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. A twelve-time Armenian Footballer of the Year, 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. He made his debut for Armenia in a 1–1 draw against Panama on 14 January 2007, 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. 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.
Goals Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mkhitaryan goal. + Table keyIndicates Armenia won the matchIndicates the match ended in a drawIndicates Armenia lost the match + Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 9 28 March 2009 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 1–0 align="center" 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification2 15 25 May 2010 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 1–0 align="center" Friendly3 18 8 October 2010 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 3–1 align="center" UEFA Euro 2012 qualification4 19 12 October 2010 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 2–0 align="center" UEFA Euro 2012 qualification5 24 2 September 2011 Estadi Comunal la Vella, Andorra la Vella, Andorra 3–0 align="center" UEFA Euro 2012 qualification6 25 6 September 2011 Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia 2–0 align="center" UEFA Euro 2012 qualification7 26 7 October 2011 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 3–1 align="center" UEFA Euro 2012 qualification8 27 11 October 2011 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland 1–2 align="center" UEFA Euro 2012 qualification9 34 12 October 2012 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 1–1 align="center" 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification10 35 14 November 2012 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 3–0 align="center" Friendly11 39 11 June 2013 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 4–0 align="center" 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification12 43 15 October 2013 Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy 2–1 align="center" 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification13 45 27 May 2014 Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge, Switzerland 2–1 rowspan="2" align="center" Friendly14 3–215 47 6 June 2014 Coface Arena, Mainz, Germany 1–1 align="center" Friendly16 49 7 September 2014 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 1–0 align="center" UEFA Euro 2016 qualification17 58 29 May 2016 StubHub Center, Carson, United States 1–1 rowspan="3" align="center" Friendly18 4–119 5–120 62 26 March 2017 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 1–0 align="center" 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification21 63 4 June 2017 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 2–0 rowspan="2" align="center" Friendly22 3–023 68 8 October 2017 Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan 1–0 align="center" 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification24 69 9 November 2017 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 2–0 align="center" Friendly25 70 13 November 2017 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 3–1 align="center" Friendly26 78 16 October 2018 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 4–0 align="center" 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D27 81 23 March 2019 Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 align="center" UEFA Euro 2020 qualification28 86 8 September 2019 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 1–0 rowspan="2" align="center" UEFA Euro 2020 qualification29 2–130 87 11 October 2020 Stadion Miejski, Tychy, Poland 2–2 align="center" 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C31 91 8 September 2021 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 1–0 align="center" 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification32 95 14 November 2021 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 1–3 align="center" 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Statistics
+Goals by yearYearCompetitiveFriendlyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals2007 0020202008 1040502009 5120712010 4211532011 6420842012 3151822013 7210822014 2153742015 5010602016 1043532017 6234962018 61401012019 6300632020 2100212021 720072Total 612034129532
+Goals by competition Competition Apps Goals Friendlies34 12 FIFA World Cup qualification30 8 UEFA European Championship qualification23 10 UEFA Nations League8 2Total 95 32
+Goals by opponentOpponentGoals3322222222211111111Total32
See also
List of top international men's football goal scorers by country List of Armenia international footballers
References