He scored 11 goals in 10 league games during the season. Last time he played for the team in the 2009 season. He also received his first salary at the age of fifteen. Later, he moved to Pyunik’s adult team as a professional footballer. In 1995, Mkhitaryan became a member of the youth team of FC Pyunik. THE RISE OF THE TALENTED FOOTBALLER PYUNIK Interesting fact: Mkhitaryan considers Zinedine Zidane his football idol. His older sister, Monica Mkhitaryan, works at the UEFA headquarters. After a year he returned to Pyunik.Ĭurrently, Mkhitaryan’s mother, Marina Tashchyan, is the head of the department of national teams. In 2003, Mkhitaryan at the age of 14 had trials with São Paulo in Brazil.
He also studied economics at the Yerevan branch of the St. He graduated from the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture. In 1995, Mkhitaryan joined “FC Pyunik” in Yerevan, becoming one of the most talented footballers in Armenia. I’m thankful to my parents because they helped me make my dream come true.” Henrikh Mkhitaryan After returning to Yerevan, Henrikh’s grandmother, for the first time ever, took him to a football school.īy that time, Henrikh already knew what career he was dreaming about. Hence, many things that I own now, I have inherited from my father.” But all the people who have seen my father say that on the playground we run and kick the ball same way. Consciously, I did not take any skills from him because when he died, I was only eight years old. If my father was beside me, many things would have been easier, not even talking about professional advice.
“You can’t imagine how much I would like him to see me play.
The Mkhitarian family returned to Yerevan in 1995. Unfortunately, at the age of 33, Hamlet Mkhitaryan passed away because of a brain tumor. When Hamlet did not take him with him, Henrikh started crying. His mother, Marina, tells that when Hamlet was on his way to training, the little Henrikh always wanted to go with him. During his childhood, he always watched his father’s matches and wanted to see how he was training.
He wanted to become a footballer, so he began to follow his father’s example. After Henrikh’s birth, he moved to France with his family to play in the team “ASOA Valence.” Henrikh Mkhitaryan spent his early childhood in Valence.
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