Gevorg Ghazaryan ( hy, Գևորգ Ղազարյան; born 5 April 1988) is an Armenian professional
footballer who plays as an
attacking midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
or
forward for the
Armenia national team.
Ghazaryan has participated in 73 international matches, scoring 14 goals since his debut on 14 January 2007. He previously played for
Greek Super League
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clubs
Olympiacos and
Kerkyra
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, and earlier for
Pyunik.
Club career
Pyunik
In the
2004 Armenian Premier League season, Ghazaryan played for the youth team
FC Pyunik, performing in the First League. For the next season, he debuted in the senior first team. On 6 July 2005, Ghazaryan came to the
Lernagorts Stadium
Gandzasar Stadium ( hy, Գանձասար մարզադաշտ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kapan, the capital of Syunik Province, Armenia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Gandzasar. With a capacity of 3 ...
against the same command, replacing in the half-time interval with
Aghvan Mkrtchyan
Aghvan Varazdati Mkrtchyan ( hy, Աղվան Վարազդատի Մկրտչյան, born 27 February 1981 in Yerevan, Soviet Union) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was a member of the Armenia ...
. His first goal for the club happened the following season. On 24 May 2006, in a game against
Shirak FC
Football Club Shirak ( hy, Շիրակ Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ), commonly known as Shirak, is an Armenian professional sports club based in Gyumri. Shirak is known for its professional football team which is one of the oldest football ...
, Ghazaryan entered the field at the 55th minute of the match and, after five minutes, scored his first goal. In the same match, he scored his second goal, having issued such a double (the match ended with the score 7–0).
In 2007, Ghazaryan played in Pyunik for the first round of the
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 football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a r ...
, then went on loan to
FC Banants for the interests of the Armenian youth team. In the first game, Ghazaryan scored a hat-trick. Having played in the second round for Banants, he then returned to Pyunik. Every year that progresses, they see the potential and improve their skills. In 2010, Ghazaryan reached a new, higher support height of his experience. This season, he accounted two hat-tricks and scored twice in the 2010 Armenia Cup final. While Ghazaryan played for Pyunik, the club won the
2006 Armenian Premier League,
2007 Armenian Premier League,
2008 Armenian Premier League,
2009 Armenian Premier League and
2010 Armenian Premier League
The 2010 Armenian Premier League season was the nineteenth since its establishment. The season began in March 2010 and ended in November 2010. FC Pyunik were the defending champions, having won their twelfth championship last season.
Participating ...
, the
2009 Armenian Cup
The 2009 Armenian Cup was the 18th season of Armenian knockout football competition. It featured only 8 Premier League teams. The tournament started on 17 March 2009 and ended on 9 May 2009. The defending champions were Ararat Yerevan.
Results Q ...
and
2010 Armenian Cup and the 2006
Armenian Supercup, 2007 Armenian Supercup and 2009 Armenian Supercup.
On 10 January 2011, it was reported that Ghazaryan went to the preseason camp with
FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) was a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the R ...
.
Metalurh Donetsk
In June 2011, Ghazaryan signed a contract with
Metalurh Donetsk, along with Pyunik teammate
Marcos Pizzelli
Marcos Pinheiro Pizzelli (; hy, Մարկոս Պինեյրո Պիզզելլի; born 3 October 1984), commonly known as Marcos, is a former professional footballer. Born in Brazil, Marcos represented Armenia internationally between 2008 and 2019 ...
.
On 19 July 2012, in the Europa League soccer match against
FK Čelik Nikšić, Ghazaryan made his first hat-trick for Metalurh and gave one assist, thus the Ukrainian club won 7–0.
In summer 2013, he joined
FC Shakhter Karagandy
Football Club Shakhter ( kk, "Шахтер" футбол клубы, Shakhter fýtbol klýby), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandı ; Russian: Караганда/Karaganda), is a professional footb ...
on loan. In November he reportedly signed a two-year contract with club. He was among the key players as his club made Europe remember its name after an unexpected victory over
Celtic in the qualifying round of
Champions League play-off.
In January 2014, he was linked with a move to
FC Kairat Almaty
Football Club Kairat ( kk, Qaırat Fýtbol Klýby) is a professional football club based in Almaty, which plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. Founded in 1954 as Lokomotiv Alma-Ata, they became Urozhay i ...
and he trialled with
Eintracht Braunschweig. In December it was reported that Ghazaryan could not reach a deal with Shakhter Karagandy as the club was not ready to pay the previously agreed amount. Eventually, he finished the 2013–14 season with Metalurh Donetsk.
