Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan (Armenian: Էդուարդ Մկրտիչի Սպերցյան; Russian: Эдуард Мкртычевич Сперцян; born 7 June 2000) is an Armenian professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Krasnodar and the Armenia national team.
![]() Spertsyan with Krasnodar in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan | ||
Date of birth | (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Stavropol, Russia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Krasnodar | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2018 | Krasnodar | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Krasnodar-3 | 13 | (1) |
2018–2021 | Krasnodar-2 | 74 | (17) |
2018– | Krasnodar | 46 | (17) |
National team‡ | |||
2021– | Armenia | 13 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 |
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.[citation needed]
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.[2] On 28 October 2020, he made his European debut as a late substitute in the Champions League 4–0 home loss to Chelsea.[3]
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.[citation needed] He scored the only goal in a match against Ireland in Yerevan on 4 June 2022.[4]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Krasnodar-2 | 2017–18 | PFL | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | |||
2018–19 | FNL | 11 | 0 | – | – | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 20 | 0 | – | – | – | 20 | 0 | |||||
2020–21 | 32 | 16 | – | – | – | 32 | 16 | |||||
Total | 74 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 79 | 17 | ||
Krasnodar-3 | 2018–19 | PFL | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | |||
2019–20 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
Krasnodar | 2020–21 | RPL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
2021–22 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 8 | ||||
2022–23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | |||
Total | 43 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 17 | ||
Career total | 130 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 35 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 31 March 2021 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2022 World Cup qualification |
2 | 4 June 2022 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B |
FC Krasnodar – current squad | |
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