Artur Petrosyan (journalist)

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
Born (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979
Moscow, Soviet Union
Alma materMoscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics
OccupationSports journalist, editor-in-chief, football scout
Websitetwitter.com/arturpetrosyan

He is best known for his time at the oldest Russian sports magazine Futbol, Russia-2 TV channel, Sport Express daily and occasional contribution to such media outlets as The Guardian, ESPN FC, The New York Times, BBC and others.

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 talents in Russia and Armenia for the Guardian’s annual feature[2]

Career

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 turning his career into football.[3]

His first position was at Dynamo Moscow Football Club in 2001 as a presenter, interpreter and stadium announcer at International matches.[4]

In 2003 he started writing for the Futbol magazine, mostly concentrating on investigative journalism and interviewing foreign football players coming to Russia.[5]

In 2007 Petrosyan became the football chief 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. He’s been the editor-in-chief of the website since then.

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 football starts 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 giving analysis and predictions on 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.

In 2017 he started writing for ESPN FC.

References
  1. "The 100 best footballers in the world 2016". The Guardian. December 2016.
  2. "Next Generation 2016: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. October 2016.
  3. "Artur Petrosyan: "At one point I realized that it's not for me"". News.am. 2013-09-03.
  4. "Dynamo Moscow – Glasgow Rangers – 1:4 Highlights". 2001-11-01.
  5. "Baffour Gyan: The hero's brother, the princess' husband". Futbol. 20 April 2007.
  6. "Oliver Kahn in Russia". Sportbox.ru. May 2011.
  7. "Ruud Gullit: "Wesley Sneijder is a good option for Zenit"". Sportbox.ru. February 2012. Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  8. "Bebeto comes to Russia". Sportbox.ru. March 2012.
  9. "Cristiano Ronaldo: "I wouldn't mind to play in Russia"". Sportbox.ru. September 2011.
  10. "Henrikh Mkhitaryan: "You should work hard, not dream"". Sport Express. March 2013.
  11. "Bruce Grobbelaar: "Football feels just like a war"". Sportsdaily.ru. June 2010.
  12. "Euro 2016. Pundits' predictions results". The Bookmaker Ratings. July 2016.
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