Eduard Spertsyan


Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan is a Russian-Armenian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Russian Premier League club Krasnodar. Born in Russia, he plays for the Armenia national team.
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Club career

Spertsyan made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 17 March 2018 in a game against FC Biolog-Novokubansk. He made his Russian Football National League debut for Krasnodar-2 on 1 October 2018 in a game against FC Khimki.
After scoring seven goals in the first nine games of the FNL season for FC Krasnodar-2, Spertsyan made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Krasnodar on 18 September 2020 in a match against FC Khimki. On 28 October 2020, he made his European debut as a late substitute in the Champions League 4–0 home loss against Chelsea, making him the youngest ever Armenia national team player to ever play UEFA Champions League group stages, surpassing Henrikh Mkhitaryan for over one year and one month.

International career

On 17 February 2021, the Football Federation of Armenia confirmed that Spertsyan would join the Armenia national team in March to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers. Spertsyan made his debut for the national team on 31 March 2021 against Romania. He came on as a substitute at half-time, scoring in the 56th minute at the Republican Stadium. He scored in two Nations League matches against [Republic of Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland national football team|Ireland]. He scored the only goal in a match in Yerevan for Armenia to get the win, as well as at the away game in Dublin as Ireland would go on to win 3–2 at the Aviva Stadium. On 17 October 2023 he scored the only goal for Armenia in a friendly game vs North Macedonia from a freekick.
On 7 November 2025, it was announced that Spertsyan had become the captain of the Armenian national team.

Personal life

Spertsyan was born into a mixed family. His father, an ethnic Armenian, was previously involved in the tobacco business, and his mother has Russian-German roots. The footballer has an older brother, Eric, with whom the age difference is three years.
Spertsyan married Alina Karapetyan on 23 June 2023. The celebration took place in Pyatigorsk and was organized in the traditional Armenian style. Alina is a relative of the former Armenian national team footballer Aleksandr Karapetyan.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
131 March 2021Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia1–03–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
24 June 2022Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia1–01–02022–23 UEFA Nations League B
327 September 2022Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland2–22–32022–23 UEFA Nations League B
417 October 2023Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica, North Macedonia1–31–3Friendly
57 September 2024Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia4–14–12024–25 UEFA Nations League C
617 November 2024Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia1–02–12024–25 UEFA Nations League C
76 June 2025Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo2–12–5Friendly
89 June 2025Gradski Stadium, Nikšić, Montenegro1–02–2Friendly
99 June 2025Gradski Stadium, Nikšić, Montenegro2–22–2Friendly
109 September 2025Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia1–02–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
1116 November 2025Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal1–11–92026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

FC Krasnodar
Individual