Petrosyan Artur Grayrovich (born December 17, 1971) is an Armenian footballer, a midfielder. He played for clubs in the Soviet and Russian leagues, as well as for the Armenia national team. In 1999 he played for Nizhny Novgorod's "Lokomotiv" in the Russian championship.[1]

Club career

Petrosyan took his first steps in professional football with Shirak of Leninakan (later Gyumri): in 1989–1990 he played a total of 72 matches for the club in the Second League tournaments of the USSR championship and scored 6 goals.[2] In the 1999 season, Petrosyan played for Lokomotiv (Nizhny Novgorod) in the Top Division of the Russian championship — he played 6 matches and scored no goals.[1]

With the Armenia national team

Petrosyan played 25 matches for the Armenia national team and scored 5 goals, all of them in European Championship qualifying tournaments.[2] In the qualifying cycle for Euro 1996 he played 10 matches (1 goal), in qualifying for Euro 2000 — 7 matches (1 goal), and in qualifying for Euro 2004 — 8 matches (3 goals). Among the team's opponents in these periods were Spain, France, Ukraine, Greece, Denmark, Belgium, and Northern Ireland.[2]

In Nizhny Novgorod

Petrosyan spent the 1999 season with Lokomotiv (Nizhny Novgorod), which was then playing in the Top Division of the Russian championship. For the team he played 6 matches in the league.[1]

Links

Sources

  1. russtrikers.ru — Petrosyan Artur Grayrovich on the Football Scorers of Russia website
  2. teams.by — Petrosyan Artur Grayrovich — Petrosyan Artur — profile of the footballer, player