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| name = Sargis Hovsepyan |
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| image = Sargis Hovsepyan.jpg |
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| caption = Hovsepyan with [[Armenia national football team|Armenia]] in 2012 |
| caption = Hovsepyan with [[Armenia national football team|Armenia]] in 2012 |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1972|11|2}} |
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1972|11|2}} |
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| birth_place = [[Yerevan]], [[ |
| birth_place = [[Yerevan]], [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Armenian SSR]],<br />[[Soviet Union]] |
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| height = 1.82 m |
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| position = [[Right-back]] |
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| position = [[Defender (association football)|Right back]] |
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| years1 = 1990–1991 |clubs1 |
| years1 = 1990–1991 |clubs1 = [[Malatia Yerevan]] |caps1 = 25 |goals1 = 0 |
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| years2 = 1991–1992 |clubs2 |
| years2 = 1991–1992 |clubs2 = [[Lori Vanadzor]] |caps2 = 33 |goals2 = 0 |
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| years3 = 1992–1997 |clubs3 |
| years3 = 1992–1997 |clubs3 = [[Pyunik Yerevan]] |caps3 = 153 |goals3 = 6 |
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| years4 = 1998–2003 |clubs4 |
| years4 = 1998–2003 |clubs4 = [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]] |caps4 = 153 |goals4 = 2 |
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| years5 = 2003–2004 |clubs5 |
| years5 = 2003–2004 |clubs5 = [[FC Moscow|Torpedo-Metallurg]] |caps5 = 14 |goals5 = 0 |
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| years6 = 2004–2012 |clubs6 |
| years6 = 2004–2012 |clubs6 = [[Pyunik Yerevan]] |caps6 = 190 |goals6 = 14 |
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| totalcaps = 568 |
| totalcaps = 568 |
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| totalgoals = 22 |
| totalgoals = 22 |
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| nationalyears1 = 1992–2012 |nationalteam1 = [[Armenia national football team|Armenia]] |nationalcaps1 = |
| nationalyears1 = 1992–2012 |nationalteam1 = [[Armenia national football team|Armenia]] |nationalcaps1 = 133 |nationalgoals1 = 2 |
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| manageryears1 = 2013–2014 |
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| managerclubs1 = [[Armenia national under-19 football team|Armenia U19]] |
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| manageryears2 = 2013–2016 |
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| managerclubs2 = [[FC Pyunik]] |
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| manageryears3 = 2014–2015 |
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| managerclubs3 = [[Armenia national under-21 football team|Armenia U21]] |
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| manageryears4 = 2015 |
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| managerclubs4 = [[Armenia national football team|Armenia]] (interim) |
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| manageryears5 = 2015–2016 |
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| managerclubs5 = [[Armenia national under-21 football team|Armenia U21]] |
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'''Sargis Hovsepyan''' ({{lang-hy|Սարգիս Հովսեփյան}} |
'''Sargis Hovsepyan''' ({{lang-hy|Սարգիս Հովսեփյան}}; born on 2 November 1972) is an Armenian professional [[association football|football]] coach and a former player who played as a [[right-back]]. Hovsepyan was the long-time [[Captain (association football)|captain]] of the [[Armenia national football team|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 [[exhibition game|friendly match]] against [[Moldova national football team|Moldova]] on 14 October 1992.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/arme-recintlp.html Armenia - Record International Players]</ref> 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.<ref name="MCH">{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը պարգևատրվել է Երևանի քաղաքապետարանի ոսկե մեդալով|url=http://armfootball.com/arm/news/24037/sarkis-ovsepyan-nagrazhden-zolotoiy-medalyu-merii-erevana.html|publisher=ARMFOOTBALL.com|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy}}</ref> A month after the completion of his playing career, he was appointed director of the Armenia national team.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը կաշխատի Հայաստանի հավաքականում|url=http://armsport.am/am/news/2/29/42808/|publisher=armsport.am|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014204443/http://www.armsport.am/am/news/2/29/42808/|archivedate=14 October 2012}}</ref> |
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==Club career== |
==Club career== |
