{{short description|Armenian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Sergey Muradyan | fullname = Sergey Lernikovich Muradyan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|8|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Saint Petersburg, Russia | image = Sergei Muradian YantsImages - Asatur Yesayants 645.jpg | caption = Muradyan with Armenia in 2025 | height = 1.89 m | position = Centre-back | currentclub = Noah | clubnumber = 3 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2018 | youthclubs1 = Dynamo St. Petersburg | youthyears2 = 2019–2023 | youthclubs2 = Zenit St. Petersburg | years1 = 2022 | clubs1 = Zenit-2 St. Petersburg | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2023– | clubs2 = Noah | caps2 = 75 | goals2 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Armenia U15 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2021–2022 | nationalteam2 = Armenia U18 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2022 | nationalteam3 = Armenia U19 | nationalcaps3 = 7 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2023– | nationalteam4 = Armenia U21 | nationalcaps4 = 6 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2024– | nationalteam5 = Armenia | nationalcaps5 = 16 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | pcupdate = 11 December 2025 | ntupdate = 29 March 2026 }} '''Sergey Lernikovich Muradyan''' ({{langx|hy|Սերգեյ Մուրադյան}}; {{langx|ru|Сергей Лерникович Мурадян}}; born 27 August 2004) is a football player who plays as a centre-back for Armenian Premier League club Noah. Born in Russia, he represents the Armenia national team.
==Club career==
At young age, he played for the youth teams of two major football clubs in Saint Petersburg, such as Dynamo and Zenit, after some time he also played for the local university in the student's league.<ref>{{cite web|date=|title=Сергей Мурадян |url=https://stat.ffspb.org/tournament2908/player/177553|website=stat.ffspb.org |publisher=Football Federation of St. Petersburg}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref>
Playing for Zenit's youth teams, he became the champion of Russia under 19 (Youth Football League-1) and 18 (Youth Football League-2) years old during the 2020–2021 season,<ref>{{cite web|date= 23 May 2021|title="Зениту" вручили золотые медали чемпионов ЮФЛ-1 и ЮФЛ-2 |url=https://yflrussia.ru/posts/1051193|website=yflrussia.ru |publisher=Russia Youth Football League}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=22 May 2021|title="Зенит" - чемпион ЮФЛ-1! |url=https://yflrussia.ru/posts/1051166|website=yflrussia.ru |publisher=Russia Youth Football League}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=8 May 2021|title=«Зенит» U-17 — чемпион ЮФЛ-2 в сезоне-2020/21!|url=https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2021-05-08-vremyamolodyezhi-zenit-u-17-chempion-yufl-2-v-sezone-2020-21.htm|website=fc-zenit.ru |publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=|title=Мурадян Сергей Лерникович 2020/21 |url=https://yflrussia.ru/player/3098605?season_id=1006258|website=yflrussia.ru |publisher=Russia Youth Football League}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref> after he again won the Russian championship under 19 years old in the 2022/2023 season.<ref>{{cite web|date=6 May 2023|title=«Зенит» - победитель ЮФЛ-1 сезона 2022/2023 |url=https://yflrussia.ru/posts/1093603|website=yflrussia.ru |publisher=Russia Youth Football League}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=|title=Мурадян Сергей Лерникович 2022/23 |url=https://yflrussia.ru/player/3098605?season_id=10118997|website=yflrussia.ru |publisher=Russia Youth Football League}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref>
On 17 February 2023, Muradyan terminated his contract with the Russian champions Zenit St. Petersburg (where he played for the Under-19 squad) by mutual consent and moved to the Armenian club Noah.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 February 2023|title="Зенит" и Сергей Мурадян достигли договоренности о досрочном расторжении контракта|url=https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2023-02-17-zenit-i-sergey-muradyan-dostigli-dogovorennosti-o-dosrochnom-rastorzhenii-kontrakta.htm|website=fc-zenit.ru |publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 February 2023 |title=We are pleased to announce that Noah signed a contract with 18-year-old defender of Armenian U-19 squad|url=https://www.facebook.com/noah.footballclub/posts/716810170091572 |website=Facebook |publisher=FC Noah Facebook}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=17 February 2023|title=Сергей Мурадян продолжит карьеру в Армении |url=https://yflrussia.ru/posts/1087390|website=yflrussia.ru |publisher=}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref>
==International career==
At 3 June 2023, he received his first call-up to the Armenian senior national team squad for a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Wales and Latvia.<ref>{{cite web|date=3 June 2023|title=Евро-2024։ Назван состав сборной Армении |url=https://sport.news.am/rus/news/141038/evro-2024%D6%89-nazvan-sostav-sbornoiy-armenii.html|website=sport.news.am |publisher=}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=9 June 2023|title=Сергей Мурадян: "Не ожидал вызова в сборную Армении" |url=https://sportball24.com/post/sergej-muradyan-ne-ozhidal-vyzova-v-sbornuyu-armenii/|website=sportball24.com |publisher=Football Federation of Armenia}}{{in lang|ru}}</ref>
Muradyan made his debut for the senior Armenia national team on 26 March 2024 in a friendly against the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/694653/armenia-czechia|title=Czech Republic v Armenia game report|date=26 March 2024}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 1 November 2025}}<ref>{{Soccerway|sergey-muradyan/871474}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- ! rowspan=2 | Club ! rowspan=2 | Season ! colspan=3 | League ! colspan=2 | National Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Other ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Division ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Noah |2022–23 |rowspan="4"|Armenian Premier League |14||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||0 |- |2023–24 |24||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||1 |- |2024–25 |25||2||5||0||12{{efn|name=UCOL|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||42||2 |- |2025–26 |9||0||0||0||10{{efn|Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa League, and four appearances in the UEFA Conference League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||19||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !72||3||6||0||22||0||-||-||100||3 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !72||3||6||0||22||0||-||-||100||3 |} {{notelist}}
===International=== {{updated|29 March 2026|<ref>{{cite web|publisher=eu-football.info|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=32706|title=Football player Sergey Muradyan|date=}}</ref>}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !colspan=5|Armenia |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2024||6||0 |- |2025||9||0 |- |2026||1||0 |- !Total!!16!!0 |}
==Honours==
'''Noah''' *Armenian Premier League: 2024–25 *Armenian Cup: 2024–25 *Armenian Supercup: 2025
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WorldFootball.net|sergey-muradyan}} * {{Soccerway|sergey-muradyan/871474}} {{FC Noah Squad}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Muradyan, Sergey}} Category:2004 births Category:Living people Category:Armenian men's footballers Category:Armenia men's youth international footballers Category:Armenia men's under-21 international footballers Category:21st-century Armenian sportsmen Category:Armenia men's international footballers Category:Russian men's footballers Category:Russian people of Armenian descent Category:Men's association football defenders Category:FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players Category:FC Noah players Category:Armenian Premier League players Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen
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