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.
 Spertsyan with FC Krasnodar in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | 26 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2021– | Armenia | 4 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2022 ‡ 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, scoring in the 56th minute after a long-range shot beat the Romanian keeper.
Career statistics
- As of 12 December 2021
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Krasnodar-2 | 2017–18 | PFL | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | FNL | 11 | 0 | – | – | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 20 | 0 | – | – | – | 20 | 0 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 32 | 16 | – | – | – | 32 | 16 | |||||
| Total | 74 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 79 | 17 | ||
| Krasnodar-3 | 2018–19 | PFL | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Krasnodar | 2020–21 | RPL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 108 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 117 | 21 | ||
- Appearances in the FNL Cup
- Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
References
- "Game Report by PFL". Russian Professional Football League. 17 March 2018.
- "Krasnodar v Khimki game report". Russian Premier League. 18 September 2020.
- "Krasnodar v Chelsea game report". UEFA. 28 October 2020.
External links
- Eduard Spertsyan at Soccerway
- Eduard Spertsyan at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Eduard Spertsyan at Russian Premier League