Hamlet Vladimiri Mkhitaryan ( hy, Համլետ Վլադիմիրի Մխիթարյան;, born 24 November 1973 in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

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) is a retired

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player. He also played for the Armenia national team.

Club career

In 2005, Mkhitaryan was on the verge of signing with Scottish club Hearts, but the contract has not been signed between the two parties due to work permit complications. In October 2006, he joined the

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

club Pas in the

Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

. In 2007, after Pas was officially dissolved, he signed with another Tehran club, Rah Ahan. After playing for 2 seasons, he joined

Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the compet ...

club Banants Yerevan and returned home. He later went back to Iran, where he signed a contract with

Damash Gilan Sport Club Damash Gilan ( fa, باشگاه ورزشی داماش گیلان, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Damash Gilân''), commonly known as Damash Gilan, also spelled Damash Guilan, is an Iranian football club based in Rasht, Gilan, that competes ...

. For one season he played on his third Tehran club, Parse Tehran. Mkhitaryan currently plays for Gahar Zagros.

International career

Mkhitaryan debuted for Armenia national team in away

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against

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on 15 May 1994. Hamlet participated in 56 international matches and scored 2 goals. He left the national team in 2008.

Honours

Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season The Al-Manar Football Festival () was an event organised by the Al-Manar television station between the 1996–97 and 2018–19 seasons in order to award players, managers, referees and teams who were considered to have performed the best over ...

: 2001–02

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mkhitaryan, Hamlet 1973 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Soviet footballers Armenian footballers Association football midfielders Armenia international footballers Armenian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Lebanon Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in Belarus Expatriate footballers in Iran Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Armenian Premier League players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players FC Ararat Yerevan players FC Pyunik players Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players Homenmen Beirut players Tadamon Sour SC players FC Vostok players FC Partizan Minsk players Pas players Rah Ahan players FC Urartu players Damash Gilan players Gahar Zagros players Armenian football managers Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Lebanese Premier League players Soviet Armenians Soviet Top League players