Career
He is currently a veteran at Proodeftiki F.C. in Greece. Atayan began playing football in the Soviet Second League with Neftchi Baku PFK and Köpetdag Aşgabat. He joined Uzbek League side in 1991.
Atayan left Uzbekistan and moved to Greece in 1995.
He continued his career with Proodeftiki, playing 4 seasons in the Greek Super League for the club He finished his football career in Atromitos F.C. in 2001.
Atayan made 9 appearances for the Uzbekistan national football team, including three appearances at the 1996 AFC Asian Cup finals in the United Arab Emirates. After finishing his football career, Atayan continued with a coaching career.
He possesses both the AFC coaching diploma and the Union of European Football Associations category B coaching license diploma in Greece.
He began coaching professionally youth football academy U13, U15, U17, U19. Afterwards, he coached in various football teams including Copa Renti South Carolina owned by Nikos Karoulias in 2001-2004, Fostiras F.C. in 2004-2005, Kallithea F.C. B League in 2011-2012, Proodeftiki in 2012-2013. Club Individual.
