Chernomorets Novorossiysk got 15 goals in 30 games out of him in 2006, three times his return from five seasons at Rostov, where 116 appearances had brought him five. Uzbekistan named him Footballer of the Year in 1999, a year after he won the league with Pakhtakor and two after the Uzbek Cup, and he took 40 caps and six goals out of the national side between 1998 and 2005. Career record: 40 caps and 6 goals for Uzbekistan; club career at Pakhtakor Tashkent FK, FC Rostov, FC Nizhny Novgorod.
| 1996–1999 | Pakhtakor Tashkent FK |
| 2000–2005 | FC Rostov |
| 2006–2006 | FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk |
| 2007–2008 | FC Daugava |
| 2007–2007 | FC Darida Minsk Raion |
| 2008–2008 | Pakhtakor Tashkent FK |
| 2009–2009 | FK Dinamo Samarqand |
| 2010–2010 | FC Nizhny Novgorod |
| 2011–2011 | FC Fakel Voronezh |
| 2011–2011 | FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok |
| 2011–2012 | FC Fakel Voronezh |
| 2012–2013 | FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk |
| Uzbekistan | 40 caps, 6 goals |
Uzbekistan legends whose careers overlapped Akopyants's
One rank above: Vitaliy Denisov at #13.
One rank below: Andrey Fyodorov at #15.
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