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20MINUTES.FR: HENRIKH MKHITARYAN FULFILLED HIS FATHER'S DREAM
Armenia's best football player in history is following his father's
footsteps. Hamlet Mkhitaryan died of a brain tumor at the age of 33,
writes 20minutes.fr of France.
The newspaper reflected on Armenian national football team and
Germany's Borussia Dortmund midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 24.
"Everything began from the [1988] earthquake [in Armenia], which
claimed 25,000-30,000 lives. Numerous Armenians were compelled to leave
[capital city] Yerevan, including footballer Hamlet Mkhitaryan who
moved to Valence, France. His only son, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, was born
a year later.
"When transferring from [Ukraine's FC] Shakhtar Donetsk to Borussia
Dortmund, Henrikh fulfilled the dream of his father, who died in May
1996," 20minutes.fr writes.
"The football was inseparable from Henrikh yet when he was still small,
and everyone was confident that he will follow his father's footsteps.
"The boy is indescribably modest; there is no arrogance in him,"
stated Gilles Avakian, a Mkhitaryan family friend.
http://sport.news.am/eng/news/30250/20minutesfr-henrikh-mkhitaryan-fulfilled-his-fathers-dream.html
Armenia's best football player in history is following his father's
footsteps. Hamlet Mkhitaryan died of a brain tumor at the age of 33,
writes 20minutes.fr of France.
The newspaper reflected on Armenian national football team and
Germany's Borussia Dortmund midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 24.
"Everything began from the [1988] earthquake [in Armenia], which
claimed 25,000-30,000 lives. Numerous Armenians were compelled to leave
[capital city] Yerevan, including footballer Hamlet Mkhitaryan who
moved to Valence, France. His only son, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, was born
a year later.
"When transferring from [Ukraine's FC] Shakhtar Donetsk to Borussia
Dortmund, Henrikh fulfilled the dream of his father, who died in May
1996," 20minutes.fr writes.
"The football was inseparable from Henrikh yet when he was still small,
and everyone was confident that he will follow his father's footsteps.
"The boy is indescribably modest; there is no arrogance in him,"
stated Gilles Avakian, a Mkhitaryan family friend.
http://sport.news.am/eng/news/30250/20minutesfr-henrikh-mkhitaryan-fulfilled-his-fathers-dream.html