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Aleksandr Karapetyan
	Karapetyan with PFC Sochi in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	23 December 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Cilicia
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2009	SV Wehen Wiesbaden II
2009–2010	FC Oberneuland
2010–2012	SV Elversberg
2012–2013	FC Homburg
2013	Dudelange
2013–2014	CS Grevenmacher
2014–2015	Dudelange
2015–2017	Victoria Rosport
2017–2019	Progrès Niederkorn
2019–2020	Sochi
2020–2021	FC Tambov
2021	Ararat-Armenia
2021	Noah
2022	Alashkert
2022	Pyunik
2023–	Cilicia
International career‡
2014–	Armenia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 December 2021

Aleksandr Karapetyan (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Կարապետյան; born 23 December 1987) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cilicia.

Club career

Karapetyan began his playing career in the German fourth-tier Regionalliga with Wehen Wiesbaden II, FC Oberneuland, SV 07 Elversberg and FC 08 Homburg. In 2013, he moved to F91 Dudelange of the Luxembourg National Division, and then on to CS Grevenmacher before returning to F91.

At the end of the 2014–15 Luxembourg National Division, his contract expired and he considered offers from China and Armenia but opted to remain in Western Europe, having trials at Germany's FC Erzgebirge Aue and SSV Jahn Regensburg before signing for FC Victoria Rosport in January 2016.^[1]

In May 2017, he signed a two-year contract with the option of a third at FC Progrès Niederkorn.^[2]

On 12 July 2019, he signed a contract with Russian Premier League newcomer PFC Sochi.^[3] He left Sochi on 31 July 2020.^[4]

On 3 August 2020, Karapetyan signed a two-year contract with FC Tambov, also in Russia's top flight.^[5]

On 9 February 2021, Karapetyan signed for Armenian champions Ararat-Armenia.^[6]

Karapetyan left Ararat-Armenia on 7 June 2021, signing for Noah the following day.^[7]^[8] Karapetyan left Noah after his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 29 December 2021.^[9]

On 2 September 2022, Karapetyan joined Pyunik^[10] and then left the club at the end of 2022.^[11]

In October 2023, Karapetyan scored four goals for Cilicia in their Armenian Cup first round victory over Falcons.^[12]^[13]

International career

He made his debut for the Armenia national football team in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying on 11 October 2014, replacing Marcos Pizzelli for the last six minutes of a 1–1 draw with Serbia at the Republican Stadium in Yerevan, one minute after Pizzelli's penalty was saved by Vladimir Stojković.^[14]

After over four years without a cap, Karapetyan was recalled in November 2018 ahead of UEFA Nations League away games at Gibraltar and Liechtenstein.^[15] He scored his first international goal to complete a 6–2 UEFA Nations League win against the former on 16 November,^[16] and struck again three days later to ensure a 2–2 draw against the latter.^[17]

In June 2019, Karapetyan scored in consecutive games to win UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Greece. On 5 August that year, he netted again to give Armenia a surprise lead at home to Italy in the next game of the campaign, but was sent off before half time in a 3–1 loss.^[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 October 2022^[19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SV Wehen Wiesbaden II	2008–09^[20]	Regionalliga Süd	12	0	0	0	–		–		12	0
FC Oberneuland	2009–10^[20]	Regionalliga Nord	31	9	1	0	–		–		32	9
SV Elversberg	2010–11^[20]	Regionalliga West	15	2	0	0	–		–		15	2
	2011–12^[20]	Regionalliga West	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	2
FC Homburg	2012–13^[20]	Regionalliga Südwest	16	9	0	0	–		–		16	9
Dudelange	2012–13	Luxembourg National Division	4	2	0	0	–		–		4	2
	2013–14	Luxembourg National Division	1	0	0	0	2^[a]	0	–		3	0
	Total		5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	2
CS Grevenmacher	2013–14	Luxembourg National Division	12	10	0	0	–		–		12	10
Dudelange	2014–15	Luxembourg National Division	24	15	0	0	2^[b]	0	–		26	15
Victoria Rosport	2015–16	Luxembourg National Division	11	6	0	0	–		–		11	6
	2016–17	Luxembourg National Division	24	19	0	0	–		–		24	19
	Total		35	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	25
Progrès Niederkorn	2017–18	Luxembourg National Division	23	29	0	0	4^[a]	0	–		27	29
	2018–19	Luxembourg National Division	24	11	0	0	5^[a]	1	–		29	12
	Total		47	40	0	0	9	1	0	0	56	41
Sochi	2019–20	Russian Premier League	21	2	1	0	–		–		22	2
FC Tambov	2020–21	Russian Premier League	16	3	1	0	–		–		17	3
Ararat-Armenia	2020–21	Armenian Premier League	12	4	4	0	0^[c]	0	0^[d]	0	16	4
Noah	2021–22	Armenian Premier League	11	4	1	0	2^[e]	0	–		14	4
Alashkert	2021–22	Armenian Premier League	3	0	0	0	0^[f]	0	0	0	3	0
	2022–23	Armenian Premier League	3	0	0	0	2^[e]	0	–		5	0
	Total		6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
Pyunik	2022–23	Armenian Premier League	4	0	0	0	2^[e]	0	–		6	0
Career total			267	125	8	0	19	1	0	0	294	126

^ ^a ^b ^c Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League
^ Appearance in the Armenian Supercup
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
^ Zero appearances and goals in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 11 October 2021^[21]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Armenia	2014	2	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	0	0
	2018	2	2
	2019	9	3
	2020	6	1
	2021	6	0
Total		25	6

As of match played 8 September 2020^[21]

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

List of international goals scored by Aleksandr Karapetyan
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 November 2018	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar	3	Gibraltar	6–2	6–2	2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
2	19 November 2018	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	4	Liechtenstein	2–2	2–2	2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3	8 June 2019	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	7	Liechtenstein	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
4	11 June 2019	Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece	8	Greece	1–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
5	5 September 2019	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	9	Italy	1–0	1–3	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
6	8 September 2020	Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	15	Estonia	1–0	2–0	2020–21 UEFA Nations League C