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The Most Famous

SOCCER PLAYERS from Kazakhstan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Kazakhstani Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 16,880 Soccer Players, 12 of which were born in Kazakhstan. This makes Kazakhstan the birth place of the 91st most number of Soccer Players behind Thailand and Haiti.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Kazakhstani Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Kazakhstani Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Kazakhstani Soccer Players.

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1. Serhiy Skachenko (1972 - )

With an HPI of 40.36, Serhiy Skachenko is the most famous Kazakhstani Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 42 different languages on wikipedia.

Serhiy Skachenko (born 18 November 1972) is a former Ukrainian football player.

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2. Alexander Merkel (1992 - )

With an HPI of 36.91, Alexander Merkel is the 2nd most famous Kazakhstani Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 28 different languages.

Alexander Merkel (Kazakh: Александр Меркель; born 22 February 1992) is a Kazakh professional footballer who is currently plays for Hatta as a midfielder.Born in Kazakhstan to parents of German descent, Merkel initially represented Germany internationally at youth level. He switched allegiance to Kazakhstan in 2015, making his debut in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying game.

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3. Ruslan Baltiev (1978 - )

With an HPI of 36.58, Ruslan Baltiev is the 3rd most famous Kazakhstani Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Ruslan Takhiruly Baltiyev (Kazakh: Рұслан Тахирұлы Балтиев, Rūslan Tahirūly Baltiev; born 16 September 1978) is a Kazakh professional football coach, official and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is an assistant coach with the Kazakhstan national team.

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4. Evgeny Yarovenko (1963 - )

With an HPI of 34.38, Evgeny Yarovenko is the 4th most famous Kazakhstani Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Evgeny Yarovenko (born 17 August 1963) is a Soviet, Kazakhstani, and Ukrainian retired professional footballer and current manager of Sumy.

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5. Heinrich Schmidtgal (1985 - )

With an HPI of 28.26, Heinrich Schmidtgal is the 5th most famous Kazakhstani Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Heinrich Schmidtgal (Kazakh: Генрих Шмидтгаль; born 20 November 1985) is a Kazakhstani former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

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6. Sergei Karimov (1986 - 2019)

With an HPI of 27.77, Sergei Karimov is the 6th most famous Kazakhstani Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Sergei Karimov (German:Sergej Karimow, Russian: Сергей Каримов; 21 December 1986 – 24 December 2019) was a Kazakh professional footballer who played as a left back.

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7. Dimitrij Nazarov (1990 - )

With an HPI of 26.77, Dimitrij Nazarov is the 7th most famous Kazakhstani Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Dmitry Valentinovich Nazarov (Azerbaijani: Dmitri Valentinoviç Nazarov; Russian: Дмитрий Валентинович Назаров; born 4 April 1990) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays for German Regionalliga club Kickers Offenbach and the Azerbaijan national team.

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8. Yuriy Logvinenko (1988 - )

With an HPI of 24.85, Yuriy Logvinenko is the 8th most famous Kazakhstani Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Yury Anatolyevich Logvinenko (Russian: Юрий Анатольевич Логвиненко; born 22 July 1988) is a Kazakh former football player who played most of his career at Aktobe, and earned 53 caps for the Kazakhstan national football team.

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9. Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (1993 - )

With an HPI of 24.70, Bauyrzhan Islamkhan is the 9th most famous Kazakhstani Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Bauyrzhan Yerbosynuly Islamkhan (Kazakh: Бауыржан Ербосынұлы Исламхан, Bauyrjan Erbosynūly İslamhan; born 23 February 1993) is a Kazakh professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Kazakhstan Premier League club Ordabasy and the Kazakhstan national team. In the past he served as a captain for the Kazakhstan under-21 team. He is also a 6-time vice-champion of Kazakhstan and 4-time winner of the country cup.

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10. Konstantin Engel (1988 - )

With an HPI of 24.66, Konstantin Engel is the 10th most famous Kazakhstani Soccer Player.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Konstantin Engel (Russian: Константин Энгель; born 27 July 1988) is a Kazakh professional footballer of German descent who plays as a defender for SSV Jeddeloh.

Pantheon has 12 people classified as soccer players born between 1963 and 1993. Of these 12, 11 (91.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living soccer players include Serhiy Skachenko, Alexander Merkel, and Ruslan Baltiev. The most famous deceased soccer players include Sergei Karimov. As of April 2022, 2 new soccer players have been added to Pantheon including Sergei Karimov and Bauyrzhan Islamkhan.

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