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Sargis Hovsepyan played his first match at the professional level when he was seventeen. It was in the [[Soviet Top League]] with second league club [[Malatia Yerevan]]. The following year, the Soviet Union collapsed. Sargis had then started competing in the [[Armenian Premier League]] of his now independent homeland. Hovsepyan first joined [[FC Lori Vanadzor|Lori Vanadzor]] in 1991 and was transferred to [[FC Pyunik|Pyunik Yerevan]] the following year. He immediately became the first star of the country. In 1992, he became the first player to be named [[Armenian Footballer of the Year]]. In the same year he made his debut for the national team. Hovsepyan was named Armenian Footballer of the Year again for 1995, becoming the first player to receive the award twice.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:ԼԱՎԱԳՈՒՅՆ ՖՈՒՏԲՈԼԻՍՏԻ ՄԽԻԹԱՐՅԱՆԻ 2-ՐԴ ՏԻՏՂՈՍԸ|url=http://www.armtown.com/news/am/trt/20111218/194227/|publisher=armtown.com|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629025056/http://www.armtown.com/news/am/trt/20111218/194227|archivedate=29 June 2013 |
Sargis Hovsepyan played his first match at the professional level when he was seventeen. It was in the [[Soviet Top League]] with second league club [[Malatia Yerevan]]. The following year, the Soviet Union collapsed. Sargis had then started competing in the [[Armenian Premier League]] of his now independent homeland. Hovsepyan first joined [[FC Lori Vanadzor|Lori Vanadzor]] in 1991 and was transferred to [[FC Pyunik|Pyunik Yerevan]] the following year. He immediately became the first star of the country. In 1992, he became the first player to be named [[Armenian Footballer of the Year]]. In the same year he made his debut for the national team. Hovsepyan was named Armenian Footballer of the Year again for 1995, becoming the first player to receive the award twice.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:ԼԱՎԱԳՈՒՅՆ ՖՈՒՏԲՈԼԻՍՏԻ ՄԽԻԹԱՐՅԱՆԻ 2-ՐԴ ՏԻՏՂՈՍԸ|url=http://www.armtown.com/news/am/trt/20111218/194227/|publisher=armtown.com|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629025056/http://www.armtown.com/news/am/trt/20111218/194227|archivedate=29 June 2013}}</ref> |
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Hovsepyan was switched clubs in 1997 to 1998 and spent the next part of his club career in Russia. [[Anatoliy Byshovets]] had acquired Hovsepyan and took him into [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]]. Zenit coach [[Anatoli Davydov]] later believed Hovsepyan to be suited for right-back. In this position, Sargis was so good that by the end of the season in 1999, the leaders of the club called him the best player on the team. The first season Hovsepyan joined them, Zenit won the [[Russian Cup |
Hovsepyan was switched clubs in 1997 to 1998 and spent the next part of his club career in Russia. [[Anatoliy Byshovets]] had acquired Hovsepyan and took him into [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]]. Zenit coach [[Anatoli Davydov]] later believed Hovsepyan to be suited for right-back. In this position, Sargis was so good that by the end of the season in 1999, the leaders of the club called him the best player on the team. The first season Hovsepyan joined them, Zenit won the [[1998–99 Russian Cup]], the Russian Cup in history. The categorically refused to sell any kind. Hovsepyan began to receive the interest of [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] and [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]. |
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However, [[Yury Morozov (footballer, born 1934)|Yury Morozov]], the next coach of St. Petersburg, had decided not to use Hovsepyan for any useful positions. And thus he unwittingly provoked the subsequent parting player with the club. No player in the new center of defense look convincing. Suffice it to say that in the list of 33 best for the season of 2002, Hovsepyan was in second place - just after [[Sergei Ignashevich]]. But in just a couple of months, it turned out that without Hovsepyan in Zenit, the defense was superfluous. In the football club, tactical revolution broke out. The team became the defensive line, and the specialty of the last defender suddenly lost its relevance. |
However, [[Yury Morozov (footballer, born 1934)|Yury Morozov]], the next coach of St. Petersburg, had decided not to use Hovsepyan for any useful positions. And thus he unwittingly provoked the subsequent parting player with the club. No player in the new center of defense look convincing. Suffice it to say that in the list of 33 best for the season of 2002, Hovsepyan was in second place - just after [[Sergei Ignashevich]]. But in just a couple of months, it turned out that without Hovsepyan in Zenit, the defense was superfluous. In the football club, tactical revolution broke out. The team became the defensive line, and the specialty of the last defender suddenly lost its relevance. |
