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Yura Movsisyan
Movsisyan playing for Spartak
Personal information
Full name Yura S. Movsisyan
Date of birth (1987-08-02) 2 August 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Baku, Azerbaijani SSR
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Spartak Moscow
Number 12
Youth career
2005 Pasadena Lancers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Kansas City Wizards 28 (5)
2007–2009 Real Salt Lake 53 (15)
2010–2011 Randers 30 (12)
2011–2012 Krasnodar 50 (23)
2012– Spartak Moscow 3 (3)
International career‡
2010– Armenia 18 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2012

Yura Movsisyan (Armenian: Յուրա Մովսիսյան, born 2 August 1987 in Baku) is an Armenian football player who currently plays forward for the Armenian national team and for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League.

Early life

Yura Movsisyan was born 2 August 1987 in Baku, Azerbaijani SSR to an Armenian family of parents Sergey Movsisyan and Aida Sahakyan and brothers Movses and Hovhannes. Yura has no memories of his home. All he recalls is his family left in "late 2001 or early 2002" because of what Yura remembers as "Killing ... everything."[1] His family moved to the United States, Los Angeles, an area with a large Armenian community. Movsisyan attended and played soccer at Pasadena High School, and played a year of college soccer at Pasadena City College before being discovered by MLS scouts prior to the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. His idol is Thierry Henry.[2]

Club career

Kansas City Wizards

Movsisyan was signed to a Generation Adidas contract and became the surprise of draft day, with the Kansas City Wizards selecting him with the fourth overall pick, the highest in MLS history for a player who did not go to a Division I college program or was not a U.S. youth international. After one game being unused, Movsisyan finally made his debut, coming on as a substitute, in a 2-1 loss against D.C. United on 13 May 2006. In his first season, he failed to produce to score his first goal for the club and had become a regular player in the first team. The following season, Movsisyan scored his first goal of his professional career in a 3-0 win over Toronto on 25 April 2007. Soon after, this was followed up when he scored a brace against New York Red Bulls next month on 16 May 2007. He would score twice more goals, rising up to five, against Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA.

Real Salt Lake

On the 2007 trading deadline, Movsisyan was traded to Real Salt Lake[citation needed]. Movsisyan made his debut on 17 September 2007 in a 2-2 draw against Los Angeles Galaxy and setting up a goal for Carey Talley. At the last game of the season, Movsisyan received a red card, for the first time of his career, in a 1-0 loss against Houston Dynamo. The next season, Movsisyan would score his first goal in a 4-3 loss against Houston Dynamo on 16 August 2008. On 6 September 2008, Movsisyan scored and set up a goal for Will Johnson in a 2-2 draw against Los Angeles Galaxy, followed by scoring a brace in a 3-2 win over San Jose Earthquakes at the same months. Movsisyan was the player to score Real Salt Lake's first ever MLS Cup Playoffs goal when he scored the winner (and only goal) on 1 November 2008 at Rio Tinto Stadium, when the Utah side beat Chivas USA. At Real Salt Lake, Movsisyan had been on the goalscoring form. Movsisyan signed a pre-contract with Danish club Randers FC on 6 July 2009, with an agreement to join the club following the conclusion of the 2009 MLS season. Having helped Real Salt Lake win their first ever MLS Cup championship that season after beating Los Angeles Galaxy 5-4 on penalties although he was substituted in the second half, Movsisyan left the club and joined Randers on 1 January 2010.[3]

