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Artur Petrosyan (Russian: Арту́р Петросья́н; born 21 September 1979 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian football journalist, editor-in-chief and football scout.
Artur Petrosyan | |
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| Born | 21 September 1979 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics |
| Occupation(s) | Sports journalist, editor-in-chief, football scout |
| Website | twitter |
He is best known for his time at the oldest Russian sports magazine, Futbol, Russia-2 TV channel, Sport Express, daily and occasional contributions to such media outlets as The Guardian, ESPN FC, The New York Times, and the BBC
Petrosyan represents Russia in the jury of the biggest media annual voting on the Player of the Year,[1] held by The Guardian, since 2014.
He also scouts for young football talent in Russia and the CIS for the Guardian's annual feature.[2]
Career edit
After receiving a Master of Economics degree from the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics, he worked at the Sberbank of Russia and Rosneft before quitting and pursuing a career in football.[3]
His first position was at Dynamo Moscow Football Club in 2001 as a presenter, interpreter and stadium announcer for international matches.[4] Petrosyan was Dick Advocaat's translator during the UEFA Cup match with Glasgow Rangers, which he managed at the time, and this indirectly served as the beginning of a new stage of his career related to football.
In 2003, he started writing for the Football magazine, mostly concentrating on investigative journalism and interviewing foreign football players coming to Russia.[5]
In 2007, Petrosyan became the chief football editor at the Russia-2 state TV channel's official website Sportbox.ru. He was also a host of live shows with a number of famous football celebrities like Oliver Kahn,[6] Ruud Gullit[7] and Bebeto[8] among others.
In 2013, he became the editor-in-chief of Sport Express digital. In 2016, after a dispute with the owners over a collective redundancy at the outlet, which led to his resignation, he started a new project called Sportfakt.ru along with most of the sacked Sport Express journalists and became its editor-in-chief.
Petrosyan has worked at major football events, such as World Cups, European Championships, Champions League and Europa League finals as an observer, reporter and a head of editorial board. He's interviewed many footballers like Cristiano Ronaldo,[9] Henrikh Mkhitaryan[10] and others, but the most remarkable interview he's ever had, as Petrosyan once stated, was with Bruce Grobbelaar[11] during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
During the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament Petrosyan was analysing and predicting football matches from France for The Bookmaker Ratings website, competing with other experts. He won the contest [12] with the best result and the biggest return on investment.
As a football scout, he considers his achievement to be the discovery of the little-known at the time Daniil Utkin, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Zuriko Davitashvili and Arsen Zakharyan.[13]
Since 2017, he has been a UEFA reporter at the matches of the Russian national team and Russian clubs in European club competitions.[14][15]
Personal life edit
Petrosyan participates in international backgammon competitions. In 2017, he became an unofficial speedgammon world champion at the world's biggest backgammon event Merit Open.[16]
In an interview, he admitted that the DNA test he took showed family ties with the former captain of Spartak Moscow and the Russian national team, Yegor Titov.[17]
References edit
- ^ "The 100 best footballers in the world 2016". The Guardian. December 2016.
- ^ "Next Generation 2016: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. October 2016.
- ^ "Artur Petrosyan: "At one point I realized that it's not for me"". News.am. 3 September 2013.
- ^ "Dynamo Moscow – Glasgow Rangers – 1:4 Highlights". YouTube. 1 November 2001.
- ^ "Baffour Gyan: The hero's brother, the princess' husband". Saturn-fc.ru. 20 April 2007.
- ^ "Oliver Kahn in Russia". Sportbox.ru. May 2011.
- ^ "Ruud Gullit: "Wesley Sneijder is a good option for Zenit"". Sportbox.ru. February 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Bebeto comes to Russia". Sportbox.ru. March 2012.
- ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo: "I wouldn't mind to play in Russia"". Sportbox.ru. September 2011.
- ^ "Henrikh Mkhitaryan: "You should work hard, not dream"". Sport Express. March 2013.
- ^ "Bruce Grobbelaar: "Football feels just like a war"". Sportsdaily.ru. June 2010.
- ^ "Euro 2016. Pundits' predictions results". The Bookmaker Ratings. July 2016.
- ^ "Sport news, live streaming & results". Eurosport.ru.
- ^ "Spartak Moskva-Liverpool Match events | UEFA Champions League 2017/18". Uefa.com.
- ^ "Belgium-Russia* | UEFA EURO 2020 2020". Uefa.com.
- ^ "Четыре представителя России стали призёрами крупнейшего турнира по нардам". Championat.com.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Артур Петросьян: Как поймать букмекера на ошибке?. YouTube.