Aleksandr Karapetyan

For the Armenian weightlifter, see Aleksander Karapetyan.

Aleksandr Karapetyan
Karapetyan with PFC Sochi in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-12-23) 23 December 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cilicia
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 SV Wehen Wiesbaden II 12 (0)
2009–2010 FC Oberneuland 31 (9)
2010–2012 SV Elversberg 15 (2)
2012–2013 FC Homburg 16 (9)
2013 Dudelange 5 (2)
2013–2014 CS Grevenmacher 12 (10)
2014–2015 Dudelange 24 (15)
2015–2017 Victoria Rosport 35 (25)
2017–2019 Progrès Niederkorn 47 (40)
2019–2020 Sochi 21 (2)
2020–2021 FC Tambov 16 (3)
2021 Ararat-Armenia 12 (4)
2021 Noah 11 (4)
2022 Alashkert 6 (0)
2022 Pyunik 7 (0)
2023– Cilicia
International career‡
2014– Armenia 25 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 December 2021

Aleksandr Karapetyan (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Կարապետյան; born 23 December 1987) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cilicia.

Club career

Karapetyan began his playing career in the German fourth-tier Regionalliga with Wehen Wiesbaden II, FC Oberneuland, SV 07 Elversberg and FC 08 Homburg. In 2013, he moved to F91 Dudelange of the Luxembourg National Division, and then on to CS Grevenmacher before returning to F91.

At the end of the 2014–15 Luxembourg National Division, his contract expired and he considered offers from China and Armenia but opted to remain in Western Europe, having trials at Germany's FC Erzgebirge Aue and SSV Jahn Regensburg before signing for FC Victoria Rosport in January 2016.[1]

In May 2017, he signed a two-year contract with the option of a third at FC Progrès Niederkorn.[2]

On 12 July 2019, he signed a contract with Russian Premier League newcomer PFC Sochi.[3] He left Sochi on 31 July 2020.[4]

On 3 August 2020, Karapetyan signed a two-year contract with FC Tambov, also in Russia's top flight.[5]

On 9 February 2021, Karapetyan signed for Armenian champions Ararat-Armenia.[6]

Karapetyan left Ararat-Armenia on 7 June 2021, signing for Noah the following day.[7][8] Karapetyan left Noah after his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 29 December 2021.[9]

On 2 September 2022, Karapetyan joined Pyunik[10] and then left the club at the end of 2022.[11]

In October 2023, Karapetyan scored four goals for Cilicia in their Armenian Cup first round victory over Falcons.[12][13]

International career

He made his debut for the Armenia national football team in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying on 11 October 2014, replacing Marcos Pizzelli for the last six minutes of a 1–1 draw with Serbia at the Republican Stadium in Yerevan, one minute after Pizzelli's penalty was saved by Vladimir Stojković.[14]

After over four years without a cap, Karapetyan was recalled in November 2018 ahead of UEFA Nations League away games at Gibraltar and Liechtenstein.[15] He scored his first international goal to complete a 6–2 UEFA Nations League win against the former on 16 November,[16] and struck again three days later to ensure a 2–2 draw against the latter.[17]

