Gevorg Zhorzhiki Karapetyan (; ; born 15 December 1963) is a professional

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coach and former player who is the assistant coach of club Ansar. Born in Armenia, Karapetyan played as a defender or

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. He moved to Lebanon in 1993 and played for the Lebanon national team.

Managerial career

On 22 March 2021, Karapetyan was announced assistant coach of Ansar. On 5 January 2022, following the resignation of

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, Karapetyan was appointed interim coach of Ansar, leading them in their 2–0 win against Safa four days later.

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

Player

Homenmen Beirut *

Lebanese Second Division The Lebanese Second Division () is the second division of Lebanese football. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The 12 teams that participate in the league play each other twice, once at home and once awa ...

: 2002–03 *

Lebanese FA Cup The Lebanon Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in domestic Lebanese football. In the first FA Cup final, held on 26 June 1938, Nahda beat Hilmi-Sport 3–2 in the replay (after drawing 1� ...

runner-up: 1993–94 Ansar *

Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division (), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. Established in 1934 and organized by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), the Lebanese Premier Leagu ...

: 1997–98, 1998–99 * Lebanese FA Cup: 1998–99; runner-up: 2000–01 *

Lebanese Elite Cup The Lebanese Elite Cup () was a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was played by the top five finisher ...

: 1997, 2000; runner-up: 1998 *

Lebanese Federation Cup The Lebanese Federation Cup () is an annual cup competition in men's domestic football in Lebanon. Organised by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), it serves as the domestic league cup to the Lebanese Premier League and is contested before ...

: 1999, 2000 *

Lebanese Super Cup The Lebanese Super Cup () is Lebanese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Lebanese Premier League season and the holders of the Lebanese FA Cup. If the Lebanese Premier League champions also won the Lebanese FA ...

: 1997, 1998, 1999 Individual * Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99

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* * * 1963 births Living people Soviet Armenians Armenian men's footballers Lebanese men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Armenian emigrants to Lebanon Naturalized citizens of Lebanon Footballers from Yerevan Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders FC Ararat Yerevan players FC Kotayk players FC Spitak players FC Van players Homenmen Beirut players Al Ansar FC players Soviet Top League players Soviet First League players Soviet Second League players Armenian Premier League players Lebanese Premier League players Lebanese Second Division players Lebanon men's international footballers Asian Games footballers for Lebanon Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Armenian football managers Lebanese football managers Al Ansar FC managers Lebanese Premier League managers International sportspeople born abroad Naturalised association football players {{Lebanon-footy-bio-stub