Aleksandr Karapetyan

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

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
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Noah
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Wehen Wiesbaden II 12 (0)
2009–2010 Oberneuland 31 (9)
2010–2012 Elversberg 15 (2)
2012–2013 Homburg 16 (9)
2013 Dudelange 5 (2)
2013–2014 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 Tambov 16 (3)
2021 Ararat-Armenia 12 (4)
2021- Noah 0 (0)
National team‡
2014– Armenia 23 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2021

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, he signed a two-year contract with FC Tambov, also in Russia's top flight.[5]

On 26 January 2021, Aleksandr decided to play his club football in Armenia for the first time in his career signing for Armenian champions FC Ararat-Armenia.

International career

He made his debut for the Armenian national team in 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.[6]

After over four years without a cap, Karapetyan was recalled in November 2018 ahead of UEFA Nations League away games at Gibraltar and Liechtenstein.[7] He scored his first international goal to complete a 6–2 UEFA Nations League win against the former on 16 November,[8] and struck again three days later to ensure a 2–2 draw against the latter.[9]

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.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 28 May 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wehen Wiesbaden II 2008–09[12] Regionalliga Süd 12000--120
Oberneuland 2009–10[12] Regionalliga Nord 31910--329
Elversberg 2010–11[12] Regionalliga West 15200--152
2011–12[12] 0000--00
Total 15200----152
Homburg 2012–13[12] Regionalliga Südwest 16900--169
Dudelange 2012–13 Luxembourg National Division 4200--42
2013–14 10002[lower-alpha 1]0-30
Grevenmacher 2013–14 Luxembourg National Division 121000--1210
Dudelange 2014–15 Luxembourg National Division 2415002[lower-alpha 2]0-2615
Dudelange Total 29170040--3317
Victoria Rosport 2015–16 Luxembourg National Division 11600--116
2016–17 241900--2419
Total 352500----3525
Progrès Niederkorn 2017–18 Luxembourg National Division 2329004[lower-alpha 1]0-2729
2018–19 2411005[lower-alpha 1]1-2912
Total 47400091--5641
Sochi 2019–20 Russian Premier League 21210--222
Tambov 2020–21 Russian Premier League 16310--173
Ararat-Armenia 2020–21 Armenian Premier League 124400[lower-alpha 3]00[lower-alpha 4]0164
Career total 2461217013100266122
  1. 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

International
As of match played 18 November 2020[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Armenia 201420
201500
201600
201700
201822
201993
202061
Total196
As of match played 8 September 2020[13]
Armenia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Karapetyan goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 November 2018Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar3 Gibraltar6–26–22018–19 UEFA Nations League D
2 19 November 2018Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz4 Liechtenstein2–22–2
3 8 June 2019Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan72–03–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
4 11 June 2019Olympic Stadium, Athens8 Greece1–03–2
5 5 September 2019Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan9 Italy1–01–3
6 8 September 2020Republican Stadium, Yerevan15 Estonia1–02–02020–21 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.
  4. "Армянский нападающий Александр Карапетян покидает футбольный клуб "Сочи"" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 31 July 2020.
  5. "Александр Карапетян перешёл в "Тамбов"!" (in Russian). FC Tambov. 3 August 2020.
  6. "Timely Tošić gives Serbia point in Armenia". UEFA. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. 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.
  8. "Movsisyan scores four as Armenia beat Gibraltar 6-2". Public Radio of Armenia. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  9. "Nicolas Hasler scores for Liechtenstein against Yura Movsisyan's Armenia in UEFA Nations League play". Chicago Fire. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  10. "Armenia 1–3 Italy". BBC Sport. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  11. Aleksandr Karapetyan at Soccerway
  12. "Aleksandre Karapetian". dfb.de/. German Football Association. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  13. "Alexandr Karapetyan". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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