YEREVAN, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS. Dmitri Alenichev, the head coach of “Spartak Moscow”, considers that the Armenian footballer Yura Movsisyan is in a better condition than the rest of the forwards of the team.

” Yura Movsisyan played in the first-team squad as he is in a better condition than the opponents. He entered the field and scored. This victory was natural. We were very disciplined and neutralized “Krasnodar”. ” Arnmenpress reports the abovementioned citing Alenichev’s words in Sport-express.

“Spartak Moscow” won over “Krasnodar” due to the only goal scored by Yura Movsisyan in the 2nd round of the Russian Premier League.

Yura Movsisyan is an Armenian football player who currently plays forward for the Armenian national team and for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League. Yura Movsisyan was born on 2 August, 1987 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR to an Armenian family of parents Sergey Movsisyan and Aida Sahakyan and brothers Movses and Hovhannes.  Yura has no memories of his home. All he recalls is his family left in "late 1991 or early 1992" because of what Yura remembers as "Killing ... everything." His family moved to the United States and settled in the Los Angeles area, where there is a large Armenian community. Movsisyan attended and played soccer at 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. His idol is Thierry Henry.

Movsisyan originally stated that his goal was to gain American citizenship and join the United States national team. However, on 9 August 2010, he joined the Armenia national team and made his debut in a friendly against Iran on 11 August 2010. He was one of the most prolific strikers in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, netting in 4 goals and assisting in 5 others.