List of international goals scored by Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Mkhitaryan lining up for Armenia's friendly match against Algeria on 31 May 2014. He scored 32 goals in 95 caps for Armenia.[1]

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is an Armenian professional footballer who represented the Armenia national football team as a midfielder from his debut in 2007 until his international retirement in 2022.[2] A ten-time Armenian Footballer of the Year,[3] Mkhitaryan scored 32 goals in 95 international appearances,[1] making him the country's all-time top scorer; he surpassed Artur Petrosyan's record of 11 goals on 15 October 2013 when he scored in a 2–2 World Cup qualifier draw with Italy.[4] He made his debut for Armenia in a 1–1 draw against Panama on 14 January 2007,[5] and scored his first international goal over two years later in his ninth appearance for his country against Estonia.[6]

On 29 May 2016, Mkhitaryan scored Armenia's first ever international hat-trick when he netted three times in a 7–1 friendly win over Guatemala in the United States.[7] Mkhitaryan also netted twice in a match (also known as a brace) on three occasions.[1] He scored the most times against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Guatemala, with three total goals against each side.[1]

Mkhitaryan scored 8 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 10 goals in UEFA European Championship qualifiers and 2 goals in the UEFA Nations League. The remainder of his goals, 12, came in friendlies.[1] Despite playing for Armenia for 15 years, Mkhitaryan never played in the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e Mamrud, Roberto (22 December 2021). "Henrikh Mkhitaryan – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Khatchaturian, Andre (9 March 2022). "Henrikh Mkhitaryan's Legacy: The midfielder who put Armenian football on the map". Armenian Weekly. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Henrikh Mkhitaryan named Player of the Year in Armenia for the 10th time". Armenpress. 25 December 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  4. ^ Nanyan, Artur (16 October 2013). Генрих Мхитарян стал лучшим бомбардиром в истории сборной Армении [Henrikh Mkhitaryan becomes the highest scorer in the history of the Armenian team]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Henrikh Mkhitaryan scores double in match against Heidenheim". Armenpress. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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  7. ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush (29 May 2016). "Armenia beat Guatemala 7–1: Mkhitaryan nets hattrick". Public Radio of Armenia. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.