# Nicholas Kaloukian

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{{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](/source/Wayne%2C_New_Jersey), U.S.
| height = 1.85 m
| currentclub = [Urartu](/source/FC_Urartu)
| clubnumber  = 23
| position = [Forward](/source/Forward_(association_football))
| youthyears1 = 2022–2023 | youthclubs1 = [Michigan Wolverines](/source/Michigan_Wolverines_men's_soccer)
| youthyears2 = 2023–2025 | youthclubs2 = [Syracuse Orange](/source/Syracuse_Orange_men's_soccer)
| years1 = 2025– | clubs1 = [Urartu](/source/FC_Urartu) | caps1 = 22 | goals1 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2023–2024
| nationalteam1 = [Armenia U21](/source/Armenia_national_under-21_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2025–
| nationalteam2 = [Armenia](/source/Armenia_national_football_team)
| 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](/source/Association_football) player who plays as a [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) for [Armenian Premier League](/source/Armenian_Premier_League) club [Urartu](/source/FC_Urartu). Born in United States, he plays for the [Armenia national football team](/source/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](/source/Wayne%2C_New_Jersey), Kaloukian attended [Wayne Hills High School](/source/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](/source/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](/source/FC_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](/source/Armenia_national_football_team) for a [2024–25 UEFA Nations League playoff matches](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Nations_League_promotion%2Frelegation_play-offs) against [Georgia](/source/Georgia_national_football_team) 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](/source/Armenia_national_football_team) on 20 March 2025 in the [2024–25 UEFA Nations League playoff matches](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_UEFA_Nations_League_promotion%2Frelegation_play-offs) against [Georgia](/source/Georgia_national_football_team).<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](/source/Armenia_national_football_team)
|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

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