22 Facts About Yura Movsisyan

Yura Movsisyan is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Yura Movsisyan played for the Armenia national football team, ending his career with 14 goals in 38 international games.

Yura Movsisyan was born 2 August 1987 to Armenian parents Sergey Movsisyan and Aida Sahakyan and brothers Movses and Hovhannes.

Yura Movsisyan's family arrived in the US in 2000, settling in the Los Angeles area, where there is a large Armenian community.

Yura Movsisyan attended Pasadena High School, and played a year of college soccer at Pasadena City College before being discovered by MLS scouts prior to the 2006 MLS SuperDraft.

Yura Movsisyan stated that his football idol was Thierry Henry.

Yura Movsisyan was signed to a Generation Adidas contract and became the surprise of draft day, with the Kansas City Wizards selecting him with the fourth overall pick, the highest in MLS history for a player who did not go to a Division I college program or was not a US youth international.

Yura Movsisyan became a regular player in the first team by the end of his first professional season.

In September 2007, Yura Movsisyan was traded to Real Salt Lake in a deal involving MLS SuperDraft picks and an international roster spot.

Yura Movsisyan was the player to score Real Salt Lake's first ever MLS Cup Playoffs goal when he scored the winner on 1 November 2008 at Rio Tinto Stadium, when the Utah side beat Chivas USA.

At Real Salt Lake, Yura Movsisyan had been on the goalscoring form.

Yura Movsisyan signed a pre-contract with Danish club Randers FC on 6 July 2009, with an agreement to join the club following the conclusion of the 2009 MLS season.

Yura Movsisyan replaced the past season topscorer Marc Nygaard's position, from the first match of the spring season.

Yura Movsisyan's goal scoring made him linked with various clubs.

Yura Movsisyan stated Krasnodar would always be dear to him and expressed gratitude to Krasnodar FC president Sergey Galitsky.

Yura Movsisyan is the 7th most expensive transfer in Spartak history.

On 10 March 2013, Yura Movsisyan made his debut for the new club in a home game against Terek Grozny.

Yura Movsisyan was waived by Salt Lake for league roster purposes on 2 March 2018, although he remained under contract.

Yura Movsisyan originally stated that his goal was to gain American citizenship and join the United States national team.

Yura Movsisyan was one of the most prolific strikers in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, netting four goals and assisting on five others.

Yura Movsisyan had returned to the Armenian side by November 2018 and scored four goals against Gibraltar.

Yura Movsisyan was raised in Los Angeles, holds Armenian and American citizenship.