About the presentation of the ex-forward of "Spartak" Yura Movsisyan as a football player of "Real Salt Lake".
Spartak forward Yura Movsisyan wanted to return to the US two years ago. According to the agent of the Armenian striker Patrick McCabe, the football player wanted to return to Real Salt Lake, whose colors he had already defended before moving to Europe.
As a result, Movsisyan's wish came true only last weekend, when the clubs signed a one-year lease agreement. And two days later there was a presentation of the newcomer.
"I'm very happy to be back home," Movsisyan began his speech, wearing the number 14 jersey. "Salt Lake is my home, because with the local team I became the champion of MLS. This is the best thing that happened in my career."
"This is a very emotional day for me and my family because I'm back in Salt Lake," the former leader of the Spartacists continued. "I'm very excited and can't wait to get on the field in front of our fans. We hope to win the championship again ".
Further, Movsisyan praised his agent and the general manager of the club, Craig Weibel, who were able to persuade Spartak to let him go home, despite the fact that the contract between the forward and the red-whites expires in just 1.5 years (in fact, last winter the forward extended the contract with Spartak... And according to some reports, the agreement is calculated until 2019. - Note. "SE").
Yura MOVSISYAN in his first Russian club "Krasnodar". Photo by Vitaly TIMKIV.
In turn, the owner of Real Salt Lake, Utah Loy Hansen, noted the difficult course of negotiations with Spartak. According to the functionary, the football player was able to leave Moscow only thanks to the "Russian mafia".
“Movsisyan literally had to turn to someone like the Russian mafia for help to make this transfer happen,” Hansen said. “No one wanted to just back down, it was very difficult to make this deal.”
The best for Movsisyan in Spartak was the 2013/14 season, in which he scored 16 goals in 27 Premier League matches. Summing up his stay in the Moscow club, Movsisyan noted: " The more success I achieved, the worse the attitude towards me was.".
“It was the right time,” the player’s agent began to talk about the details of the transition. “We were waiting for the end of the autumn part of the RFPL championship, because people were tired and they needed a break for the holidays. And Salt Lake put pressure on Spartak, because the club needed to understand what lineup would be preparing for the championship in January.
Yura MOVSISYAN started in Spartak very briskly - with a hat-trick against Terek. Photo by Alexander FEDOROV, "SE"
Movsisyan is still a confident and daring striker, as he was before. But now he has a reputation that he will need to uphold - that he is one of the best forwards in MLS.
“Six years ago I was a completely different footballer,” says Yura, who is expecting his third child in April. “Now I have gained experience by playing in different leagues, under different circumstances. I had to adapt to life in new countries. All this made me more strong player."
"Now nothing will make me give up. Nobody can say that I'm not very good, because I know what I am. I know what kind of player I am, I know that I can score goals. I do not promise that "I'll help defensively, but I'll definitely start defending offensively. I'll score goals. Self-confidence has made me who I am today."
During his previous tenure with Salt Lake, Movsisyan was a top-notch scorer. Now he believes that he has become a stronger forward.
“One thing I’m definitely doing better now is that now I only need one chance to score a goal,” Movsisyan assures. .
Movsisyan shouldn't have any problem adapting because Nick Rimando, Kyle Beckerman, Jemison Olava, Javier Morales and Tony Beltran were his teammates back in 2009. And they all keep playing Salt Lake. And current mentor Jeff Kassar was one of the assistant coaches at the time.
"There is rarely a family atmosphere in professional teams," Movsisyan says. "I played for clubs where football is just a business, and people were always trying to somehow hurt each other."
Yes, Real Salt Lake is not the club that Movsisyan left, but he is ready to thrive.
“I’m not here to relax,” summed up the ex-Spartak striker. “I didn’t return to MLS to enjoy life and career. I’m here to win the championship again. one of the best hitters in the league."
He moved with his family to Los Angeles, USA in 1999, where he began playing football at the age of 12 at Pasadena High School. Played a year for Pasadena City College, where he was discovered by MLS league scouts. In 2006, he became a player for the Kansas City team, in which he played 28 games and scored 5 goals. A year later, Movsisyan signed a contract with Real Salt Lake, where he spent two seasons, scoring 15 goals in 53 games and winning the MLS Cup.
"Randers"
In 2010, Yura Movsisyan defended the colors of the Danish club Randers, which also included his teammate Robert Arzumanyan. In 35 appearances for this club, he scored 17 goals, including five goals in five matches in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League.
"Krasnodar"
After a series of successful games for the national team, Dynamo Kiev and Rubin Kazan showed interest in Movsisyan. Later it was announced that Krasnodar had agreed on the transfer of the striker, and on January 26, Movsisyan signed a preliminary contract with the club. The transfer amount was 2 million euros. In the first match in the Russian Cup against Amkar, he scored an assist. And in the match of the second round of the championship of Russia, coming on as a substitute, he scored a goal against Spartak-Nalchik.
April 27, 2012 Movsisyan made the first double for Krasnodar. With a 2-1 win over Volga, Krasnodar secured a spot in the Premier League for next season.
