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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, ARMENPRESS: Armenian National Football team player Henrikh Mkhitaryan remains on the spotlight of international Mass Media. As reports "Armenpress", British Daily Mail dwelled on Mkhitaryan’s play. The columnist of the review Martin Samuel writes: ''How does the standard inquest into the state of English football go again? We haven’t got a player like Andres Iniesta. We haven’t got an Andrea Pirlo. Oh, woe is us. Did you see the Chelsea and Manchester City games last week? We haven’t got Christian Eriksen of Denmark, either. We haven’t got the best player in Armenia. His name is Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Armenian player of the year for 2009, Shakhtar Donetsk’s player of the year last season. UEFA rate him among the top 100 footballers in Europe. He was leading scorer in qualifying Group B for the 2012 European Championship, in which Armenia finished third."
Summing up his article the columnist states the following: "English football continues to dumb down. Meanwhile, the rest of the world catches up and speeds past. We flatter ourselves by yearning for the English Iniesta: Brazilian reserves, "the pride of Yerevan", this is what we haven’t got.''
Hirikh Mkhitaryan is in an excellent shape and has already managed to score 16 goals during the current championship of Ukraine. Hi is the sole leader of the best scorers of the championship. Mkhitaryan as a member of the Armenian national team participated in 33 international. His previous clubs include Pyunik Yerevan, where he came through the youth system, and Metalurh Donetsk. Mkhitaryan was chosen Armenian Footballer of the Year in 2009 and 2011. He was also voted as the best Shakhtar player of 2011-12 season by the fans.