Rumyan Hovsepyan ( hy, Ռումյան Հովսեփյան, born 13 November 1991) is an

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player who plays for FC Noah in 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 association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the compet ...

. Hovsepyan is also a member of the Armenia national football team. He usually plays as a defensive midfielder.

Career

Club

Hovsepyan left FC Shirak on 9 June 2017 by mutual consent. On 26 June 2019 he signed a contract with the newly promoted to the

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

team Arda Kardzhali. On 27 July, he scored the historic first ever goal for the team from

Kardzhali Kardzhali ( bg, Кърджали , ''Kărdžali''; tr, Kırcaali; gr, Κάρτζαλι, ''Kártzali''), sometimes spelt Kardžali or Kurdzhali, is a town in the Eastern Rhodopes in Bulgaria, centre of Kardzhali Municipality and Kardzhali Provi ...

in the top division of Bulgarian football, netting the equalizer in the 3:1 home win over Beroe.

International

Hovsepyan played his first international game with the national team on 27 May 2014, in a friendly against the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

. He scored his first international goal on his debut match.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 9 November 2017''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first.''

Family

His father

Andranik Hovsepyan Andranik Ozanian, commonly known as General Andranik or simply Andranik;. Also spelled Antranik or Antranig 25 February 186531 August 1927), was an Armenian military commander and statesman, the best known '' fedayi'' and a key figure of the ...

, in Soviet times played 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 ...

, the top scorer of the

1993 Armenian Premier League Statistics of Armenian Premier League in the 1993 season. * FC Ararat from the town of Ararat were promoted and changed their name to Tsement. * Kilikia FC merged with FC Malatia to form Malatia-Kilikia Yerevan. * Nairi SC were renamed Nair ...

. He was also a player of the Armenia national football team.

References

1991 births Living people Armenian men's footballers Footballers from Yerevan Men's association football midfielders Armenia men's international footballers Armenian expatriate men's footballers FC Urartu players FC Metalurh Donetsk players FC Stal Kamianske players FC Pyunik players FC Arda Kardzhali players Armenian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria {{Armenia-footy-bio-stub