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[[Vlastimil Petržela]], who brought St. Petersburg advanced developments, claimed the Armenian defender couldn't do their plays. Sargis was unable to fit into the new tactical realities. "Hovsepyan did blunders, played frankly bad. But the 'zone' is not understood - man all his life playing personal, and in thirty years to relearn hard" said Vyacheslav Malafeev. This does not provide an understanding of why the coach did not use the defense in a different role, on the flank. Petrzhela then explained that Hovsepyan lacked speed. Adoption of a strange, given that it is this quality that has always been one of the main advantages of the player. Apparently, the defender simply agreed whatever the coach felt, and in the summer of 2003, Hovsepyan left Zenit and was forced on the transfer list. A couple of years later, Petrzhela, watching from St. Petersburg, had another defender, Daniel Kiritse, who wished him not to get lost in football, as Hovsepyan. From the present day, farewell funny. Because the "lost" Sargis ten years has been claimed in the big football, and the pan coach after the Zenit has had it once quickly. Play the game in 2003 at the club [[FC Moscow|Torpedo-Metallurg]], Hovsepyan returned to Pyunik and left from Russia. He won a lot of national trophies in 2008 and won the Armenian Footballer of the Year award for a third time in 2008. He is the first player to win the award three times, a feat that has only been matched by [[Henrikh Mkhitaryan]]. |
[[Vlastimil Petržela]], who brought St. Petersburg advanced developments, claimed the Armenian defender couldn't do their plays. Sargis was unable to fit into the new tactical realities. "Hovsepyan did blunders, played frankly bad. But the 'zone' is not understood - man all his life playing personal, and in thirty years to relearn hard" said Vyacheslav Malafeev. This does not provide an understanding of why the coach did not use the defense in a different role, on the flank. Petrzhela then explained that Hovsepyan lacked speed. Adoption of a strange, given that it is this quality that has always been one of the main advantages of the player. Apparently, the defender simply agreed whatever the coach felt, and in the summer of 2003, Hovsepyan left Zenit and was forced on the transfer list. A couple of years later, Petrzhela, watching from St. Petersburg, had another defender, Daniel Kiritse, who wished him not to get lost in football, as Hovsepyan. From the present day, farewell funny. Because the "lost" Sargis ten years has been claimed in the big football, and the pan coach after the Zenit has had it once quickly. Play the game in 2003 at the club [[FC Moscow|Torpedo-Metallurg]], Hovsepyan returned to Pyunik and left from Russia. He won a lot of national trophies in 2008 and won the Armenian Footballer of the Year award for a third time in 2008. He is the first player to win the award three times, a feat that has only been matched by [[Henrikh Mkhitaryan]]. |
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In the match of the 1st round of the [[2010 Armenian Premier League]], Sargis Hovsepyan had his 500th match in meetings, becoming the second player of Armenia who overcame the barrier of 500 matches. This match could mark Hovsepyan scoring a goal, but could not |
In the match of the 1st round of the [[2010 Armenian Premier League]], Sargis Hovsepyan had his 500th match in meetings, becoming the second player of Armenia who overcame the barrier of 500 matches. This match could mark Hovsepyan scoring a goal, but could not due to a penalty.<ref name="FHM">{{cite web|script-title=ru:Овсепян провел свой 500 матч в официальных играх |url=http://armfootball.com/rus/news/3056/|publisher=ARMFOOTBALL.com|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=ru}}</ref> |
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On 10 May 2010, winning in Pyunik the final match of the Armenian Cup against Banants, he became the oldest player in the history of the Armenian football to win the Cup. On that day, Hovsepyan was 37 years and 189 days. This figure surpassed the previous one, which was owned by Karen Simonyan, who won the Cup in 36 years and 336 days (2007). Hovsepyan also owns another cup record. In total he had in this tournament 62 games.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյանն ամենատարեց գավաթակիրն է|url=http://www.armsport.am/am/news/2/52/7969/|publisher=armsport.am|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120175616/http://armsport.am/am/news/2/52/7969/|archivedate=20 November 2010 |
On 10 May 2010, winning in Pyunik the final match of the Armenian Cup against Banants, he became the oldest player in the history of the Armenian football to win the Cup. On that day, Hovsepyan was 37 years and 189 days. This figure surpassed the previous one, which was owned by Karen Simonyan, who won the Cup in 36 years and 336 days (2007). Hovsepyan also owns another cup record. In total he had in this tournament 62 games.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյանն ամենատարեց գավաթակիրն է|url=http://www.armsport.am/am/news/2/52/7969/|publisher=armsport.am|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120175616/http://armsport.am/am/news/2/52/7969/|archivedate=20 November 2010}}</ref> |
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Hovsepyan has been on the winning team of the [[Armenian Premier League]] for nine seasons, the most of any player in the history of the League. |
