Zhora Hovhannisyan ( hy, Ժորա Հովհաննիսյան, born 16 April 1987) is an

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Club career

Hovhannisyan played for FC Pyunik before switching in July 2004 to

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team

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

. In January 2008, he moved on loan from

to Greek

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club Agios Dimitrios. Hovhannisyan joined Doxa Kranoula in July 2008 and, in January 2009, moved to A.O. Kymis, which participates in the local amateur league of Euboea (division 1). In 2010, Zhora joined the now disbanded Russian club Saturn Moscow Oblast. Soon afterward, he joined

Lokomotiv Tashkent PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent ( uz, Lokomotiv Toshkent Professional Futbol Klubi) is an Uzbekistan, Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Tashkent. The owner and main sponsor of the club is a state-owned company Uzbek Railways. ...

which was coached by his father

Khoren Hovhannisyan Khoren Oganesian ( hy, Խորեն Հովհաննիսյան; born 10 January 1955), also known as Khoren Hovhannisyan, is a former Armenian and Soviet football player who played as a midfielder and current manager and coach. He was awarded the M ...

. Zhora Hovhannisyan had been announced the best foreign player of Uzbekistan in 2012. Later, in the year of 2013, he signed with most successful Uzbek club, Pakhtakor Tashkent, and was given the No. 10 jersey. He was included in the roster of Pakhtakor for the 2013 season of the AFC Champions League. Hovhannisyan scored his first goal for Pakhtakor in a home 2–0 victory over Neftchi FK.

International career

Hovhannisyan is a former member of the Armenia U-19 junior team and Armenia U-21 youth team. He has not been called to 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 ...

because of the national team's already strong attacking midfield, according to head coach

Vardan Minasyan Vardan Minasyan ( hy, Վարդան Մինասյան; born 5 January 1974) is a former Armenian footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the former football manager of FC Taraz in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Minasyan has been largely cred ...

. Minasyan said he will always keep him under their spotlight and that it's possible he will be invited to the national team in future.

Personal life

Zhora's father is former

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footballer

, ex-president of Armenia's FC Pyunik team and the Golden Player of Armenia recipient of the

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.The son of Khoren Hovhannisyan is on try-out in Saturn - Arm Football
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hovhannisyan, Zhora 1987 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian footballers Armenian expatriate footballers Association football midfielders FC Pyunik players Olympiacos F.C. players PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Armenian Premier League players Doxa Kranoula F.C. players FC Saturn Ramenskoye players