Mikhail Mikhaylovich Galaktionov (; born 21 May 1984) is a Russian football manager. He manages FC Lokomotiv Moscow.
Managing career He reached the semifinal of the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship as the manager of the Russia U-17 squad.
He was appointed a caretaker manager of FC Akhmat Grozny in the Russian Premier League after their previous manager Oleg Kononov resigned on 30 October 2017.
On 14 December 2017 he was appointed Akhmat's permanent manager and signed a 3.5-year contract with the club.
He resigned from Akhmat on 7 April 2018 following a series of 2 draws and 4 losses in 6 games as the team dropped to 11th in the table.
On 7 December 2018, he was appointed head coach of the Russia national under-21 football team. Under his management, the team qualified for 2021 UEFA Under-21 Euro, marking the second time Russia qualified in the last 12 attempts.
On 16 June 2022, Galaktionov signed a two-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. As Russia was banned from international competitions at the time due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the Under-21 national team, Russian Football Union permitted Galaktionov to hold both positions simultaneously. On 11 November 2022, Galaktionov resigned from his Pari NN position.
On 13 November 2022, Galaktionov signed a contract with FC Lokomotiv Moscow until the end of the 2023–24 season, with an option to extend. His first games with Lokomotiv were successful and he won Russian Premier League Coach of the Month award for March 2023. Lokomotiv only lost once (to the champions Zenit St. Petersburg) for the rest of the 2022–23 season under Galaktionov's management, and went from 14th place to 8th.
In June 2023, the national team for players born in 2004 and younger was converted to the Russia U-21 squad, taking their manager with them, replacing Galaktionov's squad.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordRussia U171 July 201431 December 2015Russia U181 July 201530 June 2016Russia U191 July 201631 December 2016Russia U181 January 201731 May 2017Akhmat Grozny (caretaker)31 October 201713 December 2017Akhmat Grozny14 December 20178 April 2018Russia U2022 May 20187 December 2018Russia U217 December 201831 December 2022Nizhny Novgorod16 June 202211 November 2022Lokomotiv Moscow13 November 2022PresentTotal
References
External links Profile by Russian Premier League