In June 2019, Karapetyan scored in consecutive games to win UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Greece. On 5 August that year, he netted again to give Armenia a surprise lead at home to Italy in the next game of the campaign, but was sent off before half time in a 3–1 loss.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 October 2022[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SV Wehen Wiesbaden II 2008–09[20] Regionalliga Süd 12 0 0 0 – – 12 0
FC Oberneuland 2009–10[20] Regionalliga Nord 31 9 1 0 – – 32 9
SV Elversberg 2010–11[20] Regionalliga West 15 2 0 0 – – 15 2
2011–12[20] 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
FC Homburg 2012–13[20] Regionalliga Südwest 16 9 0 0 – – 16 9
Dudelange 2012–13 Luxembourg National Division 4 2 0 0 – – 4 2
2013–14 1 0 0 0 2[a] 0 – 3 0
Total 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 2
CS Grevenmacher 2013–14 Luxembourg National Division 12 10 0 0 – – 12 10
Dudelange 2014–15 Luxembourg National Division 24 15 0 0 2[b] 0 – 26 15
Victoria Rosport 2015–16 Luxembourg National Division 11 6 0 0 – – 11 6
2016–17 24 19 0 0 – – 24 19
Total 35 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 25
Progrès Niederkorn 2017–18 Luxembourg National Division 23 29 0 0 4[a] 0 – 27 29
2018–19 24 11 0 0 5[a] 1 – 29 12
Total 47 40 0 0 9 1 0 0 56 41
Sochi 2019–20 Russian Premier League 21 2 1 0 – – 22 2
FC Tambov 2020–21 Russian Premier League 16 3 1 0 – – 17 3
Ararat-Armenia 2020–21 Armenian Premier League 12 4 4 0 0[c] 0 0[d] 0 16 4
Noah 2021–22 Armenian Premier League 11 4 1 0 2[e] 0 – 14 4
Alashkert 2021–22 Armenian Premier League 3 0 0 0 0[f] 0 0 0 3 0
2022–23 3 0 0 0 2[e] 0 – 5 0
Total 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
Pyunik 2022–23 Armenian Premier League 4 0 0 0 2[e] 0 – 6 0
Career total 267 125 8 0 19 1 0 0 294 126
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearance in the Armenian Supercup
  5. ^ a b c Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. ^ Zero appearances and goals in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 11 October 2021[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Armenia 2014 2 0
2015 0 0
2016 0 0
2017 0 0
2018 2 2
2019 9 3
2020 6 1
2021 6 0
Total 25 6
As of match played 8 September 2020[21]
Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karapetyan goal.
List of international goals scored by Aleksandr Karapetyan
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 November 2018 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar 3  Gibraltar 6–2 6–2 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
2 19 November 2018 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 4  Liechtenstein 2–2 2–2 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3 8 June 2019 Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 7  Liechtenstein 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
4 11 June 2019 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece 8  Greece 1–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
5 5 September 2019 Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 9  Italy 1–0 1–3 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
6 8 September 2020 Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 15  Estonia 1–0 2–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C

References

  1. ^ Jochum, Henning (19 February 2016). "Karapetian, du cauchemar au nouvel espoir" [Karapetian, from nightmare to new hope]. L'essentiel (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Alexander Karapetian enfin officialisé du côté du Progrès" [Alexander Karapetian finally officially signed for Progrès]. Le Quotidien (in French). 6 May 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Федор Кудряшов и Александр Карапетян стали игроками "Сочи"" [Fyodor Kudryashov and Aleksandre Karapetian became Sochi players] (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 12 July 2019. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Армянский нападающий Александр Карапетян покидает футбольный клуб "Сочи"" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Александр Карапетян перешёл в "Тамбов"!" (in Russian). FC Tambov. 3 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Հայաստանի ազգային հավաքականի հարձակվող Ալեքսանդր Կարապետյանը՝ "Արարատ-Արմենիայի" ֆուտբոլիստ". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc (in Armenian). Ararat Armenia FC Facebook. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  7. ^ "#GoodLuckHumanes". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  8. ^ "WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT NOAH HAS SIGNED CONTRACT WITH 33-YEAR-OLD FORWARD OF THE ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAM ALEXANDER KARAPETYAN". fcnoah.am/. FC Noah. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Noah and Aleksandr Karapetyan terminated the contract by mutual agreement". facebook.com/. FC Noah Facebook. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Official statement: Aleksandr Karapetyan". FC Pyunik. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Five players leave FC Pyunik". FC Pyunik. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  12. ^ "READY". instagram.com/fc.cilicia/. FC Cilicia Instagram. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  13. ^ "ՖԱ Կիլիկիա 9-1 Ֆալկոնս". ffa.am (in Armenian). Football Federation of Armenia. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Timely Tošić gives Serbia point in Armenia". UEFA. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  15. ^ Nadin, Christophe (13 November 2018). "Karapetian de retour dans la sélection arménienne" [Karapetian back in Armenian national team]. Luxemburger Wort (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  16. ^ "Movsisyan scores four as Armenia beat Gibraltar 6-2". Public Radio of Armenia. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Nicolas Hasler scores for Liechtenstein against Yura Movsisyan's Armenia in UEFA Nations League play". Chicago Fire. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  18. ^ "Armenia 1–3 Italy". BBC Sport. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  19. ^ Aleksandr Karapetyan at Soccerway
  20. ^ a b c d e "Aleksandre Karapetian". dfb.de/. German Football Association. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Alexandr Karapetyan". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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