Randers FC

Movsisyan made his debut for Randers FC on the opening game of the season in 0-0 draw against Esbjerg fB on 7 March 2010 and scored a brace twice in a 3-1 win over Silkeborg IF on 14 April 2010 and a 2-0 win over Midtjylland in the same month. At the end of the season, Movsisyan made 13 appearance and scoring 7 in an impressive form despite playing in the second half of the season. During that season, Movsisyan scored twice and provided an assist for Søren Pedersen in a 6-1 win over Dudelange in the first round of Europa League and would win 7-3 on aggregate to advanced to the next round. Another match win in the Europa League, Movsisyan scored a brace in a 3-2 loss against Lausanne-Sport, but the club was eliminated after a 1-1 draw, which Movsisyan scored in the match. The club would In Randers FC, Movsisyan replaced the past season topscorer Marc Nygaard's position, from the first match of the spring season. In Denmark he established himself as a powerhouse, playing a major role in the saving of Randers FC from relegation from the Danish Superliga. His good performance led the Russian side Rubin Kazan and Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv.[4]

Krasnodar

He was sold for €2.5 million to FC Krasnodar in Winter 2011.[5] Movsisyan made his debut in an opening game of the season on 12 March 2011 in a 0-0 draw against Anzhi Makhachkala and scored his first goal in a 2-0 win over with the help of YoungSleepySpartak Nalchik in the next game. After fighting injury early in the season, Movsisyan has become a major producer on the team and has netted 14 goals, including a brace against Volga (that win would keep the club safe from relegation) and a goal, own goal and an assist in a 2-2 draw against Amkar Perm. At the end of the season, Movsisyan was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the Year for 2011 by the club.[6] Even after the 2011/12 season, Movsisyan was named the top 10 best new foreign player and was the topscorer in the Relegation group. In the opening game of the season, Movsisyan scored a brace in a 2-1 win over Rubin Kazan and scored another and provide an assist for Joãozinho in a 3-1 win over Lokomotiv Moscow. He would score twice brace in a 2-2 draw against Amkar Perm and another goal and an assist for Dušan Anđelković in a 6-1 win over against Mordovia Saransk. His goalscoring form made him linked with various club. But this didn't stop Krasnodar as the club offered him a new three year contract[7] However, the club couldn't match his salary after Movsisyan wanted a higher salary, according to Manager Slavoljub Muslin.[8] Movsisyan stated Krasnodar will always be dear to him and expressed gratitude to Krasnodar FC president Sergey Galitsky for ensuring perfect conditions for professional growth.[9]

Spartak Moscow

Movsisyan completed a move to Spartak Moscow on 8 December 2012 for a reported €7.5 million and signed a contract for 4.5 years with a salary of € 1.5 million a year.[10] He is the 7th most expensive transfer in Spartak history.[11] On 10 March 2013, Movsisyan made his debut for the new club in a home game against Terek Grozny. Movsisyan had an immediate impact by scoring a hat-trick, leading to Spartak victory 3-1.[12][13] This was the first hat-trick Movsisyan scored in his career and he became the first Spartak player to score a hat-trick in their debut.[14]

International career

Movsisyan originally stated that his goal was to gain American citizenship and join the United States national team.[15] However, on 9 August 2010, he joined the Armenia national team and made his debut in a friendly against Iran on 11 August 2010.[16] He was one of the most prolific strikers in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, netting in 4 goals and assisting in 5 others.[17]

Personal life

Movsisyan is married to his wife Marianna. They have two children, a daughter, Aida (b. 2012), and a son, Arman (b. 2010).[18][19]

Spartak legends Nikita Simonyan and Alexander Mirzoyan have personally sent well wishes to Movsisyan in connection with his becoming a Spartak player. Mirzoyan personally wished Movsisyan success and gave Movsisyan an autographed photo of him. Simonyan wrote to Movsisyan, “Dear Yura, I hope that you win more titles at Spartak than I. I wish you success!” Movsisyan replied: “It will be difficult to exceed Simonyan’s achievements—[both] as a player and a coach. Thanks very much for such valuable gift. I know of Simonyan and Mirzoyan as the greatest players, and I am proud to be an Armenian just like them. I have not seen them play, but I know that they have done a lot for Spartak. I am not even close to them [in terms of accomplishments]. [But] I certainly do have plans. I want to score goals and achieve wins. [And] when something goes successfully, I will enter into history at that time.”[20]

