QJ League Awards 2024: tribute!

Best Marketing – Seyilda Baishakov Award

Seilda Ikramovich was a master of sports of the USSR, a master of sports of international class, and an honored coach of the Republic of Kazakhstan. For many years, being a footballer, he was the captain of the Kairat Almaty. He played for the national team of the USSR. After graduating from the sports school, Seilda Baishakov competed in the championship of the Dzhambul region among physical education teams for two years, after which he received an invitation to the local team of Energetik masters. The debut in Kairat took place on March 27, 1971 in Voroshilovgrad at a game with the local Zarya. The coaching staff entrusted the 20-year-old defender with a place in the starting lineup and was not mistaken. In 1971, Seilda Baishakov was recognized as the best debutant of the USSR Major League, together with Kairat he won the then prestigious Cup of the International Union of Railway Workers, and on March 22, 1972 he was awarded the high title of Master of Sports of the USSR. In total, in the Soviet Major League, Seilda Baishakov scored 7 goals. Plus, 4 goals in the First League of the USSR championship.

 

Best save – Igor Shatskiy Award

Igor Shatsky is the goalkeeper of Shakhtyor Karagandy and the Kazakhstan national team. He began his football career in 2008 as the player of Shakhtyor. In 2012, he signed a contract with the Astana-1964 club. In 2018, he returned to Shakhtyor and played a total of 186 matches for his native team. In the 2021/22 season, he played outstanding matches within the UEFA Conference League, where he saved Shakhtyor in the post-match penalties in Yerevan in the series against Steaua, and then took three penalty kicks from the Kolos. In 2019, he made his debut for the Kazakhstan national team in a match with the Moldova national team. In 2022, in the Nations League match against the Moldova national team, he saved two shots in the penalty shootout. Since then he has been the main goalkeeper of the National Team, playing 21 games for it.

 

Best Coach – Georgiy Khutidi Award

Georgiy Khutidi – an honored coach of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who opened the path to football for many famous Kazakh football players. In the 70s, in parallel with his main professional activities, he coached children's and youth football teams, with whom he regularly won the Kazakh SSR championship and brought to the finals of the leather ball tournament, consistently ending up in the top 6 teams of the USSR. For 25 years he coached the Dzhambul student team of the DICI, which twice won the KazSSR Cup, as well as the KazSSR championship among physical education teams. In addition, won bronze medals at the All-Union student games in Tbilisi in 1982. He trained a lot of Kazakh football players, the most famous among whom are Anton Shokh, Vakhid Massudov, Dmitriy Ogay, Kairat Aimanov and others. Having become a major production manager, he founded the Montazhnik children's and youth football school in Taraz, and used his personal funds to build a stadium where children trained. The school trained several football players for FC Taraz, the most famous of whom is Yerkebulan Seydakhmet.

 

Best Goalkeeper – Alexander Ubykin Award

Alexander Ubykin is a Soviet football player, goalkeeper, Kazakh football coach, Master of Sports of the USSR. He started playing football in his nativecity Almaty. At the age of 16, with coach Anatoly Matveevich Romko went to Pskov, where he played for three years for Electron and Mashinostroitel. In 1972 he was drafted into the army. During these years he played for the Vyborg Zvezda, which played in the championship of the Leningrad region. He was noticed by the scouts of the Rostov army team, where he played for three years. In the 1976 season, he returned to his native club, Kairat regained the right to compete in the elite. By 1980, Ubykin became the main goalkeeper of Kairat. For Kairat, the goalkeeper played 207 matches in the major league and 50 in the first.

 

Best Defender – Evgeniy Yarovenko Award

Evgeny Yarovenko – Soviet and Kazakhstani football player. Olympic champion, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, winner of the UEFA Anniversary Award as the most outstanding football player in Kazakhstan over the past 50 years (1954/2003). At the age of 17 he was accepted into the Phosphorit team, in 1981 he became a football player for the main team of the region – Khimik from Dzhambul. After 2 years, Evgeniy Yarovenko was invited to the Kairat Almaty, which played in the top league of the USSR championship, and the debut for the young footballer came in a match against Dynamo Kyiv. He quickly gained a foothold in the main team, and in 1986 became team captain. In the same year, he received an invitation to join the USSR Olympic team. In 1988, he went to the Olympics in Seoul, where the Soviet team became the winner. Yarovenko played against Romario in the final match with the Brazil. He is the only Olympic champion among Kazakh football players.

 

Best Media Service – Dias Omarov Award

Dias Omarov is a Soviet and Kazakh football player, sports journalist, and commentator. Dias Ilyasovich fell in love with football since childhood. He studied with the famous mentor Georgy Kozelko. In 1959 he was admitted to Kairat. During the first four seasons in Kairat, Dias Omarov invariably became the top scorer of the reserve team. And over the course of six seasons, he played in 23 matches of the USSR Championship and scored three goals. After finishing his career, he became a sports journalist. It all started with the team wall newspaper. Later he was asked to write a report on the next match of the USSR Championship to Soviet Sport. As a result, Diaz Ilyasovich connected his life with journalism. For a long time he worked as a sports observer for Kazakh radio and television and as a commentator.

