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 First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

[3] Aslanyan started playing football in the Netherlands at the age of 13 with the youth team of FC Groningen.

[8] 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.

[14] After a spell in Armenia with Alashkert, he returned to Dutch club FC Emmen in January 2018.

[17] However, he was forced to withdraw from the squad due to an injury he had picked up playing club football.

[23] Aslanyan has a number of tattoos – a drawing of some roses are depicted, and the first letters are the names of his family, written in the Armenian language, on his hands.