Petros Avetisyan (; born 7 January 1996) is an Armenian professional

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er who plays as a

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for Alashkert.

Club career

Banants

Born in Yerevan, Avetisyan started his career at Malatia football school that later was renamed as

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. After progressing through the club's youth system, he became top scorer of Banants-2 in Armenian First league in 2014–15 season and moved to the first team of the club. On 11 November 2014, he made his debut in Armenia Premier League in away match against Pyunik. In two weeks he already was in starting line-up of Banants. In 2015–16 he was one of the key players of Banants. The club won the

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Pyunik

On 29 July 2016, Avetisyan signed for Pyunik on a six-month loan deal, and played almost all the matches in Starting line-up of the club in the first half of 2016–17 season. On 23 January 2017, he officially was transferred from Banants to Pyunik. At the beginning of 2018 he was linked to moving to Ukrainian clubs

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and

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Ararat-Armenia

On 27 February 2019, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Petros Avetisyan. Avetisyan made his Ararat-Armenia debut on 2 March 2019 in a 4–1 Premier League home win against Ararat Yerevan. He entered the pitch in 55th minute and scored his first Ararat-Armenia goal in 90th minute. In the same season, Avetisyan won to the title of Armenian Premier League with Ararat-Armenia and became champion of Armenia for the first time.

Tobol

On 12 January 2020, Ararat-Armenia announced that Avetisyan had moved to

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in the

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, with Tobol confirming the signing on 14 January 2020. He made his debut for FC Tobol on 14 March 2020 in Kazakhstan Premier League Matchday 2 fixture against Zhetysu, as a 90th-minute substitute for

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. He became Kazakhstan vice-champion with Tobol. On 19 January 2021, Tobol confirmed that Avetisyan had left the club.

Noah

On 27 February 2021, Avetisyan returned to the

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, signing for

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. He helped his club with 5 goals to reach the second position in the league.

Shakhter Karagandy

On 16 February 2022, Petros Avetisyan signed a contract with

club Shakhter Karagandy. On 18 July 2022, Shakhter Karagandy announced the departure of Avetisyan by mutual agreement.

Akzhayik

On 20 August 2022, Petros Avetisyan signed a contract with

club

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. On the same day he scored his first goal for Akzhayik making it 2–0 in the game with Caspiy.

Maktaaral

On 5 March 2023, Petros Avetisyan signed a contract with

club FC Maktaaral. He left the club in June 2023.

Khimki

On 22 July 2023, he moved to the

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club

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Ararat-Armenia loan

On 15 January 2024, Ararat-Armenia announced the return of Avetisyan on loan from

until the end of the season.

Alashkert

On 13 September 2024, Alashkert announced the signing of Avetisyan.

International career

Avetisyan made his debut in

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on 8 September 2015 in a home match against Romania. On 3 November 2016 he was called up to

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for the first time. On 13 June 2017 he scored his first goal for

as captain. It was against Gibraltar U21 in UEFA U21 Championship Qualifying Round of 2019 in

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, Portugal. He made his debut for the senior squad on 26 March 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Finland, as a 74th-minute substitute for Edgar Babayan.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Banants *

: 2015–16 *

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Ararat-Armenia *

: 2018–19 * Armenian Supercup:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Avetisyan, Petros 1996 births Footballers from Yerevan Living people Armenian men's footballers Armenia men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Armenian sportsmen Armenia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Urartu players FC Pyunik players FC Ararat-Armenia players Armenian Premier League players Armenian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan FC Noah players FC Shakhter Karagandy players FC Maktaaral players FC Akzhayik players FC Khimki players FC Alashkert players Kazakhstan Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Russia