Kamo Hovhannisyan

Kamo Hovhannisyan
Personal information
Full name Kamo Artashesovich Hovhannisyan
Date of birth (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Yerevan, Armenia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ararat-Armenia
Number 13
Youth career
2000–2001 Shengavit
2002–2007 Pyunik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Patani 15 (0)
2009–2010 Pyunik-2 5 (5)
2009–2016 Pyunik 175 (27)
2017 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 28 (3)
2018–2019 Zhetysu 58 (6)
2020–2021 Kairat 39 (5)
2022–2023 Astana 42 (0)
2024– Ararat-Armenia 25 (1)
International career‡
2009 Armenia U17
2009–2010 Armenia U19 5 (0)
2011–2013 Armenia U21 10 (1)
2012– Armenia 86 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024

Kamo Hovhannisyan (Armenian: Կամո Հովհաննիսյան, born on 5 October 1992) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Armenian Premier League club Ararat-Armenia 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 quarterfinals against Cilicia.[1] Hovhannisyan's Armenian Premier League debut was four days later, again against Cilicia. In both matches, Pyunik was the winner.[2] On 12 July 2011, he made his debut in the Champions League match against Czech club Viktoria Plzeň, which ended in a 4–0 defeat for Pyunik.[3]

On 16 January 2018, FC Alashkert announced that Hovhannisyan joined the club on a contract expiring on 1 August 2020.[4] However, on 23 January 2018, Hovhannisyan joined FC Zhetysu of the Kazakhstan Premier League. On 11 January 2020, Hovhannisyan joined FC Kairat of the Kazakhstan Premier League on a two-year contract.[5]

On 19 January 2022, Hovhannisyan signed for Astana.[6] On 29 December 2022, Hovhannisyan extended his contract with Astana for the 2023 season.[7] On 18 January 2024, Astana announced that Hovhannisyan had left the club.[8]

On 20 January 2024, Hovhannisyan returned to the Armenian Premier League, signing for FC Ararat-Armenia.[9]

International career

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

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 August 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Patani 2008 Armenian First League 15 0 — — 15 0
Pyunik-2 2009 Armenian First League 5 5 — — — 5 5
Pyunik 2009 Armenian Premier League 4 0 — — 4 0
2010 16 0 4 0 0[a] 0 1[b] 0 21 0
2011 25 0 2 0 2[a] 0 — 27 0
2012–13 42 10 5 1 2[c] 0 — 49 11
2013–14 22 3 5 1 2[c] 0 1[b] 0 28 4
2014–15 26 9 5 0 2[c] 0 — 33 9
2015–16 26 3 2 0 4[a] 1 — 32 4
2016–17 14 2 2 2 2[c] 0 — 18 4
Total 175 27 25 4 14 1 2 0 216 32
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 2017 Belarusian Premier League 28 3 3 1 — 1[d] 0 32 4
Zhetysu 2018 Kazakhstan Premier League 31 1 0 0 — — 31 1
2019 27 5 0 0 — — 27 5
Total 58 6 0 0 - - - - 58 6
Kairat 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League 14 1 0 0 1[c] 0 0 0 15 1
2021 25 4 6 0 12[e] 1 1[f] 0 44 5
Total 39 5 6 0 13 1 1 0 59 6
Astana 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League 24 0 2 0 0[g] 0 — 26 0
2023 18 0 5 0 14[h] 2 1[f] 0 38 2
Total 42 0 7 0 14 2 1 0 64 2
Career total 362 46 41 5 41 4 5 0 449 55
  1. ^ a b c Appearances and goals in the UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ a b Appearance in the Armenian Super Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearances and goals in the UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in the Belarusian Super Cup
  5. ^ Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances in the UEFA Europa League, and six appearances and 1 goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. ^ a b Appearance in the Kazakhstan Super Cup
  7. ^ Appearance in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  8. ^ Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League and two appearances in the UEFA Europa League, and eight appearances and two goals in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

International

As of match played 13 October 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Armenia 2012 5 0
2013 9 0
2014 6 0
2015 6 0
2016 4 0
2017 7 0
2018 5 0
2019 8 0
2020 4 1
2021 11 1
2022 8 1
2023 5 0
2024 8 0
Total 86 3
Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hovhannisyan goal.
List of international goals scored by Kamo Hovhannisyan
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 October 2020 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 1–0 1–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
2 8 October 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Iceland 1–0 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 16 November 2022 Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo  Kosovo 2–1 2–2 Friendly

Honours

Pyunik

Kairat

Astana

References

  1. ^ Кубок Армении 1/4 финала (in Russian). FFA.am. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  2. ^ Армения. Высшая лига (in Russian). FFA.am. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. ^ "12.07.11 "Пюник" 0 - 4 "Виктория"" (in Russian). FFA.am. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  4. ^ Kamo Hovhannisyan becomes FC Alashkert footballer
  5. ^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: КАМО ОГАНЕСЯН – ИГРОК КАЙРАТА". fckairat.com/ (in Russian). FC Kairat. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Официально: Камо Оганесян – с нами!". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Астана продлила контракт с Камо Оганесяном". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Рахмет, Камо!". facebook.com/FCAstanaOfficial (in Kazakh). FC Astana Facebook. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Նոր տրանսֆեր: #WelcomeHovhannisyan". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  10. ^ Kamo Hovhannisyan at Soccerway
  11. ^ "Kamo Hovhannisyan". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 March 2023.