Best of the day
According to the results of the 2011/12 championship, Movsisyan scored 14 goals (of which 5 from the penalty spot), thanks to this result, he took 4th place in the list of Premier League scorers, ahead of Samuel Eto'o, Kevin Kuranyi and Emmanuel Emenike by 1 goal.
"Spartak Moscow)
On November 27, 2012, information appeared that Movsisyan underwent a medical examination at Spartak, but after a few hours it was refuted. On December 1, a number of media outlets published information that Yura had signed a contract for 5 years, but Valery Karpin denied it after the match with Zenit. On December 7, 2012, Movsisyan's transfer to Spartak was confirmed by the player's agent, Spartak and Krasnodar. Among the competitors of the red and white were the clubs of the English Premier League - Everton and Stoke City. The contract was signed for 4.5 years with a salary of 1.5 million euros per year.
On March 10, in the match of the 20th round against Terek, Movsisyan made his debut for the new club. In this match, he scored a hat-trick, entering the history of Spartak Moscow as the first player to score a hat-trick in his debut match for the club. After the match, in an interview with Spartak's official YouTube channel, he said that this was his first hat-trick in an official match in his professional career.
Team career
On August 11, 2010, Movsisyan made his debut in the Armenian national team. In the match against the Iranian national team, which ended in a 3-1 victory for the Iranians, Movsisyan played the first 15 minutes of the game and was replaced by Edgar Manucharyan, as he arrived in Yerevan with a minor injury and was not able to play at least half. Movsisyan himself said that he had the opportunity to play in the US team, but he decided to become a player in the national team of his historical homeland. In Movsisyan's debut match for the national team, fans hung a poster on the podium with the inscription "Yura, welcome home." Movsisyan scored his first goal for the Armenian national team on September 3, 2010 in an away match against the Macedonian national team with a pass from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, in that match the Armenian national team lost a victory in the last seconds and ended the game with a score of 2:2. In the match with the Slovakian national team, he also scored a goal. And in the match with the Andorran national team, he helped to defeat the opponents with a score of 4:0, becoming the author of one of the goals. In the match with the national team of Macedonia, Jura once again showed his best side, making 3 assists. As a result, the Armenian team won a major victory with a score of 4:1.
Yura Movsisyan is an Armenian-American footballer, forward of the Armenian national team and forward of Spartak Moscow. He is recognized as one of the most talented and promising strikers in Armenia. He is also one of the twenty most sought-after players in Russian modernity.
Before football career
He was born on the sunny second of August 1987 (according to the sign of the Zodiac - Leo). Parents did not even imagine that their son would ever be called a triumphant forward. He himself did not immediately get used to the loud announcements of the announcers: "Yura Movsisyan scored!" The biography of his childhood (up to 12 years old) is practically unknown, and the football player himself does not like to talk about this topic. However, we know that the first years of his life were quite difficult, there was not enough money in the family. The main reason for emigrating to America is earnings.
Career
In 1999 Yura moved with his family to the USA. In America, the financial affairs of the family went uphill almost immediately. There Movsisyan joins the Pasadena (California) school team. Having achieved significant success at such an early age, he continues to develop his skills as part of the college football team.
In 2006, local scouts notice him and invite him to the Kansas City club. Only during the period 2006-2007 he was able to raise the club to a new level. In total, he participated in 28 matches and scored 5 goals. At the beginning of 2008, Yura Movsisyan moved to the more successful Real Salt Lake club, where he scored 15 goals in 53 games during the season.
At the same time, Movsisyan has his own agent - Patrick McCabe. It was he who, seeing the prospects of the player, decided to find him a club in Europe. In 2010, Movsisyan got into Randers (Denmark). Starts very well: 17 goals were scored in 35 matches.
Rubin Kazan, Dynamo Kiev, Krasnodar club noticed the player. With the help of a transfer of 2 million euros, the latter managed to get Movsisyan. And the Cubans did not lose. The forward played 50 matches for the team and scored 23 goals. Recognized as the best player of the club in 2011.
Team play
Having two citizenships (Armenia and the USA), Yura Movsisyan nevertheless decided to give preference to historical roots. The debut game for the Armenian national team took place in early August 2010. Just 15 minutes after the start of the match, he was injured and had to leave the field. However, this did not stop his fans from holding a sign saying "Yura, welcome home!" until the end of the game.
The first goal in the Armenian national team was scored on September 7 of the same year against the team from Macedonia during the qualifying rounds of Euro 2012. Great hopes are pinned on Yura Movsisyan, because he is rightfully considered the main striking force of the national team.
Playing for Spartak
At the end of November 2012, information appeared in the media that Yura Movsisyan underwent a medical examination at Spartak. Spartak immediately denied this information. However, already on December 7, the transfer of the player from Krasnodar to the Moscow club was officially announced. His fee amounted to one and a half million euros per year, the contract was signed for 4.5 years.
