Aleksandr Karapetyan ( hy, Ալեքսանդր Կարապետյան; born 23 December 1987) is an Armenian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Karapetyan began his playing career in the German fourth-tier

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with

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FC Oberneuland FC Oberneuland Bremen von 1948 is a German association football club from the Oberneuland quarter of Bremen, founded on 13 April 1948 in the local inn ''Zum Dorfkrug'' as ''Fußball-Club Oberneuland von 1948''. In addition to football, the club ...

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and

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. In 2013, he moved to

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of the

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, and then on to

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before returning to F91. At the end of the

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, his contract expired and he considered offers from China and Armenia but opted to remain in Western Europe, having trials at Germany's

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and

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

before signing for

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in January 2016. In May 2017, he signed a two-year contract with the option of a third at

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. On 12 July 2019, he signed a contract with

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newcomer

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. He left Sochi on 31 July 2020. On 3 August 2020, Karapetyan signed a two-year contract with

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, also in Russia's top flight. On 9 February 2021, Karapetyan signed for Armenian champions Ararat-Armenia. Karapetyan left Ararat-Armenia on 7 June 2021, signing for

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the following day. Karapetyan left Noah after his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 29 December 2021. On 2 September 2022, Karapetyan joined Pyunik and then left the club at the end of 2022.

International career

He made his debut for the

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in the

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on 11 October 2014, replacing

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for the last six minutes of a 1–1 draw with

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at the Republican Stadium in

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, one minute after Pizzelli's penalty was saved by

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. After over four years without a cap, Karapetyan was recalled in November 2018 ahead of

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away games at

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and

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. He scored his first international goal to complete a 6–2

win against the former on 16 November, and struck again three days later to ensure a 2–2 draw against the latter. In June 2019, Karapetyan scored in consecutive games to win

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qualifiers against Liechtenstein and

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. On 5 August that year, he netted again to give Armenia a surprise lead at home to

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in the next game of the campaign, but was sent off before half time in a 3–1 loss.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karapetyan goal.''

References

External links

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