Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joaquín Antonio Boghossián Lorenzo | ||
Date of birth | 19 June 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Arsenal de Sarandí | ||
Number | 34 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Cerro | 25 | (7) |
2006–2007 | Progreso | 4 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Cerro | 55 | (23) |
2009–2010 | → Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 34 | (17) |
2010–2013 | Red Bull Salzburg | 18 | (1) |
2011–2012 | → Nacional (loan) | 14 | (5) |
2013 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Quilmes | 24 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Defensor Sporting | 5 | (1) |
2015– | Cerro | 23 | (4) |
2016– | → Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) | 1 | (1) |
National team | |||
2007 | Uruguay U-20 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2016. |
Joaquín Boghossián (born 19 June 1987) is an Uruguayan-Armenian football player who currently plays forward for Arsenal de Sarandí. He formerly played for the Uruguay U-20 team.
Joaquin was born in Montevideo on 19 June 1987 to an Armenian father and a Spanish mother.
He began his career at Club Cerro. In 2005, he debuted in the first division and four years later, due to his great talent and goalscoring ability, he moved to Argentina. In the Uruguayan league, he scored 23 goals in 55 matches and helped "Club Cerro" to qualification in the next Copa Libertadores, becoming the top scorer.
In 2009, he joined Newell's Old Boys. In the 2009 Argentinian Apertura, he scored 11 goals in 18 matches, becoming the team's top goalscorer and one of the best strikers in the championship. Newell's fought against Banfield for the championship until the very last round, with a disappointing 0–2 home defeat to San Lorenzo in the final match.
Despite it being only his first season in Argentina, the Uruguayan striker won the love of the fans. His outstanding aerial game and his excellent goalscoring record made Boghossián recognised by fans as a replacement to their last top goalscorer: Oscar "Tacuara" Cardozo.
In the summer of 2010, after his spell on loan in Newell's Old Boys, Boghossián was transferred to Red Bull Salzburg, the defending champion of the Austrian Bundesliga, where he signed a four-year contract. However, for the season held in Salzburg, Boghossián showed no activity, which was present at a performance in the previous club. In 18 matches, he scored only one goal. Therefore, the leadership of the club decided to send the player on rent.