Gafurzhan Suyumbayev

Gafurzhan Sabyrzhanuly Suyumbayev (Kazakh: Ғафуржан Сабыржанұлы Сүйімбаев, Ğafurjan Sabyrjanūly Süiımbaev; born 19 August 1990) is a Kazakh football player who plays for Ordabasy as a defender, and represents the Kazakh national football team.

Gafurzhan Suyumbayev

Personal information
Full name	Gafurzhan Sabyrzhanuly Suyumbayev
Date of birth	(1990-08-19) 19 August 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth	Shymkent, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Ordabasy
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2016	Ordabasy	113	(3)
2013	→ Irtysh Pavlodar (loan)	14	(0)
2016–2022	Kairat	126	(9)
2022–2023	Aksu	24	(1)
2023–	Ordabasy	37	(2)
International career‡
2014–	Kazakhstan	42	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 April 2023

Career

Club

In July 2016, Suyumbayev signed for FC Kairat.^[3] On 19 January 2022, Kairat announced that Suyumbayev had left the club.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 July 2021^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Irtysh Pavlodar (loan)	2013	Kazakhstan Premier League	14	0	2	0	1[a]	0	—		17	0
Kairat	2016	Kazakhstan Premier League	13	2	3	1	2[a]	0	0[b]	0	18	3
	2017		32	2	4	0	4[a]	0	1[b]	0	41	2
	2018		27	1	2	0	5[a]	0	1[b]	0	35	1
	2019		24	2	2	0	4[a]	0	0[b]	0	30	2
	2020		16	1	0	0	1[a]	0	—		17	1
	2021		14	1	0	0	3[c]	0	0[b]	0	17	1
	Total		126	9	13	1	19	0	2	0	160	10
Career total			140	9	15	1	20	0	2	0	177	10

1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in the Kazakhstan Super Cup
3. 3 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, 0 appearances in the UEFA Europa League, and 0 appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

International

Kazakhstan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	3	0
2015	6	0
2016	5	1
2017	2	0
Total	16	1

Statistics accurate as of match played 26 March 2017^[6]

International goals

Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first.^[7]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 November 2016	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	1–1	1–4	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	15 November 2018	Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan	Latvia	1–0	1–1	2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3.	11 June 2019	Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	San Marino	3–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
4.	16 November 2019	Stadio Olimpico di Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	2–0	3-1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

References

1. UEFA.com. "Gafurzhan Suyumbayev - Kazakhstan - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
2. "Kazakhstan - G. Suyumbayev - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
3. "Суюмбаев – игрок Кайрата". fckairat.kz (in Russian). FC Kairat. 4 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
4. "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ГАФУРЖАН СУЮМБАЕВ, СТАС ПОКАТИЛОВ, КАМО ОГАНЕСЯН И ДЕНИС ПОЛЯКОВ ПОКИДАЮТ АЛМАТИНСКИЙ КЛУБ". fckairat.com/ (in Russian). FC Kairat. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
5. "G.Suyumbayev". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
6. "Gafurjan Suyimbaev". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
7. "Suyimbaev, Gafurjan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 January 2017.