Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Samvel Babayan was appointed as the adviser to the president of Lokomotiv football club.

According to the statement, club president Mansur Rajapov set the goals of improving the club’s infrastructure and raising it to a new level, developing children’s and junior football schools and introducing modern club management and improving the club’s material and technical base. .

In 2014, under the leadership of Samvel Babayan, Pakhtakor became the champion of the Oliy Liga, and according to the results of the season he was recognized as the coach of the year in Uzbekistan. In 2015, Babayan led the national team of Uzbekistan, and on 7 September 2017, he was dismissed due to an unsuccessful result in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.

On 15 January 2018, the Uzbekistan Football Federation banned Samvel Babayan from any activity related to football due to frauds with contracts of football players during his work in Pakhtakor Tashkent.