Hamlet Mkhitaryan

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Personal information
Hamlet Mkhitaryan
Full name	Hamlet Mkhitaryan
Date of birth	November 24, 1973 (1973-11-24) (age 34)
Place of birth	Yerevan, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Rah Ahan
Number	20
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989 - 1990 1991 - 1995 1995 - 1998 1998 - 2000 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2002 2002 - 2004 2004 - 2004 2004 - 2006 2006 - 2007 2007 - present	Kotayk Abovian Ararat Yerevan FC Pyunik Maccabi Herzliya Ararat Yerevan Homenmen Beirut Tadamon Sour FC Vostok FC MTZ-RIPO PAS Tehran Rah Ahan	4 (0) 84 (17) 42 (12) 13 (0) 42 (6) ? (?) ? (?) 16 (3) 25 (5) 16 (1) 26 (1)
National team²
1994 - present	Armenia	55 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 12, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 1, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Hamlet Mkhitaryan (Armenian: Համլետ Մխիթարյան; Persian: هملت مخيترين, born November 24, 1973 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian football player. He currently plays for Rah Ahan F.C. and the Armenia national football team. He usually plays as a midfielder.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 International goals
4 Achievements
5 External links

[edit] Club career

In 2005, Mkhitaryan was on the verge of signing with Scottish team Hearts, but the deal did not go through due to work permit complications. In October 2006, he joined the Tehrani club Pas in Iran's Premier Football league. In 2007 after Pas Tehran was officially dissolved he signed with Rah Ahan F.C..

[edit] International career

Having debuted for Armenia in 1994, he currently has 55 caps and 2 goals for Armenia. He scored the winning goal for Armenia in their 1-0 win vs Poland in Euro 2008 Qualifying in Yerevan.