Grigory Konstantinovich Babayan (Russian: Григорий Константинович Бабаян; Armenian: Գրիգորի Բաբայան; 2 April 1980) is a Kazakh football manager and a former player who is head coach of Astana.[1]
 Babayan with Astana in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Grigory Konstantinovich Babayan | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | Kairat | ||
| 2003–2005 | Alma-Ata | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013 | Astana (caretaker) | ||
| 2014 | Astana (caretaker) | ||
| 2018 | Astana (caretaker) | ||
| 2018 | Astana (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Tobol | ||
| 2021–2022 | CSKA Moscow (assistant) | ||
| 2022– | Astana | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editDuring his senior career Babayan played as a midfielder for Kairat and Alma-Ata.[2]
Managerial career
editIn 2012, Babayan joined Astana as a coach, serving as caretaker manager on several occasions.[3] On 14 December 2019, Babayan was appointed as manager of FC Tobol.[4]
On 17 June 2021, Babayan was appointed by CSKA Moscow as a member of their coaching staff.[5] On 15 June 2022, he left CSKA by mutual consent.[6]
On 13 September 2022, Babayan was appointed head coach of Astana following the departure of Srđan Blagojević.[7]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 26 October 2025
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Astana (caretaker) |  |
13 July 2013 | 21 July 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Astana (caretaker) | |
1 January 2014 | 21 June 2014 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 43.75 |
| Astana (caretaker) | |
2 March 2018 | 31 May 2018 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 81.25 |
| Tobol | |
14 December 2019 | 16 June 2021 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 56.76 |
| Astana | |
13 September 2022 | Present | 131 | 73 | 25 | 33 | 55.73 |
| Total | 201 | 115 | 41 | 45 | 57.21 | |||
References
edit- ↑ Eray Haberal (23 June 2014). "Pyunik's Rival: FC Astana". HaySoccer.com. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ↑ Grigory Babayan at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Григорий Константинович Бабаян [Grigori Konstantinovich Babayan] (in Russian). FC Astana. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ↑ "Григорий Бабаян – главный тренер Тобола". fctobol.kz/ (in Russian). FC Tobol. 14 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ "Григорий Бабаян вошел в тренерский штаб". pfc-cska.com/ (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ↑ "Алексей Березуцкий покинул пост главного тренера ПФК ЦСКА" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ↑ "Григорий Бабаян – главный тренер "Астаны"". fcastana.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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