Artur Petrosyan (Armenian: Արթուր Պետրոսյան; born 17 December 1971) is an Armenian football coach and a former midfielder. He is the manager of Swiss club FC Thalwil.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1971-12-17) 17 December 1971 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | Gyumri, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Thalwil (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1998 | Shirak Gyumri | 254 | (112) |
| 1998–1999 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 14 | (0) |
| 1999 | Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod | 6 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Shirak Gyumri | 42 | (28) |
| 2000–2003 | Young Boys | 70 | (15) |
| 2003–2006 | FC Zürich | 45 | (15) |
| Total | 431 | (170) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–2004 | Armenia | 69 | (11[1]) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2016 | FC Zürich (youth) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Armenia (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2018 | Armenia | ||
| 2018–2019 | Lori | ||
| 2020–2022 | FC Zürich (youth) | ||
| 2022 | Grasshoppers U18 | ||
| 2022– | FC Thalwil | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Petrosyan was the all-time leading scorer for the Armenia national team, having scored 11 goals, and had participated in 69 international matches since his debut in the national team's first game in a home friendly match against Moldova on 14 October 1992.[1] Henrikh Mkhitaryan overtook Petrosyan as Armenia's all-time scorer in 2013.[2]
Petrosyan worked as youth coach of FC Zürich, the last club he played for as a professional.
He also worked as the manager of Grasshoppers' under 18 squad.[3]
In October 2016, Petrosyan become the manager of Armenia national team.[4]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 11 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 November 1995 | Denmar |  Denmark |
1–3 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying | |
| 2 | 7 May 1997 | Ukraine |  Ukraine |
1–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 3 | 9 October 1999 | Andorra |  Andorra |
3–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying | |
| 4 | 4 February 2000 | Cyprus |  Cyprus |
2–3 | Friendly | |
| 5 | 3 June 2000 | Lithuania |  Lithuania |
2–1 | Friendly | |
| 6 | 7 October 2000 | Armenia | Ukraine |
2–3 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 7 | ||||||
| 8 | 6 June 2001 | Armenia |  Poland |
1–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 9 | 7 September 2002 | Armenia | Ukraine |
2–2 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying | |
| 10 | 29 March 2003 | Armenia |  Northern Ireland |
1–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying | |
| 11 | 7 June 2003 | Ukraine | Ukraine |
3–4 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Armenia | 2016 | 2018 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 045.45 |