Seconds earlier, he had appeared a certainty for a medal – which would have been Armenia’s first of this Olympic Games – but his dreams were cruelly shattered in the most devastating circumstances.
Mkhitaryan’s mother worked for the Armenia Football Federation and his sister is employed by Uefa. – “We’re a football family,” he says – and they can be proud of the boy they raised. It is not just a football brain Mkhitaryan possesses, one that helped him claim a total of 55 goals and assists for Dortmund last season en route to being named the Bundesliga Player of the Year.
Mkhitaryan scored his first goal during a friendly match between Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund. In the 59th minute of the match Mkhitaryan scored a goal after Blind’s assist. Manchester lost the match 1-3.
“I think everyone was waiting for this transfer. And I’m very happy that Armenia can be proud of me because it’s honor for me too to be the first Armenian player in England, so I’ll try to meet those expectations.”
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, midfielder of the Armenian Football Team and Borussia Dortmund, refused to extend his contract with Borussia Dortmund.
A major clash occurred between the representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan during a match at the Open European Kungfu Championship being held in Lviv, Ukraine.
“I had lots of competitors, but this time feelings were different, and I felt great responsibility, and it was inspiring both me and other Armenian athletes. I was preparing with all responsibility, ignoring fatigue.”
Albert Ghazaryan, Armenia’s representative at OFS 8 international tournament, held in Mosocw’s Luzhniki, has won the Azerbaijani athlete. Our athlete won his contestant just on the first round, at the 53rd second.
First Armenian racer Artur Goroyan, B international license, participated in SP3T class in Audi Team. Audi TT was the third one of the Armenian racer, appearing with ARM 001 license in former qualification races.
Throughout the last year, according to various media outlets, besides Chelsey and Arsenal, Juventus and PSG were also interested in the footballer. Mkhitaryan’s contract with Borussia is valid until 2017, however, if rather high price is offered, it’s not excluded that the Club will agree to leave the well-known footballer.