Hovsepyan has been on the winning team of the [[Armenian Premier League]] for nine seasons, the most of any player in the history of the League. |
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Sargis Hovsepyan retired as a football player in 2012. On this occasion, the former captain of Pyunik and the national team made a special appeal to the entire football community, in which he stated that, in his opinion, it is time to hang up his boots.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյանն ավարտեց կարիերան|url=http://armsport.am/am/news/2/29/41484/|publisher=armsport.am|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024200538/http://armsport.am/am/news/2/29/41484/|archivedate=24 October 2012 |
Sargis Hovsepyan retired as a football player in 2012. On this occasion, the former captain of Pyunik and the national team made a special appeal to the entire football community, in which he stated that, in his opinion, it is time to hang up his boots.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյանն ավարտեց կարիերան|url=http://armsport.am/am/news/2/29/41484/|publisher=armsport.am|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024200538/http://armsport.am/am/news/2/29/41484/|archivedate=24 October 2012}}</ref> |
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==International career== |
==International career== |
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The first match for Hovsepyan and the [[Armenia national football team]] was held on 14 October 1992 in a home game qualifier against [[Moldova national football team|Moldova]], which ended |
The first match for Hovsepyan and the [[Armenia national football team]] was held on 14 October 1992 in a home game qualifier against [[Moldova national football team|Moldova]], which ended 0–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sargis Hovsepyan|url=http://armfootball.tripod.com/id125.html|publisher=armfootball.tripod.com|accessdate=7 March 2013}}</ref> |
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In December, the [[UEFA]] Executive Committee, while in Prague, took a decision that players who have played a part of their national team for 100 matches will receive their awards from UEFA. These awards will also be awarded retroactively. Thus Hovsepyan, who played more than 100 matches in the national team of Armenia, in absentia, won this award.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը մրցանակ կստանա ՈՒԵՖԱ-ի կողմից|url=http://www.armsport.am/am/news/2/29/14794/|publisher=armsport.am|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217013707/http://www.armsport.am/am/news/2/29/14794|archivedate=17 February 2011 |
In December, the [[UEFA]] Executive Committee, while in Prague, took a decision that players who have played a part of their national team for 100 matches will receive their awards from UEFA. These awards will also be awarded retroactively. Thus Hovsepyan, who played more than 100 matches in the national team of Armenia, in absentia, won this award.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը մրցանակ կստանա ՈՒԵՖԱ-ի կողմից|url=http://www.armsport.am/am/news/2/29/14794/|publisher=armsport.am|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217013707/http://www.armsport.am/am/news/2/29/14794|archivedate=17 February 2011}}</ref> |
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Playing for the Armenian team from 1992 to 2012, Hovsepyan had 131 matches and scored 2 goals<ref name="FHM" /> and became the champion on to play a match for the national team. In the near forty years of his life, he spent twenty playing for the national team. |
Playing for the Armenian team from 1992 to 2012, Hovsepyan had 131 matches and scored 2 goals<ref name="FHM" /> and became the champion on to play a match for the national team. In the near forty years of his life, he spent twenty playing for the national team. |
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Hovsepyan played his final game on 14 November 2012 in a friendly match against [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]], which Armenia won 4–2, and then retired from association football afterward. That same night, Hovsepyan received a standing ovation from the [[Republican Stadium, Yerevan|Yerevan Republican Stadium]] audience. Hovsepyan was awarded a gold Medal of City Hall by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan and awarded a car by Armenian Football Federation head [[Ruben Hayrapetyan]] for his contributions to Armenian football. He was the last member of the original |
Hovsepyan played his final game on 14 November 2012 in a friendly match against [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]], which Armenia won 4–2, and then retired from association football afterward. That same night, Hovsepyan received a standing ovation from the [[Republican Stadium, Yerevan|Yerevan Republican Stadium]] audience. Hovsepyan was awarded a gold Medal of City Hall by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan and awarded a car by Armenian Football Federation head [[Ruben Hayrapetyan]] for his contributions to Armenian football. He was the last member of the original Armenia national team to retire.<ref name="MCH" /><ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյանն ավարտեց ֆուտբոլիստի կարիերան|url=http://sport.news.am/arm/news/11707/sargis-hovsepyann-avartec-futbolisti-karieran.html|publisher=sport.news.am|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը պարգևատրվեց Երևանի քաղաքապետի ոսկե մեդալով|url=http://www.panarmenian.net/arm/news/132488/|publisher=PanArmenian.Net|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy}}</ref> |
