Hamlet Vladimiri Mkhitaryan (;, born 24 November 1973) 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

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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 Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

club Pas in the

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. 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

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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

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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.

International goals

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 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