Artur Petrosyan (; born 17 December 1971) is an Armenian

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coach and a former

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. He is the manager of Swiss club FC Thalwil.

Playing career

Petrosyan was the all-time leading scorer for the Armenia national team, having scored 11 goals, and had participated in 69 international matches since his debut in the national team's first game in a home

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against

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on 14 October 1992.

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overtook Petrosyan as Armenia's all-time scorer in 2013.

Managerial career

Petrosyan worked as youth coach of

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, the last club he played for as a professional. He also worked as the manager of

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' under 18 squad. In October 2016, Petrosyan become the manager of Armenia national team.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Petrosyan goal.''

Managerial statistics

Honours

Shirak Gyumri *

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(4):

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

* Armenian Supercup (2): 1996, 1999 Maccabi Petach Tikva *

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(1): 1999

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(1): 2005 *

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(1): 2005–06

References

External links

*
armfootball.tripod.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrosyan, Artur 1971 births Living people Footballers from Gyumri Armenian men's footballers Armenia men's international footballers Armenian expatriate men's footballers Shirak SC players Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players BSC Young Boys players FC Zürich players Armenian Premier League players Russian Premier League players Swiss Super League players Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Armenian football managers Armenia national football team managers Men's association football midfielders Soviet Armenians Soviet men's footballers