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==Coaching career== |
==Coaching career== |
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A couple months after retiring as a football player, Hovsepyan joined the coaching staff of FC Pyunik and became the assistant coach to the |
A couple months after retiring as a football player, Hovsepyan joined the coaching staff of FC Pyunik and became the assistant coach to the club's head coach and national team manager [[Vardan Minasyan]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը՝ Վարդան Մինասյանի օգնական|url=http://sport.news.am/arm/news/17194/sargis-hovsepyany-vardan-minasyani-ognakan.html|publisher=sport.news.am|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Hovsepyan has a son, who is training with Pyunik and plays for their junior club. It is Hovsepyan's dream for his son to play on the same football field as him.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյան. Մի երազանք ունեմ|url=http://sport.news.am/arm/news/1740/sargis-hovsepyan-mi-erazanq-unem.html|publisher=sport.news.am|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy}}</ref> |
Hovsepyan has a son, who is training with Pyunik and plays for their junior club. It is Hovsepyan's dream for his son to play on the same football field as him.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:Սարգիս Հովսեփյան. Մի երազանք ունեմ|url=http://sport.news.am/arm/news/1740/sargis-hovsepyan-mi-erazanq-unem.html|publisher=sport.news.am|accessdate=7 March 2013|language=hy}}</ref> |
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==Career statistics== |
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| style="text-align:center"|1 || 2 June 2007 || [[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]], Kazakhstan || {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]] || || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]] |
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| style="text-align:center"|2 || 9 September 2009 || [[Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium|Hanrapetakan Stadium]], [[Yerevan]], Armenia || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] || || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2010 World Cup qualifying]] |
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===As a player=== |
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*[[Armenian Premier League]] (9): [[1992 Armenian Premier League|1992]], [[1995–96 Armenian Premier League|1995–96]], [[2004 Armenian Premier League|2004]], [[2005 Armenian Premier League|2005]], [[2006 Armenian Premier League|2006]], [[2007 Armenian Premier League|2007]], [[2008 Armenian Premier League|2008]], [[2009 Armenian Premier League|2009]], [[2010 Armenian Premier League|2010]] |
*[[Armenian Premier League]] (9): [[1992 Armenian Premier League|1992]], [[1995–96 Armenian Premier League|1995–96]], [[2004 Armenian Premier League|2004]], [[2005 Armenian Premier League|2005]], [[2006 Armenian Premier League|2006]], [[2007 Armenian Premier League|2007]], [[2008 Armenian Premier League|2008]], [[2009 Armenian Premier League|2009]], [[2010 Armenian Premier League|2010]] |
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 November 1972 | ||
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]
Club career
Sargis Hovsepyan played his first match at the professional level when he was seventeen. It was in the Soviet Top League with second league club Malatia Yerevan. The following year, the Soviet Union collapsed. Sargis had then started competing in the Armenian Premier League of his now independent homeland. Hovsepyan first joined Lori Vanadzor in 1991 and was transferred to Pyunik Yerevan the following year. He immediately became the first star of the country. In 1992, he became the first player to be named Armenian Footballer of the Year. In the same year he made his debut for the national team. Hovsepyan was named Armenian Footballer of the Year again for 1995, becoming the first player to receive the award twice.[4]
Hovsepyan was switched clubs in 1997 to 1998 and spent the next part of his club career in Russia. Anatoliy Byshovets had acquired Hovsepyan and took him into Zenit St. Petersburg. Zenit coach Anatoli Davydov later believed Hovsepyan to be suited for right-back. In this position, Sargis was so good that by the end of the season in 1999, the leaders of the club called him the best player on the team. The first season Hovsepyan joined them, Zenit won the 1998–99 Russian Cup, the Russian Cup in history. The categorically refused to sell any kind. Hovsepyan began to receive the interest of CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow.
