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*[[Footballer of the Year in Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States (Sport-Express)|Footballer of the Year in Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States]]: 2012<ref>http://www.sports.ru/football/145963129.html</ref><ref>http://football.sport-express.ru/reviews/27612/</ref> |
*[[Footballer of the Year in Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States (Sport-Express)|Footballer of the Year in Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States]]: 2012<ref>http://www.sports.ru/football/145963129.html</ref><ref>http://football.sport-express.ru/reviews/27612/</ref> |
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*[[IFFHS#World.27s_Most_Popular_Footballer|The World's Most Popular Footballer Amongst Currently Active Players in 2012 |
*[[IFFHS#World.27s_Most_Popular_Footballer|The World's Most Popular Footballer Amongst Currently Active Players in 2012 (IFFHS) - Europe]]: 2012<ref>http://www.iffhs.de/?32a00e42f0ae2300bf11504e52d17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e28e05</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 18:27, 12 January 2013
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Henrikh Hamleti Mkhitaryan | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Yerevan, Armenia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2006 | Pyunik Yerevan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2009 | Pyunik Yerevan | 70 | (30) |
2009–2010 | Metalurh Donetsk | 37 | (12) |
2010– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 60 | (31) |
International career‡ | |||
2006 | Armenia U-17 | 5 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Armenia U-19 | 6 | (1) |
2006–2010 | Armenia U-21 | 13 | (9) |
2007– | Armenia | 35 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2012 |
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenian: Հենրիխ Մխիթարյան, born 21 January 1989) is an Armenian football midfielder, who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. Mkhitaryan is also a member of the Armenian national team, participated in 33 international matches and scored 8 goals since his debut in an away friendly match against Panama on 14 January 2007. His previous clubs include Pyunik Yerevan, where he came through the youth system, and Metalurh Donetsk. Mkhitaryan was chosen Armenian Footballer of the Year in 2009, 2011 and 2012. He was also voted as the best Shakhtar player of 2011–12 season by the fans. In 2012 Mkhitaryan was named in UEFA's Top 100 players by UEFA European Football Yearbook 2012-13.[1]
Club career
Pyunik Yerevan
Mkhitaryan joined the Pyunik FC youth system in 1995[citation needed] and was later promoted to the first team of Pyunik FC, making his professional debut in 2006 at the age of 17. He last played for the club in the 2009 season. During that season he scored 11 league goals in 10 league games. Due to his success in the Armenian Premier League 2009 at Pyunik Yerevan, he joined Ukrainian Premier League club Metalurh Donetsk. In his four seasons in the Pyunik first team they won the Armenian Premier League on four occasions (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009). They also won the Armenian Supercup twice (2007 and 2009) and the Armenian Cup once (2009). In total he managed 70 league appearances for the club with 30 goals and 89 total appearances with 35 goals.[2]
Metalurh Donetsk
2009–10
Mkhitaryan joined Metalurh Donetsk.[3] He scored a goal on his debut in a 3–0 victory against Belarusian Premier League side FC Partizan Minsk, in the Europa League on 16 July 2009.[4] On 19 July he made his league debut in a 0–0 draw with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.[5] His first league goal came in a 2–2 draw with Karpaty Lviv on 26 July.[6] On 6 August he scored the first goal in a 3–0 second leg Europa League win against Slovenian Interblock Ljubljana, winning 5–0 on aggregate.[7] On 26 September he scored the only goal in a 1–0 league victory against Kryvbas.[8] On 17 October he scored a 90th minute winner in a 2–1 victory over Vorskla Poltava.[9] On 19 March he scored the equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Dynamo Kyiv.[10] He finished the season with 14 goals in 38 appearances, including 29 league matches and 9 goals.
