Kamo Hovhannisyan ( hy, Կամո Հովհաննիսյան, born on 5 October 1992) is an Armenian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...

and the Armenia national team.

Club career

Kamo Hovhannisyan was born in Yerevan to parents Artashes and Gayane Hovhannisyan. He began to get involved in football at the age of 6, and two years later, he was admitted to the football school Shengavit. The choice of Shengavit justified the proximity of schools to home. The family belonged to the football and loyal son to thwart the desires did not. Moreover, his younger brother, Hovhannes, also followed in the footsteps of him. In Shengavit, he spent two years, after which, at the urging of his father, he went to football school Pyunik. In the 2008 season, Hovhannisyan played for the club Patani, which assembled youth team players up to age 17. The following season, he moved back to Pyunik. Hovhannisyan played mostly in the duplicate team, which played in the First League. In 2009, he had been awarded a contract with Pyunik. His debut for the main club was in the 2009 season. It happened on 7 April, in the return game in the

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 ...

quarterfinals against Cilicia. Hovhannisyan's

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debut was four days later, again against Cilicia. In both matches, Pyunik was the winner. On 12 July 2011, he made his debut in the Champions League match against Czech club

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, which ended in a 4–0 defeat for Pyunik. On 16 January 2018,

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 ...

announced that Hovhannisyan joined the club on a contract expiring on 1 August 2020. However, on 23 January 2018, Hovhannisyan joined

FC Zhetysu Jetisu Taldykorgan ( kk, Жетісу Талдықорған футбол клубы, ''Jetisý Taldyqorǵan Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. They are founding members of the ...

of the

. On 11 January 2020, Hovhannisyan joined

FC Kairat 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 in ...

of the Kazakhstan Premier League on a two-year contract. On 19 January 2022, Hovhannisyan signed for

. On 29 December 2022, Hovhannisyan extended his contract with Astana for the 2023 season.

International career

Hovhannisyan made his debut for the Armenia national team on 28 February 2012 in a friendly match against

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Pyunik *

: 2009, 2010 *

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: 2010; runner-up 2009 Kairat *

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Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for clubs in the Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Сове� ...

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Astana *

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References

External links

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Profile at ffa
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hovhannisyan, Kamo 1992 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Armenia men's international footballers Armenian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Armenian Premier League players FC Pyunik players FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players FC Zhetysu players FC Kairat players FC Astana players Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus