Eduard Spertsyan
Spertsyan with Krasnodar in 2022
Personal information
Full name Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan
Date of birth (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000
Place of birth Stavropol, Russia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Krasnodar
Number 10
Youth career
2010–2018 Krasnodar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Krasnodar 76 (26)
International career‡
2021– Armenia 23 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan (Armenian: Էդուարդ Մկրտիչի Սպերցյան; born 7 June 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Russian Premier League club Krasnodar. Born in Russia, he plays for the Armenia national team.

Club career

Spertsyan made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 17 March 2018 in a game against FC Biolog-Novokubansk.[1] He made his Russian Football National League debut for Krasnodar-2 on 1 October 2018 in a game against FC Khimki.[2]

After scoring seven goals in the first nine games of the FNL season for FC Krasnodar-2, he made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Krasnodar on 18 September 2020 in a game against FC Khimki.[3] On 28 October 2020, he made his European debut as a late substitute in the Champions League 4–0 home loss to Chelsea, making him the youngest ever Armenia national team player to ever play UEFA Champions League group stages, surpassing Henrikh Mkhitaryan for over a year and one month.[4] He was top assister at the 2022–23 Russian Premier League with 11 assists, two more than the runners-up, adding to his 10 goals on that same season - making him the only player in the league to reach double digit goals+assists and also earning him a spot in the Team Of The Season as well as the Best Midfielder of the Season award for 2022-23 - amid rumors linking him to teams like AFC Ajax, AC Milan and Olympique de Marseille. He also captained his team to the 2022–23 Russian Cup final, where they'd lose after going to penalty kick shootout.

International career

On 17 February 2021, the Football Federation of Armenia confirmed that Spertsyan would join the Armenia national team in March to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers. Spertsyan made his debut for the national team on 31 March 2021 against Romania. He came on as a substitute at half-time, scoring in the 56th minute at the Republican Stadium. He scored in both matches against Ireland. He scored the only goal in a match against Ireland in Yerevan for Armenia to get the win, as well as at the away game in Dublin as Ireland would go on to win 3–2 at the Aviva Stadium.[5] On 17 October 2023 he scored the only goal for Armenia in a friendly game vs North Macedonia from a freekick.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Russian Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Krasnodar-2 2017–18 Russian Football National League 2 111–––111
2018–19 Russian Football National League 110––5[lower-alpha 1]0160
2019–20 Russian Football National League 200–––200
2020–21 Russian Football National League 3216–––3216
Total 7417––507917
Krasnodar-3 2018–19 Russian Second League 121–––121
2019–20 Russian Second League 10–––10
Total 131–––131
Krasnodar 2020–21 Russian Premier League 50002[lower-alpha 2]0–70
2021–22 Russian Premier League 25820––278
2022–23 Russian Premier League 2810134––4114
2023–24 Russian Premier League 18830––218
Total 762618420–9630
Career total 16344184205018848
  1. ↑ Appearances in FNL Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 21 November 2023[6]
Appearances by national team
National teamYearAppsGoals
Armenia 202171
202262
2023101
Total234
Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Spertsyan goal.
List of international goals scored by Eduard Spertsyan
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
131 March 2021Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Romania1–03–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
24 June 2022Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Republic of Ireland1–01–02022–23 UEFA Nations League B
327 September 2022Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland2–22–3
417 October 2023Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica, North Macedonia North Macedonia1–31–3Friendly

Honours

FC Krasnodar

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Game Report by PFL". Russian Professional Football League. 17 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Безвыигрышная серия прервалась матчем с "Химками"". FC Krasnodar. 1 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Krasnodar v Khimki game report". Russian Premier League. 18 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Krasnodar v Chelsea game report". UEFA. 28 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Ireland shocked in Armenia as Spertsyan hits winner RTÉ News, 4 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Eduard Spertsyan". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Eduard Spertsyan voted Armenia's Player of the Year". Public Radio of Armenia. 26 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Все лауреаты первой ежегодной премии Winline Герои РПЛ" [All winners of the first Winline Heroes of the RPL award] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Все лауреаты первой ежегодной премии Winline Герои РПЛ" [All winners of the first Winline Heroes of the RPL award] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "ЭДУАРД СПЕРЦЯН – WINLINE ЛУЧШИЙ ИГРОК ОКТЯБРЯ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 11 November 2023.
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