Sargis Hovsepyan

Sargis Hovsepyan
Hovsepyan with Armenia in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-11-02) 2 November 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Yerevan, Armenian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Malatia Yerevan 25 (0)
1991–1992 Lori Vanadzor 33 (0)
1992–1997 Pyunik Yerevan 153 (6)
1998–2003 Zenit St. Petersburg 153 (2)
2003–2004 Torpedo-Metallurg 14 (0)
2004–2012 Pyunik Yerevan 190 (14)
Total 568 (22)
International career
1992–2012 Armenia 133 (2)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Armenia U19
2013–2016 FC Pyunik
2014–2015 Armenia U21
2015 Armenia (interim)
2015–2016 Armenia U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sargis Hovsepyan (Armenian: Սարգիս Հովսեփյան; born on 2 November 1972) is an Armenian professional football coach and a former player who played as a right-back. Hovsepyan was the long-time captain of the Armenia national team. He participated in 133 international matches and scored two goals since his debut in the national team's first game in a home friendly match against Moldova on 14 October 1992.[1] Hovsepyan ended his career on 14 November 2012 at the age of 39, just over a month before turning 40 years old. He was the last member of the first Armenia national team to retire. After his final match, he was awarded the Medal of the City Hall.[2] A month after the completion of his playing career, he was appointed director of the Armenia national team.[3]

  1. ^ Armenia - Record International Players
  2. ^ Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը պարգևատրվել է Երևանի քաղաքապետարանի ոսկե մեդալով (in Armenian). ARMFOOTBALL.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  3. ^ Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը կաշխատի Հայաստանի հավաքականում (in Armenian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2013.