Gagik Simonyan

Gagik Simonyan (Armenian: Գագիկ Սիմոնյան, born 21 August 1971), is a retired Armenian football midfielder and current manager.^[1] He has also 1 appearance for Armenia national team as a substitute in an away match against Wales.^[2]

Gagik Simonyan

Personal information
Full name	Gagik Simonyan
Date of birth	(1971-08-21) 21 August 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth	Yerevan, Soviet Union
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Ararat Yerevan	26	(4)
2007–2008	Ulisses	20	(1)
International career
2001	Armenia	1	(0)
Managerial career
2010–2013	Impuls B (assistant)
2014	Ulisses (assistant)
2014–2015	Ulisses
2015	Ulisses (assistant)
2015–2016	Ulisses
2019	Ararat Yerevan (caretaker)
2019–2020	Ararat Armenia (assistant)
2022	West Armenia
2022	Ararat Yerevan (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

2011–2013 - assistant coach of Alashkert FC, 2013–2014 - assistant coach of Ulisses FC, 2014–2015 - interim coach of Ulisses FC, since 2015 - Head coach of Alashkert FC.

Arrest

On 12 January 2016 Simonyan was arrested by the National Security Service of Armenia along with administrator, assistant coach and one of footballers of the club. He was accused of illegal betting.^[3]