Abzal Taubay

Abzal Taubay spent eight seasons at Taraz, the club where his professional career began in 2014, and left in 2022 with more than 150 league appearances and 15 league goals. The high point of that stretch came in 2018, when Taraz finished second in the Kazakhstan First Division.

He then moved three times in two years, each time on a free transfer. Turan in Turkestan signed him in March 2023, and he played 19 league games there and scored once. A year later he joined Khan Tengri, where he made eight league and two cup appearances.

The move that changed his standing came in June 2024, when he signed for Ulytau. He became a key player there, and in his first season he scored six league goals in 16 appearances.

Taubay has also played for Kazakhstan at international level. He has won six caps for the senior national team without scoring. His earlier youth experience includes one appearance for the Kazakhstan Under-21 side in qualifying for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

He was born in the village of Bauyrzhan Momyshuly in the Jambyl Region, formerly known as Burunoye, and Taraz, the regional club, was where he began. He has not won a Premier League or Cup title, and has not received a major individual award.