Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan

Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan

Personal information
Full name	Vyacheslav Miranovich Ambartsumyan
Date of birth	(1940-06-22)22 June 1940
Place of birth	Moscow, USSR
Date of death	4 January 2008(2008-01-04) (aged 67)
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Position(s)	Striker/Midfielder
Youth career
	FShM Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959	FC Spartak Moscow	8	(0)
1960–1962	CSKA Moscow	66	(11)
1963–1971	FC Spartak Moscow	165	(31)
1972	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	26	(2)
International career
1961	USSR	2	(0)
Managerial career
1973–1978	FShM Moscow (assistant)
1979	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent (director)
1982–1987	SC EShVSM Moscow (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vyacheslav Miranovich Ambartsumyan (Russian: Вячесла́в Мира́нович Амбарцумя́н; 22 June 1940 – 4 January 2008) was a Soviet footballer. A native of Moscow, he played midfielder and forward. He died in 2008 at the age of 67 after being hit by a motorist in Moscow.

Honours

• Soviet Top League winner: 1969.
• Soviet Cup winner: 1963, 1965, 1971.

International career

Ambartsumyan made his debut for USSR on 10 September 1961 in a friendly against Austria. He also played in a 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Turkey.

External links and references

• (in Russian) Profile
• (in Russian) Rambler