Gevorg Zhorzhiki Karapetyan (; ; born 15 December 1963) is a professional

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coach and former player who is the assistant coach of club Ansar. Born in Armenia, Karapetyan played as a defender or

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. He moved to Lebanon in 1993 and played for the Lebanon national team.

Managerial career

On 22 March 2021, Karapetyan was announced assistant coach of Ansar. On 5 January 2022, following the resignation of

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, Karapetyan was appointed interim coach of Ansar, leading them in their 2–0 win against Safa four days later.

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

Player

Homenmen Beirut *

Lebanese Second Division The Lebanese Second Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الثانية) is the second division of Lebanese football. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The 12 teams that participate ...

: 2002–03 *

Lebanese FA Cup The Lebanon Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese FA Cup, is a Lebanese football annual cup competition. The first edition, held in 1937, was won by Nahda. The most successful club in the competition is Ansar with 15 titles, followed by Nejmeh ...

runner-up: 1993–94 Ansar *

Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الأولى), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. There are 12 teams competing in the league, ...

: 1997–98, 1998–99 * Lebanese FA Cup: 1998–99; runner-up: 2000–01 *

Lebanese Elite Cup The Lebanese Elite Cup () is a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was contested by the top five finish ...

: 1997, 2000; runner-up: 1998 *

Lebanese Federation Cup The Lebanese Federation Cup ( ar, كأس الإتحاد اللبناني) was a Lebanese football annual cup competition. The competition was hosted five times, and served as the domestic League Cup. The cup was a preparatory competition held at ...

: 1999, 2000 *

Lebanese Super Cup The Lebanese Super Cup () is Lebanese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Lebanese Premier League season and the holders of the Lebanese FA Cup. If the Lebanese Premier League champions also won the Lebanese FA ...

: 1997, 1998, 1999 Individual *

Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season The Al-Manar Football Festival () was an event organised by the Al-Manar television station between the 1996–97 and 2018–19 seasons in order to award players, managers, referees and teams who were considered to have performed the best over ...

: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99

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* * * 1963 births Living people Soviet Armenians Armenian footballers Lebanese footballers Soviet footballers Armenian emigrants to Lebanon Naturalized citizens of Lebanon Footballers from Yerevan Association football defenders Association football midfielders FC Ararat Yerevan players FC Kotayk Abovyan players FC Spitak players FC Van players Homenmen Beirut players Al Ansar FC players Soviet Top League players Soviet First League players Soviet Second League players Armenian Premier League players Lebanese Premier League players Lebanese Second Division players Lebanon international footballers Asian Games competitors for Lebanon Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Armenian football managers Lebanese football managers Al Ansar FC managers Lebanese Premier League managers {{Lebanon-footy-bio-stub