Eduard Spertsyan

Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan (Armenian: Էդուարդ Մկրտիչի Սպերցյան; Russian: Эдуард Мкртычевич Сперцян; born 7 June 2000) is an Armenian football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Krasnodar and the Armenia national team.

Eduard Spertsyan
Spertsyan with FC Krasnodar in 2021
Personal information
Full name Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan
Date of birth (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000
Place of birth Stavropol, Russia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Krasnodar
Number 74
Youth career
2010–2018 Krasnodar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Krasnodar-3 13 (1)
2018– Krasnodar-2 74 (17)
2018– Krasnodar 21 (3)
National team‡
2021– Armenia 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2021

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 17 March 2018 in a game against FC Biolog-Novokubansk.[1] He made his Russian Football National League debut for Krasnodar-2 on 1 October 2018 in a game against FC Khimki.

After scoring 7 goals in the first 9 games of the FNL season for FC Krasnodar-2, he made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Krasnodar on 18 September 2020 in a game against FC Khimki.[2] On 28 October 2020 he made his European debut as a late substitute in the Champions League 0–4 home loss to Chelsea.[3]

International

On 17 February 2021, the Football Federation of Armenia confirmed that Spertsyan will join the Armenia national football team in March to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers. Spertsyan made his debut for the national team on 31 March 2021 against the Romania national football team. He came on as a substitute at half-time, quickly scoring in the 56th minute after a long-range shot beat the Romanian keeper.

References
  1. "Game Report by PFL". Russian Professional Football League. 17 March 2018.
  2. "Krasnodar v Khimki game report". Russian Premier League. 18 September 2020.
  3. "Krasnodar v Chelsea game report". UEFA. 28 October 2020.


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