However, Yury Morozov, the next coach of St. Petersburg, had decided not to use Hovsepyan for any useful positions. And thus he unwittingly provoked the subsequent parting player with the club. No player in the new center of defense look convincing. Suffice it to say that in the list of 33 best for the season of 2002, Hovsepyan was in second place - just after Sergei Ignashevich. But in just a couple of months, it turned out that without Hovsepyan in Zenit, the defense was superfluous. In the football club, tactical revolution broke out. The team became the defensive line, and the specialty of the last defender suddenly lost its relevance.
Vlastimil Petržela, who brought St. Petersburg advanced developments, claimed the Armenian defender couldn't do their plays. Sargis was unable to fit into the new tactical realities. "Hovsepyan did blunders, played frankly bad. But the 'zone' is not understood - man all his life playing personal, and in thirty years to relearn hard" said Vyacheslav Malafeev. This does not provide an understanding of why the coach did not use the defense in a different role, on the flank. Petrzhela then explained that Hovsepyan lacked speed. Adoption of a strange, given that it is this quality that has always been one of the main advantages of the player. Apparently, the defender simply agreed whatever the coach felt, and in the summer of 2003, Hovsepyan left Zenit and was forced on the transfer list. A couple of years later, Petrzhela, watching from St. Petersburg, had another defender, Daniel Kiritse, who wished him not to get lost in football, as Hovsepyan. From the present day, farewell funny. Because the "lost" Sargis ten years has been claimed in the big football, and the pan coach after the Zenit has had it once quickly. Play the game in 2003 at the club Torpedo-Metallurg, Hovsepyan returned to Pyunik and left from Russia. He won a lot of national trophies in 2008 and won the Armenian Footballer of the Year award for a third time in 2008. He is the first player to win the award three times, a feat that has only been matched by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
In the match of the 1st round of the 2010 Armenian Premier League, Sargis Hovsepyan had his 500th match in meetings, becoming the second player of Armenia who overcame the barrier of 500 matches. This match could mark Hovsepyan scoring a goal, but could not due to a penalty.[5]
On 10 May 2010, winning in Pyunik the final match of the Armenian Cup against Banants, he became the oldest player in the history of the Armenian football to win the Cup. On that day, Hovsepyan was 37 years and 189 days. This figure surpassed the previous one, which was owned by Karen Simonyan, who won the Cup in 36 years and 336 days (2007). Hovsepyan also owns another cup record. In total he had in this tournament 62 games.[6]
Hovsepyan has been on the winning team of the Armenian Premier League for nine seasons, the most of any player in the history of the League.
Sargis Hovsepyan retired as a football player in 2012. On this occasion, the former captain of Pyunik and the national team made a special appeal to the entire football community, in which he stated that, in his opinion, it is time to hang up his boots.[7]
International career
The first match for Hovsepyan and the Armenia national football team was held on 14 October 1992 in a home game qualifier against Moldova, which ended 0–0.[8]
In December, the UEFA Executive Committee, while in Prague, took a decision that players who have played a part of their national team for 100 matches will receive their awards from UEFA. These awards will also be awarded retroactively. Thus Hovsepyan, who played more than 100 matches in the national team of Armenia, in absentia, won this award.[9]
Playing for the Armenian team from 1992 to 2012, Hovsepyan had 131 matches and scored 2 goals[5] and became the champion on to play a match for the national team. In the near forty years of his life, he spent twenty playing for the national team.
