 Mkhitaryan with Manchester United in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henrikh Mkhitaryan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1989[2] | ||
| Place of birth |
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, second striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2006 | Pyunik | ||
| 2003–2004 | → São Paulo (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Pyunik | 70 | (30) |
| 2009–2010 | Metalurh Donetsk | 37 | (12) |
| 2010–2013 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 72 | (38) |
| 2013–2016 | Borussia Dortmund | 90 | (23) |
| 2016–2018 | Manchester United | 39 | (5) |
| 2018–2020 | Arsenal | 39 | (8) |
| 2019–2020 | → Roma (loan) | 22 | (9) |
| 2020–2022 | Roma | 65 | (18) |
| 2022– | Inter Milan | 73 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Armenia U17 | 5 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Armenia U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Armenia U21 | 13 | (9) |
| 2007–2021 | Armenia | 95 | (32) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2024 | |||
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenian: Հենրիխ Մխիթարյան, [hɛnˈɾiχ məχitʰɑˈɾjɑn] ; born 21 January 1989) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan. He is widely regarded as the best Armenian player of all time.
Mkhitaryan won four Armenian Premier League titles with Pyunik, and joined Metalurh Donetsk in 2009; he moved to city rivals Shakhtar Donetsk in 2010 for €6.1 million. At Shakhtar, Mkhitaryan set the league goalscoring record in the 2012–13 season, and was named the league's Footballer of the Year. After also winning three domestic doubles, he signed for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund for a club-record fee of €27.5 million,[4] making him the most expensive Armenian player of all time.
There, he won a DFL-Supercup in 2014, and in the following campaign, registered the most assists in the Bundesliga, with 15, the second most in Europe.[5] He then joined Manchester United for £30 million (€34.3 million), becoming the first Armenian to play in the Premier League.[6] He won the FA Community Shield, and scored the winner to win the UEFA Europa League title.[7] Mkhitaryan was then signed by Arsène Wenger for Arsenal in a swap-deal including Alexis Sánchez in 2018,[8] and then to Serie A club Roma on an initial loan, where he signed permanently in 2020 before joining Internazionale in 2022.
Mkhitaryan was a member of the senior side in his native country from 2007 until his international retirement in 2022. He is Armenia's all-time top goalscorer, scoring 32 goals in 95 matches, as well as registering their first hat-trick. He has been named Armenian Footballer of the Year eleven times, including seven years consecutively from 2011 to 2017. Mkhitaryan was also voted the CIS Footballer of the Year in 2012 and 2013, making him the first Armenian footballer to be named the best player from the post-Soviet countries.[9][10]
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- ^ "Henrikh Mkhitaryan". AS Roma. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Henrikh Mkhitaryan disappoints Liverpool by joining Borussia". The Guardian. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "2015/16: Top ten players with the most assists". TalkSport. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Manchester United complete signing of Henrikh Mkhitaryan on four-year deal". The Guardian. 6 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Full Time Report Final – Ajax v Manchester United" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Bairner, Robin (22 January 2018). "Henrikh Mkhitaryan signs as Alexis leaves club". Arsenal's official website. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "Henrikh Mkhitaryan – CIS player of the year". FFA.am. Football Federation of Armenia. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ Мхитарян стал лучшим футболистом 2013 года в странах СНГ и Балтии. sports.ru (in Russian). 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2014.