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ARMENIAN FOOTBALLERS GET MODEST SALARY

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Foreign footballers earn great sums of money and their annual salaries surpass millions of dollars. Armenian footballers are also well-paid but their salaries are very modest in comparison with those of foreign sportsmen.

“Pyunik” is the only well-paid club in Armenia. The team is sponsored by NA deputy and President of the Armenian Football Federation Ruben Hairapetyan.

Hairapetyan gave the highest salaries to the team players in 1990s and encouraged them on all occasions. It is not accidental that Pyunik has been Armenia's champion for six years.

According to our data, Pyunik’s favorite and captain Sargis Hovsepyan gets $5000 a month. Hovsepyan is a first-class footballer and played in “Zenit” (St. Petersburg) for a long time.

The other footballers of the team get 300-1000 USD a month.

Footballers of “Banants” get $300 a month. Only a few get 1000USD. The team is sponsored by “Metallurgy” Company (Donetsk). The president of the team is Sargis Israyelyan.

“Mika” is financed by the businessman Michael Baghdasarov. The monthly salary of the team captain Arman Shageldyan surpasses $1000. The other footballers get 350 USD.

Ararat is financed by the Diaspora Armenians Vardan Sirmakesh and Hrach Kaprielyan. The footballers' salaries don’t surpass 1000USD.

The players of Shirak (Gyumri) get over 300 USD. In 2006 they got 40-45000 drams as the team had reached a financial crisis. Today the team is financed by the sponsor and president Garnik Khachatryan.

Gandzasar (Kapan) is sponsored by the local Copper-molybdenum plant. Only footballers invited from Yerevan are well paid here, they get 500-1000 USD. The local footballers get 35000 drams a month.

According to our data, “Ulis” is financed by Alexan Harutyunyan, the President of the Board of Public Television and Radio Company. The footballers of the team get 200-500 USD.

The footballers of “Kilikia” get meager salaries. The club belongs to Ashot Aghababyan, the owner of “Hrazdan” Holding. The salary of the footballers doesn't surpass 200USD.

The dollar-dram frustrations affect Armenian footballers' salaries and bring about conflicts inside the clubs.