Eduard Halstyan
Eduard Halustovych Halstyan (; born 1 October 1998) is an Armenian footballer who plays as a defender for Chernihiv in the Ukrainian First League.
Player career
Eduard was born in Vanashen, Armenia, and moved with his family to Ukraine at the age of three. He started playing football at 9 or 10 years old and in 2015, he started his career at SDYuShOR Desna and then moved to Desna-2 Chernihiv, the youth academy and reserve squad of Desna Chernihiv. His coach Serhiy Bakun helped him to develop as a footballer. In 2015 he moved to the youth ranks of FC Chernihiv and then to LKT Chernihiv. In 2016 he moved back to Desna-2 Chernihiv for two seasons before returning to FC Chernihiv's youth ranks, which won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship in 2019. In summer 2020 he moved back again to Desna-2 Chernihiv.
Chernihiv
On 26 August 2022 he signed for FC Chernihiv in the Ukrainian First League. On 10 October, he made his debut against Poltava at the Lokomotyv Stadium in Poltava, replacing Mykola Syrash at the 86th minutes. On 2 August 2023, he made his debut in the Ukrainian Cup against Livyi Bereh Kyiv at the Yunist Stadium. Following the relegation of the club, on 9 August 2024, made his first debut in Ukrainian Second League against Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv. Although he had a serious injury he managed to give his contribution to the promotion of the club in Ukrainian First League, after FC Chernihiv won the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League playoffs.
On 22 April 2026 with the club he managed to get into the final of Ukrainian Cup for the first time after beating Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, on a penalty shootout 6–5 at the Tsentralnyi Stadion in Zhytomyr. On 22 May 2026, he was selected in the starting lineup for the 2026 Ukrainian Cup final, where the first half ended 1-1 and at the end of the second half Dynamo Kyiv won 1-3. On 15 August 2026, he scored his first goal against Polissya-2 Zhytomyr in Ukrainian First League at the Chernihiv Arena.
On 27 September 2026, he scored an own goal in the match against Metalist Kharkiv in a game lost 2–0 at the Avanhard in Uzhhorod.
Club
Club |
Season |
League |
Cup |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Chernihiv |
2022–23 |
Ukrainian First League |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2023–24 |
Ukrainian First League |
25 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
2024–25 |
Ukrainian Second League |
8 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
2025–26 |
Ukrainian First League |
14 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
2025–26 |
Ukrainian First League |
10 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Career total |
73 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
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Honours
FC Chernihiv
- Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship: 2019
- Ukrainian Cup runner-up: 2025–26
External links
- Eduard Halstyan at FC Chernihiv
- Eduard Halstyan at upl.ua
- Eduard Halstyan at pfl.ua