Gevorg Gagik Karapetyan (Armenian: Գևորգ Գագիկի Կարապետյան; born 10 June 1990) is an Armenian former footballer who played as a forward.
 Karapetyan with Banants in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gevorg Gagik Karapetyan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 June 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Vedi, Armenia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Ararat Yerevan-2 | 37 | (10) |
| 2009–2011 | Ararat Yerevan | 57 | (22) |
| 2012–2015 | Banants | 70 | (12) |
| 2015 | Mika | 12 | (7) |
| 2015 | Mika-2 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | Alashkert | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | Orange County Blues | 11 | (1) |
| Total | 188 | (52) | |
| International career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Armenia U21 | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Youth edit
From 2007 to 2008, Karapetyan competed in the Armenian First League as part of the reserve squad of FC Ararat. He scored 10 league goals in 37 matches and appeared in three additional Armenian Independence Cup over that time.[2]
Senior edit
For the 2009 season, Karapetyan was promoted to the first team squad at FC Ararat and stayed with the club until 2011. In total, he scored 22 goals in 22 matches as Ararat split time between the Armenian First League and Armenian Premier League.[2] In 2012, he moved to FC Banants, also of the Premier League. He stayed with the club until 2015, scoring 28 goals in 70 league matches. He also appeared in several matches for the club in 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualification. The following season, he played for fellow Premier League club FC Mika, making 12 appearances and scoring 9 and (2 for cup )goals. After his brief spell with Mika, Karapetyan signed with Alashkert FC. Although he never made a Premier League appearance for the club, he made several appearances for the club in 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.[3]
In March 2016 it was announced that Karapetyan had signed for Orange County Blues FC of the United Soccer League, the third tier of the United States soccer league system ahead of the 2016 USL season. He started for the team against Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 in the first match of the season but was substituted during the first half because of an injury. He originally impressed the club at an invitational camp held by the club in January 2016.[4]
International career edit
Between 2011 and 2012 Karapetyan represented Armenia at the under-21 level as part of the squad that participated in 2013 European Under-21 Championship qualification. He appeared in six of the side's matches.[3] In 2010, Karapetyan took part in the preliminary round of the 2011 UEFA Regions' Cup, scoring 2 goals in 3 matches while representing Malatya.[5]
Honours edit
Ararat Yerevan
Banants
- Armenian Premier League: 2013–2014[3]
- Armenian Supercup: 2014[3]
- Armenia Cup runner-up: 2014–2015[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Gevorg Karapetyan at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- ^ a b "FFA profile". Football Federation of Armenia. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "More New Signings for OC Blues FC". Orange County Blues FC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "UEFA profile". UEFA. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
External links edit
- FFA profile Archived 2016-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Gevorg Karapetyan at Soccerway
- Gevorg Karapetyan – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Gevorg Karapetyan at USL Championship