Aleksandr Vitalyevich Grigoryan (; born 28 September 1966) is an

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professional

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coach and a former player. He also holds

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n citizenship.

Managerial career

In August 2015, Grigoryan left his role as consultant to

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. On 5 January 2017 Grigoryan and SKA-Khabarovsk parted ways by mutual agreement, taking over as manager of

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on the same day. Following Anzhi's defeat to

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on 12 August 2017, Grigoryan resigned as the club's manager, before being appointed

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's new manager two days later. He was hired as the manager of Luch-Energiya Vladivostok on 26 December 2017. He was fired from Luch-Energiya on 20 April 2018. On 19 October 2019 Grigoryan left

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by mutual consent after they lost their 4th game in a row and remained at the last place in the

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. On 24 November 2019, Grigoryan was appointed as manager of

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after the resignation of Ilshat Fayzulin. He left FC Urartu on 10 March 2021. On 20 May 2021, Grigoryan was announced as

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s 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 20 September 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

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club Kuban Krasnodar.

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* * 1966 births Footballers from Yerevan Living people Soviet men's footballers Armenian men's footballers FC Alashkert players Men's association football forwards Armenian football managers Russian football managers FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) managers FC Khimki managers FC SKA-Khabarovsk managers FC Luch Vladivostok managers FC Tosno managers FC Anzhi Makhachkala managers FC Ararat Moscow managers FC Urartu managers FC Alashkert managers FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018) managers Russian First League managers Russian Premier League managers Armenian Premier League managers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan {{Russia-footy-forward-1960s-stub