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Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan (Armenian: Էդուարդ Մկրտիչի Սպերցյան; Russian: Эдуард Мкртычевич Сперцян; born 7 June 2000) 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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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	126	(44)
International career^‡
2021–	Armenia	36	(10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2025

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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.^[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, Spertsyan made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Krasnodar on 18 September 2020 in a match 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 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.^[4]

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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.

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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 (her maiden name was Ekman). The footballer has an older brother, Eric, with whom the age difference is three years.^[6]

Spertsyan married Alina Karapetyan on June 23, 2023.^[7] The celebration took place in Pyatigorsk and was organized in the traditional Armenian style.^[8] Alina is a relative of the former Armenian national team footballer Aleksandr Karapetyan.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 October 2025

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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	11	4	4	1	—	1^[c]	0	16	5
Total	126	44	29	5	2	0	2	0	159	49
Career total	213	62	29	5	2	0	7	0	251	67

[a]
Appearances in FNL Cup
[b]
Appearances in UEFA Champions League
[c]
Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 9 September 2025^[10]

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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	4	4
Total	36	10

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

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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
10	9 September 2025	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Republic of Ireland	1–0	2–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification