Sarkisov Artur Sergeyevich (Artur Sarkisov; born January 19, 1987) is a Russian and Armenian footballer, a forward. He played in the Russian championship at the Premier League and First League levels for clubs from several regions; the most productive period of his career was spent with Nizhny Novgorod's Volga.[1]

Career

He began his professional career at Reutov in the Moscow Region, where he spent three seasons in the Second League (2006–2008), scoring 15 goals in 74 matches.[2] He then moved to Moscow's Lokomotiv-2, for whom in 2009–2010 he scored 31 goals in 42 Second League matches — one of the best scoring records of his career.[2] In the 2011/12 season he played in the First League for Yaroslavl's Shinnik (41 matches, 8 goals).[2]

In the 2012/13 season Sarkisov moved to Nizhny Novgorod's Volga, which was playing in the Premier League. In the middle of the 2013/14 season he was loaned to Yekaterinburg's Ural (13 matches, 1 goal), after which he returned to Volga.[1] In the 2014/15 season, now in the First League, he became one of the team's attacking leaders: 28 matches, 12 goals — the best result of his career in terms of goals per season.[2] In the 2015/16 season he played another 25 matches for Volga and scored 4 goals.[2]

After Volga he played for Mordovia (Saransk, 2016/17, 20 matches, 5 goals) and Krasnoyarsk's Yenisey, with which in the 2018/19 season he reached the Premier League and played 23 matches there, scoring 1 goal.[1][2] In the 2019/20 season he played another 19 First League matches for Yenisey.[2] He subsequently played for Olimp-Dolgoprudny (2020/21), Kuban Krasnodar (2021/22), and Kosmos (2022/23).[2]

In total, he played 64 matches and scored 8 goals in Russian Premier League championships across three clubs: Volga (28 matches, 6 goals), Ural (13 matches, 1 goal), and Yenisey (23 matches, 1 goal).[1]

International Career

He played for the Armenia national football team. He took part in the qualifying tournaments for the 2014 World Cup (9 matches, 1 goal), Euro 2016 (4 matches), the 2018 World Cup (2 matches), and the qualifiers for Euro 2020 (2 matches). He also played in the 2018 UEFA Nations League (League D, 2 matches).[2]

Nizhny Novgorod Chapter

At Nizhny Novgorod's Volga, Sarkisov spent a total of three and a half seasons, from 2012 to 2016. During that time he played 56 matches in Russian championships (including the Premier League and the FNL) and scored 19 goals, becoming one of the club's notable forwards during its spell at the top level.[1][2] In particular, in the 2012/13 season he scored two goals in an away Premier League match against Rostov (1–2) and one against Mordovia in Saransk.[3]

Sources

  1. 100bombardirov.ru — 100 Scorers — Russian Championship — Artur Sarkisov
  2. news.sportbox.ru — Sarkisov Artur Sergeyevich — Forward — Artur Sarkisov
  3. bombarder.narod.ru — 100 Scorers — Artur Sarkisov: All Goals for Russian Teams
  4. web.archive.org — Sarkisov Artur Sergeyevich — Forward — Volga — Artur Sarkisov (archive)