Eduard Spertsyan

Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan (Armenian: Էդուարդ Մկրտիչի Սպերցյան; Russian: Эдуард Мкртычевич Сперцян; born 7 June 2000) is an 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.

Eduard Spertsyan

Spertsyan with Krasnodar in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan
Date of birth	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Stavropol, Russia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Krasnodar
Number	10
Youth career
2010–2018	Krasnodar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Krasnodar-3	13	(1)
2018–2021	Krasnodar-2	74	(17)
2018–	Krasnodar	117	(41)
International career‡
2021–	Armenia	34	(9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2025

Club career

Krasnodar

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.^[1] He made his Russian Football National League debut for Krasnodar-2 on 1 October 2018 in a game against FC Khimki.^[2]

After scoring seven goals in the first nine games of the FNL season for FC Krasnodar-2, he made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Krasnodar on 18 September 2020 in a game against FC Khimki.^[3] On 28 October 2020, he made his European debut as a late substitute in the Champions League 4–0 home loss to Chelsea, making him the youngest ever Armenia national team player to ever play UEFA Champions League group stages, surpassing Henrikh Mkhitaryan for over a year and one month.^[4] He was top assister at the 2022–23 Russian Premier League with 11 assists, two more than the runners-up, adding to his 10 goals on that same season - making him the only player in the league to reach double digit goals+assists and also earning him a spot in the Team Of The Season as well as the Best Midfielder of the Season award for 2022-23 - amid rumors linking him to teams like AFC Ajax, AC Milan and Olympique de Marseille. He also captained his team to the 2022–23 Russian Cup final, where they'd lose after going to penalty kick shootout.

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 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.^[5] On 17 October 2023 he scored the only goal for Armenia in a friendly game vs North Macedonia from a freekick.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 July 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Russian Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Krasnodar-2	2017–18	Russian Football National League 2	11	1	—		—		—		11	1
	2018–19	Russian Football National League	11	0	—		—		5[a]	0	16	0
	2019–20	Russian Football National League	20	0	—		—		—		20	0
	2020–21	Russian Football National League	32	16	—		—		—		32	16
	Total		74	17	—		—		5	0	79	17
Krasnodar-3	2018–19	Russian Second League	12	1	—		—		—		12	1
	2019–20	Russian Second League	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		13	1	—		—		—		13	1
Krasnodar	2020–21	Russian Premier League	5	0	0	0	2[b]	0	—		7	0
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	25	8	2	0	—		—		27	8
	2022–23	Russian Premier League	28	10	13	4	—		—		41	14
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	29	11	4	0	—		—		33	11
	2024–25	Russian Premier League	28	11	6	0	—		1[c]	0	35	11
	2025–26	Russian Premier League	2	1	0	0	—		1[c]	0	3	1
	Total		117	41	25	4	2	0	2	0	146	45
Career total			204	59	25	4	2	0	7	0	238	63

1. Appearances in FNL Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 9 June 2025^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Armenia	2021	7	1
	2022	6	2
	2023	10	1
	2024	9	2
	2025	2	3
Total		34	9

Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Spertsyan goal.

List of international goals scored by Eduard Spertsyan

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	31 March 2021	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Romania	1–0	3–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	4 June 2022	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–0	2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
3	27 September 2022	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	2–2	2–3
4	17 October 2023	Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica, North Macedonia	North Macedonia	1–3	1–3	Friendly
5	7 September 2024	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Latvia	4–1	4–1	2024–25 UEFA Nations League C
6	17 November 2024	Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	1–0	2–1	2024–25 UEFA Nations League C
7	6 June 2025	Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo	Kosovo	2–1	2–5	Friendly
8	9 June 2025	Gradski Stadium, Nikšić, Montenegro	Montenegro	1–0	2–2	Friendly
9				2–2

Honours

FC Krasnodar

• Russian Premier League: 2024–25^[7]
• Russian Cup runner-up: 2022–23

Individual

• Armenian Footballer of the Year: 2022^[8]
• Russian Premier League Midfielder of the Season: 2022–23,^[9] 2023–24^[10]
• Russian Premier League Team of the Season: 2022–23^[11]
• Russian Premier League Player of the Month: October 2023^[12]
• Russian Premier League Goal of the Month: April 2024 (on 24 April against Baltika Kaliningrad)^[13]