Hamlet Vladimiri Mkhitaryan (;, born 24 November 1973) is a retired
Armenia
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football
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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
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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
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club
Pas in the
Iran Pro League
The Persian Gulf Pro League (, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is a professional association football league in Iran and the highest level of the Iranian football league s ...
. In 2007, after Pas was officially dissolved, he signed with another Tehran club,
Rah Ahan
Rah Ahan Sports Club (, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Rahâhen''), commonly known as Rah Ahan Football Club, was an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran. They last played in the Azadegan League. Rah Ahan is one of the oldest Iranian foot ...
. After playing for 2 seasons, he joined
Armenian Premier League
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club
Banants Yerevan and returned home. He later went back to Iran, where he signed a contract with
Damash Gilan
Sport Club Damash Guilan (, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Damash Guilân''), commonly known as Damash Guilan sc, also spelled Damash Guilan, is an Iranian football club based in Rasht, Guilan, that competes in the Azadegan League. The club was founde ...
. 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
friendly match
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against
United States
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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.
International goals
Honours
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Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season
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:
2001–02
References
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1973 births
Living people
Footballers from Yerevan
Soviet men's footballers
Armenian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Armenia men's international footballers
Armenian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
Expatriate men's 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 SC Sour players
FC Vostok players
FC Partizan Minsk players
PAS Tehran F.C. players
Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players
FC Urartu players
S.C. Damash Gilan players
Gahar Zagros F.C. players
Armenian football managers
Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon
Lebanese Premier League players
Soviet Armenians
Soviet Top League players