"I don't think I'm a legend; I simply did my job."
-Sargis Hovsepyan[10]
Hovsepyan played his final game on 14 November 2012 in a friendly match against Lithuania, which Armenia won 4–2, and then retired from association football afterward. That same night, Hovsepyan received a standing ovation from the Yerevan Republican Stadium audience. Hovsepyan was awarded a gold Medal of City Hall by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan and awarded a car by Armenian Football Federation head Ruben Hayrapetyan for his contributions to Armenian football. He was the last member of the original Armenia national team to retire.[2][11][12]
Coaching career
A couple months after retiring as a football player, Hovsepyan joined the coaching staff of FC Pyunik and became the assistant coach to the club's head coach and national team manager Vardan Minasyan.[13]
Personal life
Hovsepyan has a son, who is training with Pyunik and plays for their junior club. It is Hovsepyan's dream for his son to play on the same football field as him.[14]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hovsepyan goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2 June 2007 | Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | |
2 | 9 September 2009 | Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | Belgium | 2–1 | 2010 World Cup qualifying |
Honours
As a player
Pyunik Yerevan
- Armenian Premier League (9): 1992, 1995–96, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Armenian Cup: 1996, 2004, 2009, 2010
- Armenian Supercup (5): 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
Zenit St. Petersburg
- Russian Cup: 1998–99; runner-up: 2001–02
- Russian Premier League Cup: 2003
Individual
- Armenian Footballer of the Year: 1992, 1995, 2008[15]
As a manager
Pyunik Yerevan
See also
References
- ^ Armenia - Record International Players
- ^ a b Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը պարգևատրվել է Երևանի քաղաքապետարանի ոսկե մեդալով (in Armenian). ARMFOOTBALL.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը կաշխատի Հայաստանի հավաքականում (in Armenian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ ԼԱՎԱԳՈՒՅՆ ՖՈՒՏԲՈԼԻՍՏԻ ՄԽԻԹԱՐՅԱՆԻ 2-ՐԴ ՏԻՏՂՈՍԸ (in Armenian). armtown.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ a b Овсепян провел свой 500 матч в официальных играх (in Russian). ARMFOOTBALL.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Սարգիս Հովսեփյանն ամենատարեց գավաթակիրն է (in Armenian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Սարգիս Հովսեփյանն ավարտեց կարիերան (in Armenian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Sargis Hovsepyan". armfootball.tripod.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը մրցանակ կստանա ՈՒԵՖԱ-ի կողմից (in Armenian). armsport.am. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Armenia stalwart Hovsepyan hangs up his boots". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Սարգիս Հովսեփյանն ավարտեց ֆուտբոլիստի կարիերան (in Armenian). sport.news.am. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը պարգևատրվեց Երևանի քաղաքապետի ոսկե մեդալով (in Armenian). PanArmenian.Net. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Սարգիս Հովսեփյանը՝ Վարդան Մինասյանի օգնական (in Armenian). sport.news.am. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Սարգիս Հովսեփյան. Մի երազանք ունեմ (in Armenian). sport.news.am. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ ԼԱՎԱԳՈՒՅՆ ՖՈՒՏԲՈԼԻՍՏԻ ՄԽԻԹԱՐՅԱՆԻ 2-ՐԴ ՏԻՏՂՈՍԸ (in Armenian). ArmSport.am. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
External links
- Sargis Hovsepyan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Sargis Hovsepyan at FootballDatabase.eu
- Career history at armfootball.tripod.com
- Sargis Hovsepyan at Soccerway
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Yerevan
- Armenian men's footballers
- Armenia men's international footballers
- Armenian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- FC Pyunik players
- FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
- FC Moscow players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Armenian Premier League players
- Russian Premier League players
- FIFA Men's Century Club
- Soviet men's footballers
- Soviet Armenians
- Armenian football managers
- Armenian Premier League managers