Henrikh Mkhitaryan is an Armenian professional footballer who represented the Armenia national football team as a midfielder from his debut in 2007 until his international retirement in 2022.[1] A ten-time Armenian Footballer of the Year,[2] Mkhitaryan scored 32 goals in 95 international appearances, making him the country's all-time top scorer; he surpassed Artur Petrosyan's record of 11 goals on 15 October 2013 when he scored in a 2–2 World Cup qualifier draw with Italy.[3] He made his debut for Armenia in a 1–1 draw against Panama on 14 January 2007,[4] and scored his first international goal over two years later in his ninth appearance for his country against Estonia.
On 29 May 2016, Mkhitaryan scored Armenia's first ever international hat-trick when he netted three times in a 7–1 friendly win over Guatemala in the United States.[5] Mkhitaryan also netted twice in a match (also known as a brace) on three occasions. He scored the most times against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Guatemala, with three total goals against each side.
Mkhitaryan scored 8 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 10 goals in UEFA European Championship qualifiers and 2 goals in the UEFA Nations League. The remainder of his goals, 12, came in friendlies. Despite playing for Armenia for 15 years, Mkhitaryan never played in the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship.
Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mkhitaryan goal.
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Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||
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1 | 9 | 28 March 2009 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 1–0 | align="center" | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [6] | |
2 | 15 | 25 May 2010 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 1–0 | align="center" | Friendly | [7] | |
3 | 18 | 8 October 2010 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 3–1 | align="center" | UEFA Euro 2012 qualification | [8] | |
4 | 19 | 12 October 2010 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 2–0 | align="center" | UEFA Euro 2012 qualification | [9] | |
5 | 24 | 2 September 2011 | Estadi Comunal la Vella, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualification | [10] | ||
6 | 25 | 6 September 2011 | Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualification | [11] | ||
7 | 26 | 7 October 2011 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualification | [12] | ||
8 | 27 | 11 October 2011 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualification | [13] | ||
9 | 34 | 12 October 2012 | Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 1–1 | align="center" | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [14] | |
10 | 35 | 14 November 2012 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 3–0 | align="center" | Friendly | [15] | |
11 | 39 | 11 June 2013 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | 4–0 | align="center" | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [16] | |
12 | 43 | 15 October 2013 | Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [17] | ||
13 | 45 | 27 May 2014 | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge, Switzerland | 2–1 | rowspan="2" align="center" | Friendly | [18] | |
14 | 3–2 | |||||||
15 | 47 | 6 June 2014 | Coface Arena, Mainz, Germany | 1–1 | Friendly | [19] | ||
16 | 49 | 7 September 2014 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | 1–0 | align="center" | UEFA Euro 2016 qualification | [20] | |
17 | 58 | 29 May 2016 | StubHub Center, Carson, United States | 1–1 | rowspan="3" align="center" | Friendly | [21] | |
18 | 4–1 | |||||||
19 | 5–1 | |||||||
20 | 62 | 26 March 2017 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 1–0 | align="center" | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | [22] | |
21 | 63 | 4 June 2017 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 2–0 | rowspan="2" align="center" | Friendly | [23] | |
22 | 3–0 | |||||||
23 | 68 | 8 October 2017 | Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan | 1–0 | align="center" | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | [24] | |
24 | 69 | 9 November 2017 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 2–0 | align="center" | Friendly | [25] | |
25 | 70 | 13 November 2017 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 3–1 | Friendly | [26] | ||
26 | 78 | 16 October 2018 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 4–0 | align="center" | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D | [27] | |
27 | 81 | 23 March 2019 | Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–2 | align="center" | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification | [28] | |
28 | 86 | 8 September 2019 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification | [29] | ||
29 | 2–1 | |||||||
30 | 87 | 11 October 2020 | Stadion Miejski, Tychy, Poland | 2–2 | align="center" | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C | [30] | |
31 | 91 | 8 September 2021 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 1–0 | align="center" | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [31] | |
32 | 95 | 14 November 2021 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 1–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [32] |
Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
scope=row | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
scope=row | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
scope=row | 2009 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
scope=row | 2010 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
scope=row | 2011 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
scope=row | 2012 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
scope=row | 2013 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
scope=row | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
scope=row | 2015 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
scope=row | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
scope=row | 2017 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
scope=row | 2018 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
scope=row | 2019 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
scope=row | 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
scope=row | 2021 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
Total | 61 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 95 | 32 |
Competition | Apps | Goals | |
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Friendlies | 34 | 12 | |
FIFA World Cup qualification | 30 | 8 | |
UEFA European Championship qualification | 23 | 10 | |
UEFA Nations League | 8 | 2 | |
Total | 95 | 32 |
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