Olympiacos
Ghazaryan continued his career in
Greek Super League
The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...
by signing for an undisclosed fee a two-year contract with Greek champions
Olympiacos, while according to reports percentage of a possible resale lies to his agent
Mino Raiola. On 30 January 2015, Olympiacos announced the termination of Ghazaryan's contract after half a year at the Piraeus club. It is said that his short stay at the club was ended due to an argument with Spanish coach
Míchel, who sacked him from the squad. From Athens, left for another half-season at
Corfu island's
PAE Kerkyra
PAE Kerkyra ( el, ΠΑΕ Κέρκυρα), was a Greek football club based in Corfu, Greece. The club played in the Gamma Ethniki, the fourth tier of the Greek football league system, following changes to the league structure in 2019. It played i ...
.
Kerkyra
At his new team, Ghazaryan had the coach's trust and enough playing minutes to prove his value. With one goal and several assists, he was key to the team, except for when he got injured. Injuries and personal motives kept him off the field for some time, but his few games at the island and the solid performances for
Armenia national team made Portuguese side
C.S. Marítimo purchase his services in July 2015.
Pyunik return
On 14 July 2022, Ghazaryan returned to
Pyunik. Ghazaryan left Pyunik on 31 May 2022 after his contract expired.
International career
Ghazaryan debuted in the
Armenia U21 national team youth team in the qualifying match against
San Marino
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held on 17 May 2006. In the 63rd minute of the match, the 18-year-old Ghazaryan replaced
Armen Tigranyan
Armen Tigranyan ( hy, Արմեն Տիգրանյան; born 27 November 1985) is an Armenian former football midfielder. He was also a member of the Armenia national team, and has participated in 3 international matches since his debut in an away ...
. This junior match is remembered by many. Having originally won 2–1, it turned out that the Armenian team played an ineligible player. This was followed by regular technical defeat; 3–0. But in the second leg, the youth team won 4–0 and advanced to the next round. One of the goals in the 66th minute was scored by Ghazaryan, opening his account for the youth team goals.
In 2007, he was called up to the
senior national team. In the same year, on 22 August, Ghazaryan debuted in a match against
Portugal
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. This match was a qualifier for
UEFA Euro 2008
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. The match was held in
Yerevan Republican Stadium and ended a sensational draw – 1–1. Moreover, the Portuguese team had to recoup. Ghazaryan came off the bench for 58 minutes, replacing
Hamlet Mkhitaryan. Ghazaryan scored five goals at the
UEFA Euro 2012
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qualifying stage. He was only outscored in Group B by teammate
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Henrikh Mkhitaryan ( hy, Հենրիխ Մխիթարյան, ; born 21 January 1989) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for club Inter Milan.
Mkhitaryan won four Armenian Premier League title ...
and was among the top goalscorers in the qualifying stage.
On 11 September 2012, in a
2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier match between the national teams of Armenia and
Bulgaria
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, Ghazaryan was
sent off
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for hitting the ball on a serving
ballboy
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.
Personal life
Ghazaryan and his wife Victoria met in
Sevan. Their son was born in December 2012.
Ghazaryan was also a classmate of the wife of Armenian national and Metalurh teammate
Karlen Mkrtchyan.
Career statistics
:''Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ghazaryan goal.''
Honours
Pyunik Yerevan
*
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 football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a r ...
:
2006,
2007,
2008
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,
2009,
2010,
2021–22
*
Armenian Cup
The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the ...
:
2009
*
Armenian Supercup: 2007, 2008, 2010
Olympiacos
*
Superleague Greece:
2014–15
*
Greek Football Cup
The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation.
The Greek Cup is the second most imp ...
:
2014–15
Individual
*Armenian Premier League Best young player: 2007
*Armenian Premier League top scorer:
2010
*Player of the Month in Metalurh Donetsk: September 2011
References
External links
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armfootball.tripod.com*
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Living people
1988 births
Footballers from Yerevan
Armenian footballers
Association football forwards
Armenian expatriate footballers
Armenia international footballers
FC Pyunik players
FC Urartu players
FC Metalurh Donetsk players
FC Shakhter Karagandy players
Olympiacos F.C. players
PAE Kerkyra players
C.S. Marítimo players
G.D. Chaves players
AEL Limassol players
PAS Lamia 1964 players
Armenian Premier League players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
Super League Greece players
Primeira Liga players
Cypriot First Division players
Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Armenia under-21 international footballers