Future plans
He is still just 24, but insists that he has no plans to continue working in football once he has retired. "I don't see myself becoming a coach, that isn't my cup of tea. I don't want my hair turning grey that quickly!" Instead, life after football will likely be business-oriented for Mkhitaryan, who has a diploma from the Institute of Physical Culture in Armenia and was taking a degree in Economics at the St Petersburg Institute, Yerevan branch before leaving the Ukraine. "When I graduate, I want to then study as a lawyer."