Ali Aliev has been appointed as the head coach of the RK national football team.

This is reported by Caravan.kz, referencing the Kazakhstan Football Federation.

Ali Khanalievich was born on October 27, 1980, in Almaty. During his time as a football player, he represented clubs such as "CSKA-Kairat," "Kairat," "Irtysh," "Tobol," "Vostok," "Ordabasy," and "Kyzylzhar." He also has experience playing for Turkish teams "Akchaabat Sebatspor," "Kayseri Erciyesspor," "Kartalspor," and "Diyarbakirspor."

In 1999, he played for the Kazakhstan U21 national team at the U20 World Cup held in Nigeria. He made his debut for the national team in 2002 during a friendly match against Estonia.

Aliyev began his coaching career as a player-coach at "Ordabasy" in 2014. After retiring as a player in 2018, he took charge of Petropavlovsk's "Kyzylzhar" and led the team to the Premier League.

In 2021, Aliyev served as the head coach of Karaganda's "Shakhtar," and later took over the youth team of FC "Astana."

In 2022, he managed the "Zhenis" team before returning to lead "Kyzylzhar." Under his guidance, the Petropavlovsk club reached the third round of the UEFA Conference League qualifiers, where they achieved victory over the Croatian team "Osijek."

It should be noted that the assistants to the acting head coach will be former players of the Kazakhstan national team Nurbol Jumaskaliev and Yeldos Akhmetov.

Nurbol Jardemovich holds the record for the most matches played and is the top scorer in the Premier League, having scored 167 goals in 526 matches.

From 2001 to 2014, he represented the national team of Kazakhstan, appearing in 58 matches.

From 2021 to 2023, he worked as an assistant to the head coach of the Kazakhstan U21 national team.

Yeldos Akhmetov also played for the Kazakhstan national team from 2012 to 2022. In 2024, he was an assistant to the head coach of the U21 national team and, in October of the same year, joined the coaching staff of the national team.

Let us remind you that the Kazakhstan football championships will be conducted in a new format.