Hovhannes Hambardzumyan

Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
Hambardzumyan with Vardar in 2017
Personal information
Full name Hovhannes Sarkisovich Hambardzumyan
Date of birth (1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Noah
Number 19
Youth career
2007–2009 Banants Yerevan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Banants Yerevan 130 (14)
2014–2018 Vardar 79 (13)
2018–2020 Enosis Neon Paralimni 42 (4)
2020–2023 Anorthosis Famgusta 64 (6)
2023– Noah 38 (2)
International career‡
2008–2009 Armenia U19 7 (0)
2009–2012 Armenia U21 9 (1)
2010– Armenia 51 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2024

Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenian: Հովհաննես Համբարձումյան; born 4 October 1990) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a right-back.[1] for Noah and the Armenia national team.

Club career

Hambardzumyan was a student of the football school Banants Yerevan, becoming one of the children of the club. Initially he played in the first division for Banants-2. In the 2008 season, he had one match for Banants in the Armenian Premier League. His debut took place on 23 August in a game against the guest Ararat Yerevan and ended with a 1–0 defeat of Banants. Hambardzumyan came in on the 84th minute of the match, replacing Seven Muradyan.[2] As of next season, Hambardzumyan was regularly exposed to the participation for matches like the Armenian Premier League and the Armenian Cup. Banants became the finalists of the Armenian Cup for three seasons in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In the 2010 season, by participating in three events held under the regulation of the Football Federation of Armenia, Banants came in second in the Premier League, Cup and Armenian Supercup.

On 18 June 2014, Hambardzumyan signed a two-year contract with Macedonian side FK Vardar. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Hambardzumyan was voted player of the year in Macedonia.[3] In July 2015, Hambardzumyan started both UEFA Champions League qualification matches against APOEL FC.[4]

In August 2023, he returned to his homeland, signing a contract with Noah.[5]

International career

With the introduction of the core team at the club, Hambardzumyan was invited to the Armenia U-19 youth team, for which he played for a little more than two years seven matches. This was followed by an invitation already from the Armenia U21 junior coaching department. He debuted for the second team on 4 September 2009 against peers from Switzerland U21. Hambardzumyan left to the field after the break in the second half, replacing Artak Yedigaryan. The Armenian team was defeated 3–1. The second match was played against the Estonia U21 team on 20 May next year. However, in this match, Hambardzumyan was released only in the 88th minute of the game, coming out on the field in place of Edgar Malakyan. The final score was 3–2 in favor of the youth national team of Estonia.[6] Only in the third match of Hambardzumyan was he entrusted a place in the first team. The junior team played sensationally in the match and defeated Montenegro U-21 4–1.[6] The entire team, including Hambardzumyan, were awarded high marks.

Hambardzumyan debuted in the Armenia national football team after he got called for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches. The first game of this series took place against Ireland, with Hambardzumyan coming in as substitute in the 71st minute for Artak Yedigaryan.[7] But the debut match for the national team held on 11 August, against the national team of Iran, ended in a defeat. Ambartsumian left in the field for 76 minutes, replacing Aghvan Mkrtchyan.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played on 14 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Super cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Banants Yerevan 2010 Armenian Premier League 25 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 1
2011 26 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 33 1
2012-13 36 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 7
2013-14 27 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 4
Total 114 13 11 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 130 13
Vardar 2014-15 First League 27 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 3
2015-16 26 7 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 31 7
2016-17 12 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 1
2017-18 14 2 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 25 2
Total 79 13 4 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 99 13
EN Paralimni 2018–19 Cypriot First Division 24 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 1
2019–20 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 3
Total 42 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 4
Anorthosis 2020–21 Cypriot First 21 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 2
2021–22 26 3 6 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 41 5
2022–23 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
Total 65 6 11 2 1 0 9 0 0 0 68 7
Career total 300 36 32 2 3 0 28 0 0 0 363 38

International

As of match played 14 November 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Armenia 2010 2 0
2012 2 0
2013 1 0
2014 4 0
2015 2 0
2016 5 1
2017 5 1
2018 6 0
2019 8 1
2020 4 1
2021 6 0
2022 5 0
2024 1 0
Total 51 4
Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hambardzumyan goal.[10]
List of international goals scored by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1 June 2016 StubHub Center, Carson, United States  El Salvador
2–0
4–0
 Friendly
2. 5 October 2017 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Poland
1–3
1–6
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 8 September 2019 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Bosnia and Herzegovina
3–2
4–2
 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
4. 18 November 2020 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  North Macedonia
1–0
1–0
 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Banants Yerevan

Vardar

Anorthosis

References

  1. ^ "Ποδοσφαιριστής της Ανόρθωσης ο Χοφχάνες Αμπαρτζουμιάν (δηλώσεις)". 21 June 2020.
  2. ^ Խաղի զեկույց, "Արարատ" - "Բանանց" (PDF) (in Armenian). FFA.am. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. ^ Hambardzumyan Moves To Macedonia at HaySoccer.Com, 18 June 2014
  4. ^ "Armenia coach unhappy with behavior of players in Bulgaria match". UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Официально. Оганнес Амбарцумян перешел в "Ноа"". sportball24.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b Чемпионат Европы 2013 до 21 года (in Russian). FFA.am. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  7. ^ Протокол матча Армения 0 - 1 Ирландия (in Russian). FFA.am. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  8. ^ Протокол матча Армения 1 - 3 Иран (in Russian). FFA.am. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Hovhannes Hambartsumyan". EU-Football.info.
  10. ^ Hovhannes Hambardzumyan at Soccerway