 

Best Midfielder – Anton Shokh Award

Anton Shokh is a pupil of the Dzhambul football school. At the age of 17, Anton Rokhusovich made his debut at Khimik and scored 10 goals in his first season. He also played for seven years for Kairat Almaty (1979-1985), where he scored 21 goals. In 1986, he moved to one of the leading clubs in the USSR at that time, Dnepr (Dnepropetrovsk). As part of Dnepr, Anton Shokh became the champion of the USSR and the winner of the national cup, scoring the decisive goal in the final of the tournament. The team also performed successfully in the Champions Cup (predecessor of the Champions League), reaching the quarter finals and losing to Benfica. In addition, at Dnepr, Anton Shokh twice won silver medals at the USSR Championship and became the winner of the Super Cup. He was invited to the USSR Olympic team and was a candidate for the first team. In the USSR Major League, he played 218 games, scored 13 goals, of which 132 (8) in Kairat Almaty.

 

Best Head – Evgeniy Rott Award

Evgeniy Petrovich Rott is one of the patriarchs of Kazakh football. He is one of the founders of the Zhambyl school of football, thanks to him football in this region stood firmly on its feet and took a leading place in the republic. In 1966, Evgeny Petrovich Rott created a truly systematic school in Zhambyl, from which Evgeniy Kuznetsov, Vait Talgayev, Viktor Katkov, Seilda Baishakov, Dmitriy Ogay, Vakhid Massudov, Anton Shokh, Anatoliy Belskiy, Oleg Litvinenko and others graduated, for which he was awarded the title of Honored Trainer of the KazSSR and Honored Teacher of Kazakhstan. After graduating from college, he returned to Zhambyl and became the first certified coach and player of the Lokomotiv team. Played for her before being called up for military service. In the army he began playing for the division team, and then received an invitation to Dynamo Baku, where he made his debut in the USSR Major League in a match against Spartak Yerevan. From 1966 until his retirement, Evgeniy Petrovich worked in the specialized football school he created. While retired, he did not leave the sports life of the city, advising the coaches of FC Taraz. The work to which Evgeniy Petrovich devoted his entire life continues to live successfully today, giving our football such talents as: Bauyrzhan Islamkhan, Bakhtiyor Zainutdinov, Yerkebulan Seydakhmet, Bauyrzhan Baitana and others.

 

Best Forward – Eduard Son Award

Eduard Son is a veteran of Kazakh football. He started playing football in the training group of Shakhtyor Karaganda under Serik Berdalin. In 1980 he was invited to Kairat, played in the reserve team for the first three seasons, from 1983-1985 he played for the main team in 31 games, scoring 2 goals. In 1987 he moved to Dnepr, spent 4 seasons with the team, became a champion and winner of the USSR Cup, and played in European competitions. In 1991 he left for France, where he played for Gazelek and Prepignan. He played for the youth and youth national teams of the USSR from 1980 to 1985.

 

Best Goal – Askhat Tagybergen Award

Askhat Tagybergen – captain of Ordabasy and the National Team of Kazakhstan. Tagybergen's professional career began in his native Kyzylorda, where he signed a contract with local Kaisar in 2008. In 2013, Tagybergen moved to Aktobe, where he was invited by Vladimir Nikitenko, who had previously coached Kaisar. At Aktobe, Askhat became the national champion and also participated in the qualifying rounds of the Eurocups. In February 2016, Askhat was bought by Astana. Tagybergen played 26 games, became the second time champion of Kazakhstan and won the country's Cup. In February 2017, Tagybergen was loaned to Tobol. In 2018 he returned to his native club Kaisar. And three years later he again became a Tobol player. 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.

 

Most Valuable Player – Bakhityor Zainutdinov Award

Bakhtiyor Zainutdinov is a pupil of the Taraz football club. In 2017, he was recognized as the best young football player in Kazakhstan. In 2017 he moved to Astana, and in 2018 he won the champion title with the team. In 2019 he moved to the Rostov, and the following year he signed a five-year contract with the CSKA. On August 21, 2023, he moved to the Besiktas. Three days later he played his first game for the Turkish club against Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA Conference League. He made his debut for the national team on March 23, 2018 in a game against the Hungarian national team, scoring the winning goal in the 39th minute. Kazakhstan won this game with a score of 3:2. In total, he played 30 games for the national team and scored 12 goals.

 

Best Scorer – Evstafiy Pekhlevanidi Award

Evstafiy Pekhlevanidi was a Soviet football player. Master of Sports of the USSR. He started his career in Shymkent Metallurg in 1977. In 1979 he scored 28 goals for the team and in the next season moved to Kairat, for which he played in 1980-1989. Top scorer of Kairat in the highest league of the USSR. For 10 years in Almaty club Pekha scored 94 goals in 273 matches, won the USSR Football Federation Cup, and was included in the list of the 33 best players of the 1984 season. Until now, Evstafiy Alikviadovich holds the title of top scorer in the history of Kairat, and one of the branches of the children's academy of the club is named after him.

 

Best Referee – Alexander Kulakov Award

Alexander Kulakov is a veteran of Kazakh football, one of the first FIFA referees in Kazakhstan, and an inspector of the KFF. He played in such teams as FShM (Almaty), Electron (Pskov), Spartak (Semey), Revtrud (Tambov) as a goalkeeper. After completing his sports career, Alexander Alexandrovich worked at the Department of Physical Education of Kazakh State University. Later he began a career as a football referee, which became the path of his life. He served as a referee in about 400 matches and was repeatedly recognized as the best referee of the season in Kazakhstan. Worked as director of the KFF refereeing and inspection department.