title: Pavel Alpatov
text: # Pavel Alpatov
  
  Pavel Alekseyevich Alpatov (Russian: Павел Алексеевич Алпатов; born 29 May 1990) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Dynamo-2 Moscow.
  
  ## Career
  
  Alpatov finished his youth career with Dynamo Moscow academy and played for Dynamo's reserve team in the 2008 season, where he was the teammate of future national team players Anton Shunin, Fyodor Smolov and Aleksandr Kokorin. He did not play on the professional level and retired as a player at the age of 22.
  
  Alpatov started his coaching career back at Dynamo's academy. In early 2020 he was appointed assistant coach at Dynamo-2 Moscow, and in October 2020 he was promoted to the first squad as an assistant coach to Sandro Schwarz. He also assisted Dynamo's next manager Slaviša Jokanović.
  
  On 15 May 2023, following the firing of Jokanović, Alpatov was appointed caretaker manager for Dynamo, becoming the coach for his former teammates Shunin and Smolov.
  
  On 22 June 2023, Alpatov was appointed manager of Dynamo-2 Moscow.
  
  