Eduard Spertsyan

Eduard Spertsyan
Spertsyan with Armenia in 2025
Personal information
Full name Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan
Date of birth (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000
Place of birth Stavropol, Russia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Ahli
Number 8
Youth career
2010–2018 Krasnodar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Krasnodar-3 13 (1)
2018–2021 Krasnodar-2 74 (17)
2018–2026 Krasnodar 145 (53)
2026– Al-Ahli 2 (1)
International career‡
2021– Armenia 42 (12)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026

Eduard Mkrtychevich Spertsyan (Armenian: Էդուարդ Մկրտիչի Սպերցյան; Russian: Эдуард Мкртычевич Сперцян; born 7 June 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli. Born in Russia, he plays for the Armenia national team.

Club career

Spertsyan with Krasnodar in 2022

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]

On 7 July 2026, Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli announced the signing of Spertsyan to a four-year contract.[5]

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

On 7 November 2025, it was announced that Spertsyan had become the captain of the Armenian national team.[7]

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.

Spertsyan married Alina Karapetyan on 23 June 2023.[8] The celebration took place in Pyatigorsk and was organized in the traditional Armenian style.[9] Alina is a relative of the former Armenian national team footballer Aleksandr Karapetyan.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Krasnodar-2 2017–18 Russian Football National League 2 111———111
2018–19 Russian Football National League 110——5[b]0160
2019–20 Russian Football National League 200———200
2020–21 Russian Football National League 3216———3216
Total 7417——507917
Krasnodar-3 2018–19 Russian Second League 121———121
2019–20 Russian Second League 10———10
Total 131———131
Krasnodar 2020–21 Russian Premier League 50002[c]0—70
2021–22 Russian Premier League 25820——278
2022–23 Russian Premier League 2810134——4114
2023–24 Russian Premier League 291140——3311
2024–25 Russian Premier League 281160—1[d]03511
2025–26 Russian Premier League 3013111—1[d]04214
Total 14553365202018558
Al-Ahli 2026–27 Saudi Pro League 2111000032
Career total 23472376207028078
  1. ↑ Includes Russian Cup, King's Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in FNL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 1 2 Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 9 June 2026[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Armenia 202171
202262
2023101
202492
202585
202621
Total4212
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
131 March 2021Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Romania1–03–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
24 June 2022Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Republic of Ireland1–01–02022–23 UEFA Nations League B
327 September 2022Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland2–22–32022–23 UEFA Nations League B
417 October 2023Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica, North Macedonia North Macedonia1–31–3Friendly
57 September 2024Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Latvia4–14–12024–25 UEFA Nations League C
617 November 2024Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia1–02–12024–25 UEFA Nations League C
76 June 2025Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo Kosovo2–12–5Friendly
89 June 2025Gradski Stadium, Nikšić, Montenegro Montenegro1–02–2Friendly
92–2
109 September 2025Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Republic of Ireland1–02–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
1116 November 2025Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal Portugal1–11–92026 FIFA World Cup qualification
126 June 2026Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Kazakhstan1–11–1Friendly

Honours

FC Krasnodar

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Game Report by PFL". Russian Professional Football League. 17 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Безвыигрышная серия прервалась матчем с "Химками" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 1 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Krasnodar v Khimki game report". Russian Premier League. 18 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Krasnodar v Chelsea game report". UEFA. 28 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Eduard Spertsyan is an Al Ahli Player". Al-Ahli Saudi FC. 7 July 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Ireland shocked in Armenia as Spertsyan hits winner RTÉ News, 4 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Eduard Spertsyan Named New Captain of the Armenian National Team". sportaran.com. 7 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Нюхин, Даниил (23 June 2023). "Полузащитник «Краснодара» Эдуард Сперцян женился". www.championat.com (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Полузащитник «Краснодара» Сперцян женился". matchtv.ru (in Russian). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "Футболист «Краснодара» Сперцян женился на родственнице экс-игрока «Сочи» Карапетяна". Рамблер/спорт (in Russian). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "Eduard Spertsyan". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "«Краснодар» впервые стал чемпионом Мир РПЛ!" [Krasnodar became the champions of Mir RPL for the first time!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Eduard Spertsyan voted Armenia's Player of the Year". Public Radio of Armenia. 26 December 2022.
  14. ↑ "Все лауреаты первой ежегодной премии Winline Герои РПЛ" [All winners of the first Winline Heroes of the RPL award] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "Все лауреаты второй премии Winline Герои РПЛ" [All winners of the second Winline Heroes of the RPL award] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  16. ↑ "Агкацев, Дивеев, Сперцян, Кордоба – лауреаты премии WINLINE Герои РПЛ по своим амплуа" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 July 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Все лауреаты первой ежегодной премии Winline Герои РПЛ" [All winners of the first Winline Heroes of the RPL award] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  18. ↑ "ЭДУАРД СПЕРЦЯН – WINLINE ЛУЧШИЙ ИГРОК ОКТЯБРЯ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 11 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Эдуард Сперцян – WINLINE игрок ноября и декабря!" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 18 December 2025.
  20. ↑ "ЭДУАРД СПЕРЦЯН – АВТОР WINLINE ГОЛА АПРЕЛЯ!" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 10 May 2024.
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