In early March 2013, he makes his debut and immediately makes a hat-trick. He further helped secure a tie against Swiss St. Gallen in late August 2013. On November 10, 2013, in the battle against Zenit, he makes another hat-trick. However, aggravated during the game casts doubt on his further participation in the championship. After playing three more matches, he is forced to go to the United States for an operation. In the spring of 2014, he fully recovered and returned to the field.
Achievements and awards
Yura Movsisyan, despite his young years, already has a number of prestigious awards at the world and national level:
- MLS Cup (2009).
- Eastern Conference playoff winner (2009).
- The best player of the month according to the Russian version (August 2012).
- FAF Sympathy Prize (2010).
- Shared with Wanderson the title of "Best scorer of the Russian Championship" (2012-2013).
- Entered the top twenty best Russian football players (2012-2013).
Personal life
Yura Movsisyan and his wife have been together for five years. The wedding took place when the striker was 19 years old. The wife Marianna gave the Armenian player two children: the youngest daughter Aida was born in 2012, the son Arman was born in 2010. Before the start of the 2013-2014 football season. Yura made himself a tattoo with the names of children.
- There is an opinion that Yura Movsisyan does not speak Russian. However, this myth has long been debunked. The forward knows the language very well and speaks excellent Russian.
- On the occasion of the MLS Cup award, he was invited to the White House, where he had the opportunity to personally communicate with Barack Obama.
- Movsisyan is considered one of the Red-Whites' record purchases.
- Fans, speaking about the forward, like to use the phrase: "The best Armenian is Movsisyan."
- In an interview, he claims that he always wanted to play for Armenia. However, he has no desire to play for the clubs of the country.
- Favorite football teams are London's Arsenal, Turin's Juventus, Marseille's Olympique and Real Madrid. Childhood idols are striker and midfielder Zinedine Zidane.
Forward of the Armenian national team Yura Movsisyan, who in recent years was considered one of the few stars of Spartak in the offensive line, is leaving the Moscow club. The Red-Whites agreed with the former team of Jura, the American Real Salt Lake, on the transfer of the attacker on loan with the possibility of redemption. The agreement is valid until December 1, 2016.
Thanks to Yura for the time spent in our team and wishes him success in his future career,” the message on the club’s official website says.
The striker himself, in turn, thanked the Moscow team and its fans for their support on the Facebook page.
“I am delighted to announce my return to MLS and my former team Real Salt Lake, with whom I won the Cup in 2009,” the player wrote. —
I sincerely thank Spartak and all devoted fans for their support. I look forward to starting a new chapter in my career."
In a commentary for the official Salt Lake website, Movsisyan added that it was the high level of the Russian Premier League that made him what he is now.
“There are a lot of players with big names in the Russian championship,” the football player noted. “Here they spend a lot of money on serious players. The level of the Russian league is very high by European standards. It was a pleasure for me to score goals and play against such strong opponents. I always wanted to compare myself with them.
This made me concentrate more on the game and prove my worth every day. It made me who I am now."
General manager Craig Weibel said he was pleased with the return of the striker.
“Movsisyan is a real scorer. According to statistics, he is productive wherever he plays. Plus, he's in his prime right now. We are interested in high-level football players coming to us, and Yura is one of them. We are very glad that he returned to us, ”the official website of the club reports the words of the functionary.
The United States for Movsisyan is actually a second home. He came to the States from Baku at the age of 12, started his football career there and achieved his highest achievement so far - victory in the 2009 MLS Cup.
Subsequently, he played for the Danish Randers and the Russian Krasnodar, and in the 2012/13 season, having already moved to the red-and-white camp, he became the top scorer of the championship with 13 goals. And although Yura during this period established himself as a specialist in teams from the bottom of the standings, Spartak seriously hoped to solve the problem of the main striker with his help.
At first everything went great. Already in the debut meeting, Movsisyan scored a hat-trick against Terek, going down in history as the first player of the “people's team” to score three goals in the opening match for the club, and the first representative of Armenia to achieve such success in the Premier League.
However, a series of injuries, problems with being overweight and, perhaps, a lack of motivation did not allow the striker to truly reveal himself. In the 2013/14 season, he was still productive, scoring an even more important hat-trick in the game with the principal rival of the red-and-whites - however, he failed to bring Spartak to a new level.
Failures followed on all fronts, and even the title of the best player of the team according to the fans is unlikely to greatly sweeten the unpleasant results of the season.
The next year turned out to be completely crumpled. Due to injuries, Movsisyan appeared in only 16 league matches (and only in one he played all 90 minutes), scored two goals and gradually ceased to be considered as the main striking force of the club.
With the purchase, it seemed that Yura would finally have fire support and he would get a chance to open up in Spartak, but the results of the Armenian scorer in the new championship, obviously, did not impress the management.
In total, the player played 66 matches as part of the red-whites, scoring 27 goals. His contract with Muscovites runs until the summer of 2017.
Now the capital club will again have to solve the problem of the second forward, who would not only replace Yura, but would become for the club what Movsisyan could not do - a real leader of attacks.
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