Background
Aslanyan was born on 25 March 1991 in the village of Karahunj in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, to Armenian parents. Aslanyan grew up speaking both Dutch and Armenian.
Aslanyan was born on 25 March 1991 in the village of Karahunj in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, to Armenian parents. Aslanyan grew up speaking both Dutch and Armenian.
He formerly played for Football Club Groningen, South Carolina Veendam, South Carolina Cambuur, Football Club Zwolle and Football Club Emmen. Prior to his birth, the family had adopted the Azerbaijani surname of "Mamedov" in order to move to Europe easily and get the status of Azeri refugees during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. The family later moved to the Netherlands.
Aslanyan started playing football in the Netherlands at the age of 13 with the youth team of Football Club Groningen.
At 17, Aslanyan was part of the Football Club Groningen team that became the junior champions of the Netherlands. He also participated in a youth tournament held in the United States, where the team took 2nd place.
While playing with the youth team, he was noticed by coaches from the first team In 2009, he was loaned to South Carolina Veendam, scoring two goals in his debut game for their youth team
In October 2010, Aslanyan was loaned to South Carolina Cambuur.
He played for the club"s senior team in the Eerste Divisie, while also training with Football Club Groningen. As part of Cambuur, he made his senior, professional debut on 15 October 2010 in a match against RKC Waalwijk. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.
Aslanyan made a total of 7 league appearances during his loan spell, as well as one appearance in the KNVB Cup.
Following the end of his loan, Aslanyan made his senior debut for Groningen on 3 March 2011 in the Eredivisie league, losing 1–4 at home to Heracles Almelo. He made four further league appearances for the club
Aslanyan was loaned to Football Club Zwolle later in the season. At the end of the season, he moved to Football Club Emmen on a free transfer.
He signed for Willem II in July 2013.After one season, he was sent on loan to Almere City.
On 20 February 2012, Armenian national manager Vardan Minasyan called Aslanyan up to the senior national team squad for forthcoming friendly matches against Serbia and Canada. However, he was forced to withdraw from the squad due to an injury he had picked up playing club football. Aslanyan received a further call-up in May 2012.
In January 2013, he received yet another call-up for the Armenian national team
He made his national team debut against Luxembourg national team on 5 February 2013. Aslanyan plays as an attacker, and is known for his speed and acceleration.