Aleksandr Vitalyevich Grigoryan (; born 28 September 1966) is an Armenian professional football coach and a former player. He also holds Russian citizenship.

Managerial career

In August 2015, Grigoryan left his role as consultant to Pakhtakor Tashkent.

Aleksandr Grigoryan

On 5 January 2017 Grigoryan and SKA-Khabarovsk parted ways by mutual agreement, taking over as manager of Anzhi Makhachkala on the same day. Following Anzhi's defeat to Dynamo Moscow on 12 August 2017, Grigoryan resigned as the club's manager, before being appointed FC Ararat Moscow's new manager two days later.

Aleksandr Grigoryan

He was hired as the manager of Luch-Energiya Vladivostok on 26 December 2017. He was fired from Luch-Energiya on 20 April 2018.

Aleksandr Grigoryan

On 19 October 2019 Grigoryan left FC Tambov by mutual consent after they lost their 4th game in a row and remained at the last place in the Russian Premier League.

On 24 November 2019, Grigoryan was appointed as manager of FC Urartu after the resignation of Ilshat Fayzulin. He left FC Urartu on 10 March 2021.

On 20 May 2021, Grigoryan was announced as FC Alashkerts new Head Coach. Grigoryan left Alashkert on 22 July 2021 due to his wife's poor health, returning to the club on 31 July 2021. On September 20 , 2021 , he announced his retirement.

From September 2021 to October 2022 - head coach of the CSKA women's football team.

On 17 May 2023, Grigoryan was hired by Russian First League club Kuban Krasnodar.

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1966 births

Living people

Footballers from Yerevan

Armenian men's footballers

Armenian football managers

Soviet men's footballers

Russian football managers

FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) managers

FC Khimki managers

FC Luch Vladivostok managers

FC SKA-Khabarovsk managers

FC Alashkert players

Russian Premier League managers

FC Anzhi Makhachkala managers

FC Tosno managers

FC Ararat Moscow managers

FC Urartu managers

FC Alashkert managers

Men's association football forwards

Russian expatriate football managers

FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018) managers