Gevorg Gagiki Karapetyan (; born 10 June 1990) is an Armenian former footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Youth

From 2007 to 2008, Karapetyan competed in the

Armenian First League The Armenian First League () is currently the second level association football, football competition in Armenia after the Armenian Premier League. The competition exists mostly out of reserve teams of several Premier League clubs; however, other ...

as part of the reserve squad of FC Ararat. He scored 10 league goals in 37 matches and appeared in three additional

Armenian Independence Cup The Armenian Cup () is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It served as a qualification tournament for the Soviet Cup, and it ...

over that time.

Senior

For the 2009 season, Karapetyan was promoted to the first team squad at FC Ararat and stayed with the club until 2011. In total, he scored 22 goals in 22 matches as Ararat split time between the

and

Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League (, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within th ...

. In 2012, he moved to FC Banants, also of the Premier League. He stayed with the club until 2015, scoring 28 goals in 70 league matches. He also appeared in several matches for the club in 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualification. The following season, he played for fellow Premier League club

FC Mika Sport Club Mika (), commonly known as Mika, is an Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan. It was owned by the Mika Corporation LLC headed by the Russia-based Armenian businessman Mikhail Baghdasarov. The club headquarters were located o ...

, making 12 appearances and scoring 9 and (2 for cup )goals. After his brief spell with Mika, Karapetyan signed with

Alashkert FC Football Club Alashkert (), commonly known as Alashkert, is an Football in Armenia, Armenian football club based in the capital Yerevan, founded in 1990 in Martuni, Armenia, Martuni and after folding in 2000 re-founded in 2011. They currently pla ...

. Although he never made a Premier League appearance for the club, he made several appearances for the club in

2015–16 UEFA Europa League The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League was the 45th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the seventh season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final was played between Liverpoo ...

. In March 2016 it was announced that Karapetyan had signed for

Orange County Blues FC Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier ...

of the

United Soccer League The United Soccer League (USL) is an organizer of various professional and amateur soccer leagues in the United States league system. It currently organizes its Championship, League One, and League Two for men, its Super League and W Leag ...

, the third tier of the United States soccer league system ahead of the

2016 USL season The 2016 USL season was the sixth season of the United Soccer League and the twenty-second season of USSF sanctioned Division III play organized by the United Soccer Leagues. On August 6, 2015, the league announced that the season would cons ...

. He started for the team against Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 in the first match of the season but was substituted during the first half because of an injury. He originally impressed the club at an invitational camp held by the club in January 2016.

International career

Between 2011 and 2012 Karapetyan represented Armenia at the under-21 level as part of the squad that participated in 2013 European Under-21 Championship qualification. He appeared in six of the side's matches. In 2010, Karapetyan took part in the preliminary round of the

2011 UEFA Regions' Cup The 2011 UEFA Regions' Cup was the seventh edition of the UEFA Regions' Cup. The final tournament phase was held in Portugal, in the city of Braga. The cup was won by the hosts of the tournament, Braga, who beat Leinster & Munster from the Republi ...

, scoring 2 goals in 3 matches while representing

Malatya Malatya (; ; Syriac language, Syriac ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city has been a human settlement for thousands of y ...

Honours

Ararat Yerevan *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Banants *

: 2013–2014 *

Armenian Supercup The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League (, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Ar ...

: 2014 * Armenia Cup runner-up: 2014–2015

References

External links

FFA profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karapetyan, Gevorg 1990 births Living people People from Vedi Armenian men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Ararat Yerevan players FC Urartu players FC Mika players FC Alashkert players Orange County SC players Armenian Premier League players USL Championship players Armenian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Armenian expatriate sportspeople in the United States