Finland opponent's biggest star lost Hamlet-father 7-year-old aivokasvaimelle – old videos lit a spark in football: Those tapes my father to continue living

Henrikh Mkhitaryan looked at video tapes of his dad and fell in love with football.Liechtenstein's defense didn't get Henrikh Mkhitaryania in check the Peoples in the league. EPA / AOP

Armenian big star Henrikh Mkhitaryan increased life the first year in France, where the father Hamlet Mkhitaryan played as a professional.

we Moved in 1989 to France, when I was still a baby, because in Armenia there was unrest, Mkhitaryan told the Players’ Tribune.

Earlier in the Soviet union the first division jerevanilaista Araratia and FC kotayk to represent Hamlet made a career in the French second series level ASOA Valencessa five years, until something unexpected happened.

six-year-old Henrikh was informed that the family had to return back to Yerevan.

I don't really understand what was happening. My father was stopped from playing football, and he was all the time at home.

the Hamlet Mkhitaryanin career as a football player ended. Years entire life was over.

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hamlet's life they tried to save three surgery. They did not help. Henrikh lost a 33-year-old father of seven years old, in 1996.

I didn't know it, but my dad had a brain tumor. It all happened very quickly. Within a year he was gone. Because I was so young, I didn't understand death as a concept.

I Remember that I saw my mother and my sister always crying and I asked them where my father is. No one could explain what was going on.

sorry to alleviate Henrikh watch a video tape of his father's old games in France.

Those video tapes my father to continue living.

They video tape you set fire to Mkhitaryanin spark to football.

– the Year after my dad died I started playing in the team. He was my driving force, he was my idol. I said to myself, that I have to run just like him. I have to shoot just like him, Mkhitaryan told reporters.

Paints and power

Borussia Dortmund to the German Bundesliga to be the best player three years ago selected Henrikh Mkhitaryan earned currently millions of the premier league following Arsenal.

the 30-year-old Mkhitaryan has found Unai Emery under the auspices of the similar gameplay as in time Thomas Tuchelin in Dortmund. The attacking midfield man has made in the premier league this season with six goals and made four goal assists.

the Armenian national team in a ten-spot play Mkhitaryanin role can not be overemphasized. Last Saturday, the captain shot a penalty to narrow the Bosnia and Herzegovina network. Nations in the league he scored one goal and gave four goal assists in six match.

the Two caps in the play the father of hamlet's achievements have been surpassed a long time ago. Also the childhood of the target affects the actual.

I'm a completely different game tyyliltäni than my father. He was a quick striker with a powerful shot. I'm much more technical. Still, many people at home, in Armenia they say that I look just like my dad, when I ran.

– They say, ”Henrikh, you look the same, run the same way. You reminded me so much of Hamlet, when I look at you”.

Armen Gyulbudaghyantsin crew in Bosnia and Herzegovina tight, but lost 1-2. EPA / AOP