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{{short description|Armenian footballer}}
{{for|the Russian journalist|Artur Petrosyan (journalist)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Artur Petrosyan
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|12|17}}
| birth_place = [[Gyumri]], [[Armenian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height = 1.79 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = FC Thalwil (manager)
| years1 = 1989–1998
| clubs1 = [[Shirak Gyumri]]
| caps1 = 254
| goals1 = 112
| years2 = 1998–1999
| clubs2 = [[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
| caps2 = 14
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1999
| clubs3 = [[FC Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod|Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod]]
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1999–2000
| clubs4 = [[Shirak Gyumri]]
| caps4 = 42
| goals4 = 28
| years5 = 2000–2003
| clubs5 = [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]
| caps5 = 70
| goals5 = 15
| years6 = 2003–2006
| clubs6 = [[FC Zürich]]
| caps6 = 45
| goals6 = 15
| totalcaps = 431
| totalgoals = 170
| nationalyears1 = 1992–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[Armenia national football team|Armenia]]
| nationalcaps1 = 69
| nationalgoals1 = 11<ref name="RSSSF"/>
| manageryears1 = 2006–2016
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Zürich]] (youth)
| manageryears2 = 2014–2016
| managerclubs2 = [[Armenia national football team|Armenia]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2016–2018
| managerclubs3 = [[Armenia national football team|Armenia]]
| manageryears4 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs4 = [[Lori FC|Lori]]
| manageryears5 = 2020–2022
| managerclubs5 = [[FC Zürich]] (youth)
| manageryears6 = 2022
| managerclubs6 = [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers U18]]
| manageryears7 = 2022–
| managerclubs7 = FC Thalwil
}}

'''Artur Petrosyan''' ({{langx|hy|Արթուր Պետրոսյան}}; born 17 December 1971) is an Armenian [[association football|football]] coach and a former [[midfielder]]. He is the manager of Swiss club FC Thalwil.

==Playing career==
Petrosyan was the all-time leading scorer for the [[Armenia national football team|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 [[exhibition game|friendly match]] against [[Moldova national football team|Moldova]] on 14 October 1992.<ref name="RSSSF">{{cite web|title=Artur Petrosyan - International Appearances and Goals |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/petrosyan-intl.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref> [[Henrikh Mkhitaryan]] overtook Petrosyan as Armenia's all-time scorer in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rg.ru/2013/10/16/armenia-site-anons.html | script-title=ru:Генрих Мхитарян стал лучшим бомбардиром в истории сборной Армении | language = ru | publisher = rg.ru | date = 16 October 2013 | access-date = 8 September 2014}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
Petrosyan worked as youth coach of [[FC Zürich]], the last club he played for as a professional.

He also worked as the manager of [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers]]' under 18 squad.<ref>[https://www.gcz.ch/nachwuchs/nachwuchsleistungszentrum/u18/#tab_c4443 U18 - Grasshopper Club Zürich]</ref>

In October 2016, Petrosyan become the manager of [[Armenia national football team|Armenia national team]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Artur Petrosyan is the new manager of Armenia football team |url=https://sport.mediamax.am/en/news/football/20261 |website=Sport.mediamax.am |access-date=5 February 2019 |date=19 October 2016}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="RSSSF"/>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="12"|[[Armenia national football team|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
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!69!!11
|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Artur Petrosyan
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 15 November 1995 || Denmark || {{fb|Denmark}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || [[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 7 May 1997 || Ukraine || {{fb|Ukraine}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 9 October 1999 || Andorra || {{fb|Andorra}} || || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 4 February 2000 || Cyprus || {{fb|Cyprus}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 3 June 2000 || Lithuania || {{fb|Lithuania}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || rowspan="2"|7 October 2000 || rowspan="2"|Armenia || rowspan="2"|{{fb|Ukraine}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–3 || rowspan="2"|[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || 6 June 2001 || Armenia || {{fb|Poland}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9 || 7 September 2002 || Armenia || {{fb|Ukraine}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–2|| [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10 || 29 March 2003 || Armenia || {{fb|Northern Ireland}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11 || 7 June 2003 || Ukraine || {{fb|Ukraine}} || || style="text-align:center"|3–4 || UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
|}

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|match played 27 March 2018}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Armenia national football team|Armenia]]
|align=left|2016
|align=left|2018
{{WDL|11|5|2|4}}
|-
|}

==Honours==
'''[[Shirak FC|Shirak Gyumri]]'''
*[[Armenian Premier League]] (4): [[1992 Armenian Premier League|1992]], [[1994 Armenian Premier League|1994]], [[1995 Armenian Premier League|1995]], [[1999 Armenian Premier League|1999]]
*[[Armenian Supercup]] (2): 1996, 1999
'''[[Maccabi Petach Tikva FC|Maccabi Petach Tikva]]'''
*[[Toto Cup]] (1): 1999
'''[[FC Zürich]]'''
*[[Schweizer Cup|Swiss Cup]] (1): 2005
*[[Swiss Super League]] (1): [[2005–06 Swiss Super League|2005–06]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{NFT player|371}}
*[http://armfootball.tripod.com/id126.html armfootball.tripod.com]
*{{FootballFacts.ru|13139}}

{{Armenian Premier League top scorers}}
{{Armenian Footballer of the Year}}
{{Armenia national football team managers}}

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