Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is an Armenian professional footballer who presently captains the Armenian national football team and also plays for the ‘Premier League’ club ‘Arsenal’ as midfielder. He developed interest in football quite early and followed his father, Hamlet Mkhitaryan, into the game. He joined youth system of Armenian professional football club ‘FC Pyunik’ in 1995, and was promoted to its first team in 2006. His club career so far has seen him playing with ‘Metalurh Donetsk,’ ‘Shakhtar Donetsk,’ ‘Borussia Dortmund,’ ‘Manchester United,’ and ‘Arsenal.’ He made his national debut in January 2007, and has emerged as top goal-scorer for Armenia. He has been named the ‘Armenian Footballer of the Year’ several times and also won several honours in the ‘Ukrainian Premier League.’