Henrikh Mkhitaryan
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.
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Mkhitaryan with Manchester United in a press conference in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1989 | ||
| Place of birth |
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| 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 | 63 | (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 14 April 2024 | |||
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, 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. He then joined Manchester United for £30 million (€34.3 million), becoming the first Armenian to play in the Premier League. He won the FA Community Shield, and scored the winner to win the UEFA Europa League title. Mkhitaryan was then signed by Arsène Wenger for Arsenal in a swap-deal including Alexis Sánchez in 2018, and then to Serie A club Roma on an initial loan. He signed permanently in 2020.
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 ten times, being awarded the distinction every year since 2009 (with the exception of 2010 and 2018). 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.