Yura Movsisyan
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 August 1987 | ||
Place of birth |
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2006 | 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) |
2012–2016 | Spartak Moscow | 62 | (25) |
2016 | → Real Salt Lake (loan) | 29 | (9) |
2017–2018 | Real Salt Lake | 28 | (7) |
2018 | → Djurgårdens IF (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2018 |
Chicago Fire | 4 | (0) |
International career | |||
2010–2018 | Armenia | 38 | (14) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Yura Movsisyan (
Early life
Yura Movsisyan was born 2 August 1987 to Armenian parents Sergey Movsisyan and Aida Sahakyan and brothers Movses and Hovhannes. His family arrived in the US in 2000,
Club career
Kansas City Wizards
Movsisyan was signed to a
Real Salt Lake
In September 2007, Movsisyan was traded to
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. By the end of the season, Movsisyan had made 13 appearances and scored 7 goals in an impressive form despite only 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 won 7–3 on aggregate to advance 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. 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.[5]
Krasnodar
He was sold for €2.5 million to
Spartak Moscow
Movsisyan completed a move to
Spartak legends Nikita Simonyan and Alexander Mirzoyan personally sent well wishes to Movsisyan in connection with his becoming a Spartak player. Mirzoyan 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."[16]
Return to Real Salt Lake
On 15 January 2016, Real Salt Lake announced that it had signed Movsisyan as a designated player on loan from Spartak.[17] Real acquired his rights on a permanent basis on 10 October 2016.[18]
Movsisyan was waived by Salt Lake for league roster purposes on 2 March 2018,[19] although he remained under contract.[20]
Djurgårdens IF
On 25 March 2018, it was confirmed that Djurgården had signed Movsisyan on a 6-month long loan with a possible extension of another 6 months. He made his debut in a 2–0 loss against city rivals AIK, coming on as a substitute in the second half. After 16 minutes of play he was handed a straight red card.[21] On 10 May 2018, he appeared for Djurgarden in a 3-0 victory over Malmö FF in the Swedish Cup Final.[22] After sustaining a thigh injury which kept him out of the squad for several weeks, he left the club to continue his rehabilitation in the USA.
Chicago Fire
On 14 September 2018,
International career
Movsisyan originally stated that his goal was to gain American citizenship and join the United States national team.[25] However, on 9 August 2010, he joined the Armenia national team and made his debut in a friendly against Iran on 11 August 2010.[26] He was one of the most prolific strikers in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, netting four goals and assisting on five others.[27] As of March 2016, Movsisyan had been indefinitely ruled out from representing Armenia by the head of Armenia's Football Federation (FFA), Ruben Hayrapetyan, as a result of his lack of commitment to national team play, following allegation of match fixing during the EURO 2016 qualifying campaign.[28] As he participated in official FIFA competitions via European Qualification matches with Armenia, he is not eligible to represent the United States. He had returned to the Armenian side by November 2018 and scored four goals against Gibraltar.[29]
Personal life
Movsisyan was raised in
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | |
2009 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 8 | |
Total | 53 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 60 | 16 | |
Randers FC | 2009–10 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 |
2010–11 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | |||
Total | 30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 17 | |
Krasnodar | 2011–12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 38 | 14 |
2012–13 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | |
Total | 37 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 51 | 23 | |
Spartak Moscow | 2012–13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
2013–14 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 18 | |
2014–15 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
2015–16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
Total | 62 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 27 | |
Real Salt Lake | 2016 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 9 |
2017 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | |
Total | 57 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 16 | |
Djurgårdens IF | 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Career total | 271 | 89 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 314 | 109 |
International
- Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Movsisyan goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 7 September 2010 | Philip II Arena, Skopje , Republic of Macedonia |
North Macedonia | 1–0 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualification |
2 | 8 October 2010 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan , Armenia |
Slovakia | 1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualification |
3 | 12 October 2010 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | Andorra | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualification |
4 | 6 September 2011 | Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia | Slovakia | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualification |
5 | 6 May 2012 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly
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6 | 11 June 2013 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
7 | 3–0 | |||||
8 | 11 October 2013 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | Bulgaria | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
9 | 15 October 2013 | Stadio San Paolo, Naples , Italy |
Italy | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
10 | 16 October 2018 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | North Macedonia | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
11 | 16 November 2018 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar |
Gibraltar | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
12 | 2–1 | |||||
13 | 3–1 | |||||
14 | 4–1 |
Honours
Real Salt Lake
Djurgårdens IF
Individual
- FC Krasnodar Player of the Season: 2011–12
- Russian Premier League top scorer: 2012–13 (joint, 13 goals)
- Russian Premier League Player of the Month: August 2012
- List of 33 top players of the Russian league: 2013–14
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External links
- Yura Movsisyan at Soccerway
- Yura Movsisyan at Major League Soccer
- Danish Superliga player statistics at danskfodbold.com (in Danish)
- Yura Movsisyan at National-Football-Teams.com