Career stats

Club

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cup Continental Competition Friendly/Other Total
App Goals App Goals App  Goals App Goals App Goals
Kansas City Wizards 2006 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2007 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5
Total 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 5
Real Salt Lake 2007 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2008 22 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 25 8
2009 26 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 30 8
Total 53 15 7 1 0 0 0 0 60 16
Randers FC 2009–10 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7
2010–11 17 5 3 4 5 5 1 0 26 14
Total 30 12 3 4 5 5 1 0 39 21
FC Krasnodar 2011–12 37 14 1 0 0 0 6 8 44 23
2012–13 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9
Total 50 23 1 0 0 0 6 8 57 32
FC Spartak Moscow 2012–13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Total 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Career Totals 162 58 11 5 5 5 7 8 185 77

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2010-9-7 Philip II Arena, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia  Macedonia 0–1 2–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
2 2010-10-8 Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Slovakia 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
3 2010-10-12 Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Andorra 3–0 4-0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
4 2011-9-6 Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia  Slovakia 0–1 0-4 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5 2012-5-6 Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Kazakhstan 3-0 3-0 Friendly match

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Honours

Club

United States Real Salt Lake

Russia Krasnodar

References

  1. ^ "Combine presents land of opportunity". Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Յուրա Մովսիսյան. Երբ նայում ես Մեսիին ու Ռոնալդուին, հասկանում ես, որ պետք է շատ աշխատել". sport.news.am. Retrieved 6 March 2013. Template:Hy icon
  3. ^ Movsisyan signs pre-contract with Randers, will leave RSL after season
  4. ^ "Юра Мовсисян: "Я прислушался к сердцу и выбрал Армению"" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  5. ^ Yura Movsisyan joins FC Krasnodar
  6. ^ "Лучшим игроком ФК "Краснодар" в 2011 году признан Юра Мовсисян" (in Russian). Official Site of FC Krasnodar. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  7. ^ "FC Krasnodar to offer Yura Movsisyan 3-year contract". PanArmenian.net. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Yura Movsisyan wants higher salary – Krasnodar manager". News.am Sport. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  9. ^ "Yura Movsisyan: Krasnodar FC will always be dear to me". PanArmenian.Net. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  10. ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/news/american-exports-movsisyan-completes-spartak-080342121--mls.html
  11. ^ "Յուրա Մովսիսյանը՝ «Սպարտակի» ամենաթանկ տրանսֆերների ցուցակում". sport.news.am. Retrieved 5 March 2013. Template:Hy icon
  12. ^ "Спартак - Терек. СОГАЗ-Чемпионат России по футболу 2012/2013, 20-й тур, № 160". rus.rfpl.org. Retrieved 10 March 2013. Template:Ru icon
  13. ^ "Спартак Москва vs. Терек Грозный 3 - 1". ru.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 March 2013. Template:Ru icon
  14. ^ "Мовсисян — первый, кто сделал хет-трик за "Спартак" в дебютном матче чемпионата". championat.com. Retrieved 10 March 2013. Template:Ru icon
  15. ^ You Asked?: Yura Movsisyan Answers, Goal.com, 20 July 2009, retrieved 30 June 2010
  16. ^ U.S. striker joins Armenia’s national soccer team, Armenian Reporter, 9 August 2010, retrieved 9 August 2010 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ "Former RSL striker Movsisyan completes Spartak move". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  18. ^ "Armenian striker Yura Movsisyan's life has gone full circle as he stars in Russia". goal.com. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  19. ^ "Հայաստանի հավաքականի ֆուտբոլիստների կանայք (ֆոտո)". sport.news.am. Retrieved 7 March 2013. Template:Hy icon
  20. ^ "Յուրա Մովսիսյանի պատասխանը Նիկիտա Սիմոնյանին". sport.news.am. Retrieved 5 March 2013. Template:Hy icon

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