category:Sportspeople from Wayne, New Jersey Category:Armenian men's footballers Category:Armenia men's international footballers Category:Armenia men's under-21 international footballers Category:American men's soccer players Category:American people of Armenian descent Category:Men's association football forwards Category:FC Urartu players Category:Armenian Premier League players Category:Michigan Wolverines men's soccer players Category:Syracuse Orange men's soccer players Category:Wayne Hills High School alumni