Sargis Hovsepyan

Sargis Hovsepyan

Hovsepyan with Armenia in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Sargis Rubeni Hovsepyan
Date of birth	(1972-11-02) 2 November 1972 (age 44)
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	Malatia Yerevan	25	(0)
1991–1992	Lori Vanadzor	33	(0)
1992–1997	Pyunik Yerevan	153	(6)
1998–2003	Zenit St. Petersburg	153	(2)
2003–2004	Torpedo-Metallurg	14	(0)
2004–2012	Pyunik Yerevan	190	(14)
Total		568	(22)
National team
1992–2012	Armenia	132	(2)
Teams managed
2013–	FC Pyunik
2015	Armenia (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Sargis Hovsepyan (Armenian: Սարգիս Հովսեփյան, born on 2 November 1972) is a retired Armenian football player who played defender for the Armenian national team and who last played for Armenian Premier League club Pyunik Yerevan. Hovsepyan was also the long-time captain of the Armenia national team. He participated in 131 international matches and scored two goals since his debut in the national team's first game in a home friendly match against Moldova on 14 October 1992. Hovsepyan ended his career on 14 November 2012 at the age of 39, just over a month before turning 40 years old. He was the last member of the first Armenian national team to retire. After his final match, he was awarded the Medal of the City Hall. A month after the completion of his playing career, he was appointed director of the Armenian national team.

Sargis Hovsepyan played his first match at the professional level when he was seventeen. It was in the Soviet Top League with second league club Malatia Yerevan. The following year, the Soviet Union collapsed. Sargis had then started competing in the Armenian Premier League of his now independent homeland. Hovsepyan first joined Lori Vanadzor in 1991 and was transferred to Pyunik Yerevan the following year. He immediately became the first star of the country. In 1992, he became the first player to be named Armenian Footballer of the Year. In the same year he made his debut for the national team. Hovsepyan was named Armenian Footballer of the Year again for 1995, becoming the first player to receive the award twice.