Henrikh Mkhitaryan is already an icon of not only Armenian, but also English football. Having started his amazing career in the little-known Armenian club “Pyunik”, Henry defended the honor of the most prominent football clubs in England - “Manchester United” and “Arsenal”. What can you tell about the early life of a football player and his incredible journey through thorns to the stars? We will talk about this in this article.
To begin, consider the biography of the football player Heinrich Mkhitaryan.
Family and childhood
Henry was born on January 21, 1989 in the capital of Armenia. In addition to him, the family brought up the beautiful girl Monica, who is three years older than her brother. She still helps a football player in his career.
The choice of the profession of Henry is not accidental. His father Hamlet Mkhitaryan is also a famous football player of his time. When his son was not even a year old, Hamlet decided to move to France in order to continue his career in the French club “Valence”. Thanks to this move, Henry is fluent in French.
Returning to Armenia, the athlete continued to develop his talent at the Pyunik club youth academy. Already at the age of 17, young Henry scored his first goal in an official match, which earned him a place in the first team.
Carier start
We can say that Henrikh Mkhitaryan never stopped playing football. From childhood he was in love with this game, largely thanks to his parents. But, despite the fact that his father Hamlet was an outstanding Armenian striker, Henry himself chose the field of midfielder for himself.
So, having finished his performance for the Armenian “Pyunik” at the age of 21, Henry for a short period of time moved to the Donetsk “Metallurg”. Under the 22nd number of the Ukrainian football club, the young man did not perform for long. Just a year later, he ended up in Shakhtar Donetsk, where he spent three years of an intense football life. At Shakhtar, Henrikh Mkhitaryan repeatedly became the best player in the match, and in May 2012 he was even declared the best player of the month. It can be said that from that moment on, Henry's career went up to an even steeper mountain. With each season, he progressed, scored more and more goals and won the respect of teammates. In Ukraine, the football player had a great time, but he scored even more in his next club - the German Borussia from Dortmund.
"Borussia Dortmund"
An extremely progressive period in the career of Henry is associated with speaking for this club - a whole “Mkhitaryan era”. It was in Borussia that the footballer found good friends and loyal comrades. However, moving to Dortmund was not the only option after a successful game for Shakhtar Donetsk. Heinrich was interested in such famous clubs as Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and, finally, Borussia.
However, the German Borussia managed to get ahead of the rest of the clubs in this race for Henry Mkhitaryan. In this club, a 24-year-old football player was waiting for real fame and universal recognition. He scored a large number of goals against the best goalkeepers in the world, amazingly coping with his role on the field. In this club, Heinrich played with such wonderful players as Pierre-Emerick Obameyang, Marco Royce, Robert Lewandowski, Match Hummels, Lukasz Piszczek and many others. Heinrich also had the opportunity to work under the strict guidance of coach Jürgen Klopp, who appreciated the talent of the Armenian.
We can say that the best goals of Heinrich Mkhitaryan were scored precisely for “Borussia Dortmund”. For example, in the video below, you can see Heinrich’s magnificent goal against Manuel Neuer :
In addition to magic goals, Henry, as one of the best midfielders in the world, gave excellent passes to the penalty area, which often turned into goals. Thanks to his efforts and, of course, the help and support of his teammates, Henry scored 41 goals and gave 49 assists over the entire time of the game in Germany. And in the season 2015/2016 Mkhitaryan became the best player of the season in Borussia, which was unanimously confirmed by numerous fans of the club.
But in 2016, a new era began - Mkhitaryan’s game for the English club Manchester United.
"Manchester United"
Moving to Manchester for about £ 30 million in the summer of 2016, Henry continued to show good results. Although at first the player hardly “merged” in the new environment and learned to communicate freely in English, he soon took his deserved place in the first team. For United, as well as for Shakhtar, Mkhitaryan played under 22nd number.
The Europa League final game against Ajax turned out to be very bright. This match was remembered not only by fans of the “devils”, but also by the entire football community. In this match, Henry scored a goal and helped his team win and pick up the Europa League trophy. Fans recognized Mkhitaryan as the best player in the final match.
The video shows this beautiful goal of Heinrich, scored by his head:
After such a successful performance, Mkhitaryan’s career at Manchester United began to decline. He increasingly remained in reserve at serious matches. For this reason, there was a rumor among the “red” fans that the Armenian would soon leave the English club.
"Arsenal"
More recently, at the end of January 2018, Henry left Manchester and moved to London's Arsenal. It became known that part of the deal to transfer Chilean footballer Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United was Henry Mkhitaryan. The latest news from the winter transfer window in English football was about this particular news.
It was not easy for an Armenian to leave his beloved club from Manchester and part with his friends, but he quickly got used to it in a new place. In the Arsenal, Henry has much more playing time, thanks to which he has excellent goals against the strongest clubs in the English Premier League.
London fans especially remembered the most beautiful goal of Heinrich Mkhitaryan (Arsenal) against the goal of Milan in the Europa League match presented in the video:
It is noteworthy that in the Arsenal the Armenian again met with his good friend Pierre-Emerick Obameyang, with whom he played for the Dortmund Borussia.
Armenia national team
Heinrich always occupied a special place in the national team of his country. Having started playing for the youth team, he more than once became the best player on the team.
For the national team of Armenia, Mkhitaryan scored many beautiful goals against countries such as, for example, Panama and Italy. In 2013, it was decided to recognize Henry as the best football player in the history of the Armenian team.
Finally
So, in this article we learned the details of the career of the greatest football player in his country. Today Henrikh Mkhitaryan is a real hero who is greeted with honors and applause at home. Armenia is proud of the most talented footballer who has traveled such a long way in sports and has become the real pride of world football.
An athlete who recently turned 29 years old can be sure that millions of fans around the world, as well as residents of his native country, are in love with his game.