Arsen Petrosyan ( hy, Արսեն Պետրոսյան, born on 27 September 1991 in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

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) is a retired

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player who last played as a

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for the

Armenia national football team The Armenia national football team ( hy, Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական, ''Hayastani futboli azgayin havak'akan'') represents Armenia in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of ...

and for

Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the compet ...

club

FC Alashkert Football Club Alashkert ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Ալաշկերտ), commonly known as Alashkert, is an Armenian football club based in the capital Yerevan, founded in 1990 in Martuni and after folding in 2000 re-founded in 2011 ...

Club career

Early in his career, he played in the

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with a team of young men 17 years of age. In 2009, Petrosyan went to Gandzasar Kapan. Apart from him at the club was his older brother, Alexander Petrosyan, and head coach who was their father, Samvel Petrosyan. That season Arsen was able to play only one game. After the departure of his father from the coaching staff, he left the club after the end of the season.

Pyunik

The next club in Petrosyan's career became the reigning

champion

Pyunik Yerevan Football Club Pyunik Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երևան, Futbolayin Akumb P’yunik Yerevan), commonly known as Pyunik ("Phoenix"), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the Kentron neighbourhoo ...

. Because of the high competition in the club, Petrosyan could not play starting goalkeeper. His competition was Karen Israelyan. In late 2010, the core team made drastic changes. The two main goalkeepers, Artur Lesko and Edward Hovhannisyan, left the team. Thus, to fill the vacancy for this role, the coaching staff had to decide between Petrosyan and Israelyan. In addition, in early 2011, the club acquired Serbian goalkeeper

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. However, after three games, because of a large percentage of transfers between the matches, the management promptly terminated the contract with the Serbian goalkeeper. For the entire 2011 season, Petrosyan and Israelyan alternately played in the league and cup competitions. In a list of the most reliable goalkeeper of the 2011 season, Petrosyan took 5th. In early January 2012, Karen Israelyan was leaving the club. Petrosyan took the place at the heart of the team. Not having competition, Petrosyan began to make periodic errors in the matches, leading to missed goals. The credibility of the Petrosyan fell slightly, and he was periodically substituted with second goalkeeper Albert Ohanyan.

Ararat

In the summer transfer window, Petrosyan signed a contract with

Ararat Yerevan Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League. Since 1999, the club is ...

. The club changed the orientation of the local players, leaving some without any playing time. Along with Petrosyan, to the club came Hayk Mkrtchyan and Gevorg Nranyan.

Ararat Yerevan

On 8 July 2017, Petrosyan signed for

FC Ararat Yerevan Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian association football, football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League. Si ...

International career

In the Armenia U21 youth team, Petrosyan played 3 matches. Petrosyan debuted in the core

on 11 October 2011 in a scandalous game against

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when first goalkeeper

Roman Berezovsky Roman Anatoliyevich Berezovsky ( hy, Ռոման Բերեզովսկի; russian: Рома́н Анато́льевич Березо́вский ; born 5 August 1974) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Berez ...

was controversially shown a red card. He was penalized for handball in the first few minutes, though replays clearly showed his hands never touched the ball. In that game, Arsen missed two goals, one of which was accidentally scored by teammate

Valeri Aleksanyan Valeri Aleksanyan ( hy, Վալերի Ալեքսանյան, born on 4 September 1984 in Yerevan, Soviet Union) is an Armenian football player who currently plays as defender for the Armenia national football team. Club career Pyunik Aleksanyan ...

. Armenia lost 1–2 and missed their chance to

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for the

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Personal life

His father

Samvel Petrosyan Samvel Petrosyan ( hy, Սամվել Պետրոսյան, russian: Самвел Александрович Петросян; born on 27 September 1954) in Yerevan, is a former Soviet football striker. Now is manager who has worked as the coach of ...

is a former player of

and now a football coach. Arsen has an older brother, Alexander, who is also a professional football player.

Honours

Club

Armenian Supercup The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League Champion and Armenian Cup The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competitio ...

(1): 2011

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrosyan, Arsen 1991 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Armenia men's international footballers Armenia men's under-21 international footballers FC Pyunik players FC Ararat Yerevan players Armenian Premier League players