Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 November 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Qizilqum Zarafshon | ||
Youth career | |||
Nisa Aşgabat | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2004 | Şagadam | 17 | (2) |
2005 | Esil-Bogatyr | 12 | (1) |
2006 | Aşgabat | 23 | (8) |
2006–2009 | Shurtan Guzar | 95 | (24) |
2010 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 22 | (2) |
2011–2016 | Nasaf Qarshi | 140 | (64) |
2016 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 14 | (1) |
2017– | Qizilqum Zarafshon | 3 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2007– | Turkmenistan | 16 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 November 2016 |
Artur Gevorkyan (born 22 November 1984) is a professional Turkmen footballer who currently plays for Qizilqum Zarafshon and the Turkmenistan national football team.
Of Armenian origin, Gevorkyan currently plays for Nasaf Qarshi since 2011. Before joining Nasaf he played for Pakhtakor Tashkent. In 2011 Gevorkyan won 2011 AFC Cup with Nasaf, scoring 4 goals in tournament and 11 goals in League matches.
In 2013 season Gevorkyan scored 18 goals, only one goal less than best scorer Oleksandr Pyschur. He was named on 2014 Uzbekistan Football award ceremony the UzPFL Player of the Year. He was named four times UzPFL Player of the Month in 2013 season. Gevorkyan became in 2014 best League goalscorer, scoring again 18 goals in League matches. In 2015, he won with Nasaf his first Uzbek Cup, scoring in final match against Bunyodkor on 17 October 2015 first goal of Nasaf. On 17 February 2016 in Uzbekistan Super Cup match against the current champion Pakhtakor Gevorkyan scored on 40 minute the only goal of the match, securing victory of his club. He made significant contribution to the club's Cup victories in 2015.
On 4 March 2016 he was announced by Uzbekistan Football Federation for the 2nd time Uzbek League Player of Year in 2015 according survey results among sport journalist.
Played for Turkmenistan futsal team at 2006 AFC Futsal Championship.
He made debut for Turkmenistan on 11 October 2007 in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualificatuon match against Cambodia. In his 2nd match for national team on 28 October 2007, 2nd leg match against Cambodia in Ashgabat ended with 4–1 score, Gevorkyan scored two goals.