2010–11
The following season he was named captain of the club on 14 July, at the age 21, making him the youngest captain in Metalurh Donetsk history.[11] He scored his first goal, an 89th minute penalty, in a 3–0 victory over Obolon Kyiv on 16 July.[12] He played his final match for the club in a 2–1 win against Dnipro on 30 August.[13] In his second season he played 8 matches and scored 3 goals, all of which were in the league. He made 37 league appearances during his time at Metalurh, scoring 12 goals.[14] In total he played 46 matches for the club, scoring 17 times. On 30 August he sealed a $7.5 million switch to reigning Premier League champions Shakhtar Donetsk.[15]
Shakhtar Donetsk
2010–11
During the season 2010–11 Mkhitaryan was bought for $7.5 million by the champions Shakhtar Donetsk.[16] His debut came on 10 September in a 1–0 away league defeat to Obolon Kyiv, being replaced after 62 minutes by Eduardo.[17] His home debut was more successful, with Shakhtar coming back from a goal behind to win 4–1 against Tavriya Simferopol on 19 September.[18] He scored his first goal for the club in this match. Three days later he made his first appearance in the Ukrainian Cup, netting the second goal in a 6–0 win over Kryvbas.[19] On 25 September he scored a late injury time winner in a 2–1 away victory over Metalist Kharkiv.[20] He made his European debut for the club in the Champions League on 28 September against Sporting Braga winning 3–0.[21] He made an appearance in the 2–0 Ukrainian Cup Final victory against Dynamo Kyiv, coming on in the 81st minute in place of Jádson.[22] His first season with the club was extremely successful for Shakhtar as they won the treble (Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and the Super Cup).[23]
2011–12
In the 2011–12 season Shakhtar won the Premier League and the Ukrainian Cup.[24] Mkhitaryan scored the third goal in a 4–0 win against Obolon Kyiv in his first league match of the season.[25] On 4 March he scored the equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.[26] He scored the only goal in a cup victory over Metalurh Zaporizhya on 11 April.[27] On 6 May he played a part in Shakhtar's 2–1 extra time victory over his former team Metalurh Donetsk in the Ukrainian Cup Final, coming off after 62 minutes for Douglas Costa.[28] In an online poll on Shakhtar Donetsk official website, Mkhitaryan was voted as the best player of Shakhtar in 2011–2012 Premier League season with about 38% of total votes.[29] He scored 11 goals in 36 matches, including 10 goals in 28 matches. Shakhtar retained the Premier League and the Ukrainian Cup in the 2011–12 season.[30]
2012–13
Mkhitaryan played in 2–0 2012 Super Cup victory over Metalurh Donetsk.[31] In his first match of the 2012–2013 Premier League season, he netted twice and provided two assists in a 6–0 season opening victory against Arsenal Kyiv.[32] He managed a hat trick against Chornomorets Odesa [33] in a 5–1 win to reach 10 goals for the season after just six games, equalling his tally for the previous season. On 19 September, in Shakhtar's first Champions League match of the season, Mkhitaryan scored twice in a 2–0 victory over Danish champions Nordsjælland.[34] This was the first time he had scored a goal in the Champions League and he was named Man of the Match.[35] He was also named in the Team of the Week for matchday 1 of the Champions League after his brace against Nordsjælland.[36]
International career
Mkhitaryan is one of the most important members of the Armenia national team. He debuted in an away friendly match against Panama on 14 January 2007.
He scored six goals for Armenia in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group B, thus becoming top goalscorer in that group.
As of 14 November 2012, Mkhitaryan is the second top goalscorer of all time with 10 goals, after Arthur Petrosyan who has 11 goals in 70 matches.
Personal life
Mkhitaryan was born on 22 January 1989 in Kentron district of Armenian capital Yerevan to Marina Taschian and Hamlet Mkhitaryan, a prominent striker of FC Ararat Yerevan during the 1980s, who died of a brain tumour when Henrikh was only 7 years old.[37] His mother is the head of the national teams department in the Armenian Football Federation and his elder sister, Monica, works at UEFA's headquarters.
Mkhitaryan is fluent in five languages: Armenian, Russian, English, French and Portuguese.[38]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 29 October 2012[update].
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goal | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pyunik Yerevan | 2006 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
2007 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | |
2008 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 | |
2009 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | |
Total | 70 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 35 | |
Metalurh Donetsk | 2009–10 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 14 |
2010–11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
Total | 37 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 17 | |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 2010–11 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
2011–12 | 26 | 10 | 51 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 371 | 11 | |
2012–13 | 17 | 18 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 262 | 20 | |
Total | 60 | 31 | 113 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 903 | 35 | |
Career Totals | 167 | 73 | 274 | 8 | 31 | 6 | 2254 | 87 |
International goals
- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Yerevan
- Armenian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Armenia international footballers
- Armenian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
- FC Pyunik players
- FC Metalurh Donetsk players
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- Armenian Premier League players
- Ukrainian Premier League players