Grigori Konstantinovich Babayan (russian: Григорий Константинович Бабаян; 2 April 1980) is a Kazakh football manager and a former player of

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

descent, who is currently Head Coach of

Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

Career

Club

During his senior career he played for Kairat and

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

Managerial

In 2012, Babayan joined

FC Astana Astana Football Club ( kk, Astana Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,254-seat Astana Arena stadium. Th ...

as a coach, serving as

caretaker manager In association footballing terms, a caretaker manager or interim manager is somebody who takes temporary charge of the management of a football team, usually when the regular Manager (association football), manager is dismissed or leaves for a ...

on several occasions. On 14 December 2019, Babayan was appointed as manager of

FC Tobol FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. They ...

. On 17 June 2021, Babayan was appointed by

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

as a member of their coaching staff. On 15 June 2022, he left CSKA by mutual consent. On 13 September 2022, Babayan was appointed as Head Coach of

following the departure of Srđan Blagojević.

Managerial statistics

References

Living people 1980 births Kazakhstani footballers Men's association football midfielders Kazakhstani people of Armenian descent FC Astana managers FC Kairat players Kazakhstani football managers Place of birth missing (living people) {{Kazakhstan-footy-bio-stub