Player Profile: Henrikh Mkhitaryan

#22. Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Personal Information:

Birth Date – 21 January, 1989

Place of Birth – Yerevan, Armenia

Nationality – Armenian

Position – Midfield

Current Team – Manchester United

Salary – £200,000/week

Player Agent – Mino Raiola

Henrikh Hamlet Mkhitaryan plays professional club football for the English giants, Manchester United, and is currently the skipper of his national team, Armenia. He is arguably the greatest player that Armenia has ever seen and the first Armenian ever to play in the EPL.

Transfer History:

He started his senior club carrier at an Armenian club named Pyunik II and has played for four other clubs before finally joining his dream club Manchester United.

July 1, 2006           Pyunik II to Pyunik Erevan.

July 1, 2009           Pyunik Erevan to Metalurh D.

August 30, 2010     Metalurh D. to Shaktar D.

July 9, 2013           Shaktar D. to B.Dortmund.

July 6, 2016           B.Dortmund to Man United.

Mkhitaryan is known for his fluent football and his creativity and movement in the field. In his previous season at Dortmund, he was a revelation and was also awarded the best player of the year in the Bundesliga in the 15/16 season after scoring 11 goals and making 15.

Statistics (club wise):

Club(s)                      Apps          Goals          Assist’s

B. Dortmund             140            41              49

Shaktar D.                 106            44              23

Metalurh D.                45              17              11

Man United                 12              2                2

Pyunik Erevan             11              10               –

Total                          314             114            85

International level:

Nationality              Apps              Goals          Assist’s

Armenia                  114               38               30

Off field information:

He was born to Marina and Hamlet Mkhitaryan in 1989 in the Yerevan city of Armenia. His father was a professional footballer and played for FC Ararat Yerevan as a striker, but unfortunately, died due to brain tumor at the age of 33. A few people say that his playing style resembles that of his father. Henrikh’s mother, Marina, is currently working in the Armenian Football Federation as the head of national teams department and his elder sister, Monica, works at the UEFA headquarters. Mkhitaryan is fluent in six languages namely Armenian, Russian, French, English, German, Portuguese and he also has a degree in Economics and has graduated from the St. Petersburg institute. After retiring from football, he plans to pursue a carrier in his academics.