Kamo Hovhannisyan

Kamo Hovhannisyan (Armenian: Կամո Հովհաննիսյան, born on 5 October 1992) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Armenian Premier League club Ararat-Armenia and the Armenia national team.

Kamo Hovhannisyan

Personal information
Full name	Kamo Artashesovich Hovhannisyan
Date of birth	(1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ararat-Armenia
Number	13
Youth career
2000–2001	Shengavit
2002–2007	Pyunik
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Patani	15	(0)
2009–2010	Pyunik-2	5	(5)
2009–2016	Pyunik	175	(27)
2017	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	28	(3)
2018–2019	Zhetysu	58	(6)
2020–2021	Kairat	39	(5)
2022–2023	Astana	42	(0)
2024–	Ararat-Armenia	37	(1)
International career‡
2009	Armenia U17
2009–2010	Armenia U19	5	(0)
2011–2013	Armenia U21	10	(1)
2012–	Armenia	88	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2025

Club career

Kamo Hovhannisyan was born in Yerevan to parents Artashes and Gayane Hovhannisyan. He began to get involved in football at the age of 6, and two years later, he was admitted to the football school Shengavit. The choice of Shengavit justified the proximity of schools to home. The family belonged to the football and loyal son to thwart the desires did not?. Moreover, his younger brother, Hovhannes, also followed in the footsteps of him. In Shengavit, he spent two years, after which, at the urging of his father, he went to football school Pyunik. In the 2008 season, Hovhannisyan played for the club Patani, which assembled youth team players up to age 17. The following season, he moved back to Pyunik. Hovhannisyan played mostly in the duplicate team, which played in the First League. In 2009, he had been awarded a contract with Pyunik. His debut for the main club was in the 2009 season. It happened on 7 April, in the return game in the Armenian Cup quarterfinals against Cilicia.^[1] Hovhannisyan's Armenian Premier League debut was four days later, again against Cilicia. In both matches, Pyunik was the winner.^[2] On 12 July 2011, he made his debut in the Champions League match against Czech club Viktoria Plzeň, which ended in a 4–0 defeat for Pyunik.^[3]

On 16 January 2018, FC Alashkert announced that Hovhannisyan joined the club on a contract expiring on 1 August 2020.^[4] However, on 23 January 2018, Hovhannisyan joined FC Zhetysu of the Kazakhstan Premier League. On 11 January 2020, Hovhannisyan joined FC Kairat of the Kazakhstan Premier League on a two-year contract.^[5]

On 19 January 2022, Hovhannisyan signed for Astana.^[6] On 29 December 2022, Hovhannisyan extended his contract with Astana for the 2023 season.^[7] On 18 January 2024, Astana announced that Hovhannisyan had left the club.^[8]

On 20 January 2024, Hovhannisyan returned to the Armenian Premier League, signing for FC Ararat-Armenia.^[9]

International career

Hovhannisyan made his debut for the Armenia national team on 28 February 2012 in a friendly match against Serbia.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 August 2023^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Patani	2008	Armenian First League	15	0			—		—		15	0
Pyunik-2	2009	Armenian First League	5	5	—		—		—		5	5
Pyunik	2009	Armenian Premier League	4	0			—		—		4	0
	2010		16	0	4	0	0[a]	0	1[b]	0	21	0
	2011		25	0	2	0	2[a]	0	—		27	0
	2012–13		42	10	5	1	2[c]	0	—		49	11
	2013–14		22	3	5	1	2[c]	0	1[b]	0	28	4
	2014–15		26	9	5	0	2[c]	0	—		33	9
	2015–16		26	3	2	0	4[a]	1	—		32	4
	2016–17		14	2	2	2	2[c]	0	—		18	4
	Total		175	27	25	4	14	1	2	0	216	32
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	2017	Belarusian Premier League	28	3	3	1	—		1[d]	0	32	4
Zhetysu	2018	Kazakhstan Premier League	31	1	0	0	—		—		31	1
	2019		27	5	0	0	—		—		27	5
	Total		58	6	0	0	-	-	-	-	58	6
Kairat	2020	Kazakhstan Premier League	14	1	0	0	1[c]	0	0	0	15	1
	2021		25	4	6	0	12[e]	1	1[f]	0	44	5
	Total		39	5	6	0	13	1	1	0	59	6
Astana	2022	Kazakhstan Premier League	24	0	2	0	0[g]	0	—		26	0
	2023		18	0	5	0	14[h]	2	1[f]	0	38	2
	Total		42	0	7	0	14	2	1	0	64	2
Career total			362	46	41	5	41	4	5	0	449	55

1. Appearances and goals in the UEFA Champions League
2. Appearance in the Armenian Super Cup
3. Appearances and goals in the UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance in the Belarusian Super Cup
5. Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances in the UEFA Europa League, and six appearances and 1 goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League
6. Appearance in the Kazakhstan Super Cup
7. Appearance in the UEFA Europa Conference League
8. Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League and two appearances in the UEFA Europa League, and eight appearances and two goals in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

International

As of match played 6 June 2025^[11]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Armenia	2012	5	0
	2013	9	0
	2014	6	0
	2015	6	0
	2016	4	0
	2017	7	0
	2018	5	0
	2019	8	0
	2020	4	1
	2021	11	1
	2022	8	1
	2023	5	0
	2024	8	0
	2025	2	0
Total		88	3

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

List of international goals scored by Kamo Hovhannisyan

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 October 2020	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1–0	1–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
2	8 October 2021	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	1–0	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	16 November 2022	Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo	Kosovo	2–1	2–2	Friendly

Honours

Pyunik

• Armenian Premier League: 2009, 2010
• Armenian Cup: 2009, 2010
• Armenian Supercup: 2010; runner-up 2009

Ararat-Armenia

• Armenian Cup: 2023–24

Kairat

• Kazakhstan Premier League: 2020
• Kazakhstan Cup: 2021

Astana

• Kazakhstan Super Cup: 2023