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Henrikh Mkhitaryan has wonderful feelings after his hat-trick

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan has wonderful feelings after his hat-trick

YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, ARMENPRESS. In the 3rd round of the Europa League, “Borussia Dortmund” beat “Wolfsberger” and the Armenia national football team player Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored 3 goals. “I have wonderful feelings in the first official home game of hat-trick season,” Armenpress reports, Mkhitaryan stated.

A superb team goal finished by Marco Reus and a fine hat-trick from Henrikh Mkhitaryan saw Borussia Dortmund beat Wolfsberger 5-0 on Thursday and 6-0 on aggregate in the Europa League qualifiers.

In the first match of the teams “Borussia Dortmund” won with a minimum score.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan was born on 22 January 1989 in the Armenian capital Yerevan to Marina Taschyan and Hamlet Mkhitaryan, a prominent striker of FC Ararat Yerevan during the 1980s, who died of a brain tumor at age of 33 when Mkhitaryan was seven years old. His mother is the head of the national teams department in the Armenian Football Federation and his elder sister, Monica, works at UEFA's headquarters. Mkhitaryan plays as a midfielder for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Armenia national football team. Mkhitaryan is Armenia's all-time top goalscorer, scoring 16 goals in 52 international matches since his debut in January 2007. His previous clubs include Pyunik Yerevan, where he came through the youth system, Metalurh Donetsk, and Shakhtar Donetsk.Mkhitaryan has been chosen Armenian Footballer of the Year five times (every year since 2009, except 2010). In 2012 he was voted as the best Shakhtar player of 2011–12 season by the fans, and Ukraine Premier League MVP. In 2012, Mkhitaryan was named in UEFA's Top 100 players by UEFA European Football Yearbook 2012–13. Mkhitaryan was voted the CIS Footballer of the Year for 2012, making him the first Armenian footballer to be named the best player from post-Soviet countries. He received the award again for 2013. Mkhitaryan received the nickname Heno from his fans in Armenia and has been nicknamed Micki by his Borussia Dortmund fans.

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