Arsenal ace Henrikh Mkhitaryan named Armenian Footballer of the Year for eighth time

Arsenal playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been named Armenian Footballer of the Year for the seventh time in a row.

Mkhitaryan may have spent much of 2017 on the Manchester United sidelines, joining Arsenal in January 2018, but it did not stop the Armenia captain and record goalscorer claiming a landslide win.

“It is a great honour because it means you've achieved something,” Mkhitaryan said. “You've accomplished something important for the country and your followers. I am very happy to be the children's hero.

“I was a kid too, so I know what those feelings are. I too had heroes, I wanted to be like some football player or a hero.”

Mkhitaryan has won the award one eight occasions since 2009, missing out to Karlen Mkrtchyan in 2010 and winning the prize in every subsequent year. No other Armenian has been named Footballer of the Year on more than three occasions