Zhora Hovhannisyan (, born 16 April 1987) is an

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

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Club career

Hovhannisyan played for

FC Pyunik Football Club Pyunik (), commonly known as Pyunik (), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the Kentron neighbourhood of Yerevan. Pyunik is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its creation in 1992, has always ...

before switching in July 2004 to

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team

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

. In January 2008, he moved on loan from

to Greek

Beta Ethniki The Football League () was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super League 2 as the new second tier ...

club

Agios Dimitrios Agios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος meaning Saint Dimitrios, before 1928: Μπραχάμι - ''Brahami'') is a town in Attica, Greece, and a suburb in the southern part of the Athens agglomeration. Geography Agios Dimitrios is ...

. Hovhannisyan joined Doxa Kranoula in July 2008 and, in January 2009, moved to A.O. Kymis, which participates in the local amateur league of Euboea (division 1). In 2010, Zhora joined the now disbanded Russian club

Saturn Moscow Oblast FC Saturn Ramenskoye () is a Russian professional football club, based in the town of Ramenskoye in Moscow Oblast. It is also sometimes referred to as FC Saturn Moscow Region (). History The club was founded in 1946. Although the club is based ...

. Soon afterward, he joined Lokomotiv Tashkent which was coached by his father Khoren Hovhannisyan. Zhora Hovhannisyan had been announced the best foreign player of Uzbekistan in 2012. Later, in the year of 2013, he signed with most successful Uzbek club,

Pakhtakor Tashkent Pakhtakor Football Club () is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city of Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor is often considered the most successful football club in Uzbek ...

, and was given the No. 10 jersey. He was included in the roster of Pakhtakor for the 2013 season of the

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. Hovhannisyan scored his first goal for Pakhtakor in a home 2–0 victory over Neftchi FK.

International career

Hovhannisyan is a former member of the Armenia U-19 junior team and Armenia U-21 youth team. He has not been called to the

Armenia national football team The Armenia national football team () represents Armenia in men's international football, and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia, the governing body for football in Armenia. After gaining independence from the Soviet Union, ...

because of the national team's already strong attacking midfield, according to head coach

Vardan Minasyan Vardan Minasyan (; born 5 January 1974) is an Armenian football manager and former player who is the football manager of Ararat-Armenia in the Armenian Premier League. He played as a midfielder in his native Armenia, in Switzerland and in Russ ...

. Minasyan said he will always keep him under their spotlight and that it's possible he will be invited to the national team in future.

Personal life

Zhora's father is former

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

footballer Khoren Hovhannisyan, ex-president of Armenia's

team and the Golden Player of Armenia recipient of the

UEFA Jubilee Awards To celebrate the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)'s 50th anniversary in 2004, each of its member associations was asked by UEFA to choose one of its own players as the single most outstanding player of the past 50 years (1954–2003). ...

.The son of Khoren Hovhannisyan is on try-out in Saturn - Arm Football
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hovhannisyan, Zhora 1987 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian men's footballers 21st-century Armenian sportsmen Armenian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Pyunik players Olympiacos F.C. players PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Armenian Premier League players Doxa Kranoula F.C. players FC Saturn Ramenskoye players Uzbekistan Super League players Uzbekistan Pro League players