Interesting Facts About Henrikh Mkhitaryan

DBasia.news –  Besides Nikola Kalinic, AS Roma, also recruited Henrikh Mkhitaryan on loan from Arsenal during the closing of the 2019 summer transfer window.

Here are some interesting facts about the Armenian midfielder:

1. Henrikh Mkhitaryan was born in Yerevan, Armenia, on January 21, 1989.

2. When he was a child, Mkhitaryan moved to France, to Valence, where his father – who is also a professional soccer player – played for clubs in the city.

3. He began his career in his city of birth, however, then moved to Pyunik and won the Armenian league four times with the club.

4. In 2009 he moved to Metalurg Donetsk – but within 18 months he had attracted the attention of another city club, Shakhtar, who later recruited him. In three seasons there, he won the league three times and made more than 100 appearances.

5. In 2013, Jurgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund team signed him. There he won the German Super Cup and also reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

6. Three seasons later, Manchester United paid more than 30 million euros to recruit the Armenian player. In two seasons at Old Trafford he won the Community Shield, League Cup and Europa League – scored in the final against Ajax.

7. In January 2018, he went to Arsenal as part of an agreement that brought in Alexis Sanchez to United. He scored eight goals in 34 appearances for the Gunners.

8. Mkhitaryan’s hopes of scoring in the final of the Europa League were both dashed – due to an injury that prevented him from traveling to Baku for the season’s last final against Chelsea.

9. At the international level, Mkhitaryan has made 84 appearances for Armenia – scoring 27 goals. He has become the top scorer of all time in his country.

10. He can be followed on Twitter (@HenrikhMkh), Instagram (@micki_taryan) and Facebook.