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Vait Abdul-Khamidovich is a master of sports of the USSR, one of the most successful Kazakh coaches. In 1976-1982 he played for Kairat Almaty in the first and highest leagues of the USSR championship. In his debut season, the team won the first league tournament and advanced to the higher league.

In 2003-2005, as well as in 2006-2007, he was the head coach of Terek Grozny. Under his leadership, in 2004, Terek took first place in the First Division of the PFL, won the Russian Cup.

Evgeny Viktorovich Yarovenko is a Soviet and Kazakh football player, coach. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.

In 1983 he became a player of Kairat Almaty. He made his debut in the match against Dynamo Kyiv. In 1986 he became the captain of the team. In the 1987 season, Kairat took seventh place in the USSR championship, and Yarovenko was put in first place in the lists of the 33 best.

He was in the leading roles in the USSR Olympic team – he played in all qualifying matches for the 1988 Olympics. Played in the final match against the Brazilian national team, took care of Romario.

Midfielder of Besiktas and the national team of Kazakhstan. Champion of Kazakhstan in the Astana squad. Top 3 top scorer of the Kazakhstan national team.

At the age of 19, he made his debut in the Kazakhstan Premier League, played for his native team Taraz. At the end of the 2017 season, he received the individual awards «Best Young Player of the Premier League» and «Opening of the Season».

Askhat Tagybergen is the captain of Ordabasy and the Kazakhstan National Team.

Tagybergen’s professional career began in his native Kyzylorda, played for the teams Kaisar, Aktobe, Astana, Tobol, became the champion of Kazakhstan four times, won the Cup and Super Cup of the country. Since the current season he has been defending the colors of Ordabasy.

He made his debut in the national team of Kazakhstan in Budapest on June 7, 2014 in a friendly match with the Hungarian national team. Scoring a long-range goal against Denmark opened his account of goals scored for the national team in 2023, this goal was subsequently nominated for the Puskás Award as the best goal of the year.

Igor Shatsky is the goalkeeper of FC Aktobe and the Kazakhstan national team.

A pupil of the Karaganda football school. He began his career in 2007 as part of his native team, and played 186 games for Shakhtyor.

Since 2021, he become the main goalkeeper of the Kazakhstan national team and played in 21 games.