Henrikh Mkhitaryan retiring from Armenian national teamMarch 3, 2022 - 15:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Attacking midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has announced that he is retiring from the Armenian national team. "I remember when I first put on my National Team jersey, this was in a friendly against Panama, and my first goal for my nation, in a World Cup qualifier against Estonia. I wanted to win every step of my career, no matter how difficult that would be," Mkhitaryan said in a statement on Thursday, March 3. "It was an honor to play for my nation for the past 15 years and even more so of an honor to captain it for the last 6 years." After 95 international caps, hard work, passion and "unprecedented ups and downs along the journey, Mkhitaryan said he has taken the decision to retire from international career with the Armenian National Team. "I came to this decision after my last game against Germany in November. I think it is the right time. I’ve given everything I can possibly give to my National Team," he added. "For the coming years I will therefore be fully focused on my club career. My soccer nest was woven in Armenia, my homeland, and I will forever be grateful to every single person who supported me, who coached me, who I played with and who contributed to my growth as a footballer and as a person." Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |