Ivan Daniliants

Ivan Daniliants

With FC Rostov in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Albertovich Daniliants
Date of birth	(1953-02-20) 20 February 1953 (age 64)
Place of birth	Aşgabat, Turkmen SSR, USSR
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Club information
Current team	FC Rostov (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1976	Stroitel	104+
1977–1981	Zimbru Chișinău	133	(2)
Teams managed
1984–1986	Zaria Bălți
1986	Zimbru Chișinău (assistant)
1987–1990	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol
1991	Austria Klagenfurt
1991–1994	Austria Klagenfurt (junior)
1998–1999	Moldova
1999	Kärnten (sport director)
2000	Sheriff Tiraspol
2001–2006	Klagenfurt (sport director)
2009–2013	Rubin Kazan (functionary)
2015–2016	Rostov (assistant)
2016–	Rostov
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ivan Daniliants or Danilianț (Russian: Иван Альбертович Данильянц; born 20 February 1953 in Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR) is a Moldovan and Austrian professional association football coach and a former Soviet defender. He is the manager of FC Rostov.

In 1971, Daniliants began his career at FC Stroitel Ashgabat, which later changed its name to FC Kolhozçy. In 1977, Daniliants moved to FC Zimbru Chișinău, where he played more than 100 matches. He retired as a football player in 1981.

In 1981-1983, Daniliants graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism in Moscow. He became a UEFA A-licensed coach in 1993 and received a state diploma for training children and youths in 2001.

He coached a junior football club in Klagenfurt from 1991 to 1994 and was a coach of the Austrian Carinthia (U-16 and U-18) from 1994 to 1997.

Daniliants was head coach of the Moldova national football team from June 1998 to September 1999.

He returned to Austria in 1999 and became the SK Austria Kärnten's sports director.

Daniliants was appointed coach of Sheriff Tiraspol in 2000, but soon returned to Austria where he served as SAK Klagenfurt's sporting director again from 2001 to 2006.