Ivan Sviridov

Ivan Sviridov started out at Astana II, where he spent two seasons in the Kazakhstan Second League without troubling the scoresheet. The move to Shakhter Karagandy in 2020 came with a long apprenticeship attached: rather than pushing straight for the first team, he was loaned out to sister club Shakhter-Bulat for over two years, a spell in which he scored four goals and built up the minutes.

The recall paid off. Sviridov made his debut for Shakhter Karagandy's senior side in the Kazakhstan Premier League in May 2021, and scored his first professional goal the following month — fittingly, against Astana. He went on to reach Shakhter Karagandy's first team on a regular basis, and was on the losing side in the 2021 Kazakhstan Cup final.

A free transfer took him to Yelimay Semey in January 2024, and the move suited him. He has become a fixture of the side, reaching 60 appearances and 14 goals for the club, with strikes against Kyzyl-Zhar, Atyrau and Irtysh among the highlights. By March 2026 he held the record for most Premier League appearances by an active Yelimay player.

Sviridov has also worked his way up through Kazakhstan's youth ranks to the senior national team, making his debut against Slovenia in a Euro qualifier in November 2023. He has since won six caps, including matches against Belgium and North Macedonia, though he is yet to open his scoring account at that level.