Kazakhstani bandy player
Rauan Isaliyev
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| Full name |
Rauan Orynbasarovich Isaliyev |
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| Date of birth |
(1988-05-13) 13 May 1988 (age 35) |
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| Place of birth |
Oral, Kazakhstan |
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| Height |
180 cm (5.9 ft)[1] |
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| Playing position |
Midfielder |
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Current team |
Sibselmash |
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| Number |
80 |
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| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
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| 2002–2008 |
Akzhaiyk |
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| 2008–2010 |
Vodnik |
30[2] |
(8) |
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| 2010–2012 |
Start |
48[3][4] |
(39) |
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| 2012– |
Sibselmash |
138[5][6][7][8][9] |
(84) |
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| 2006– |
Kazakhstan |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
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Rauan Orynbasarovich Isaliyev (Kazakh: Рауан Орынбасарұлы Исалиев, romanized: Rauan Orynbasarūly Isalıev, Russian: Рауан Орынбасарович Исалиев, born 13 May 1988) is a Kazakh bandy player and captain of the national team. He currently plays as midfielder for Sibselmash from Novosibirsk in the Russian Bandy Super League.[10]
Biography
Isaliyev was born 13 May 1988 in Oral, West Kazakhstan Region,[1] and started his bandy career in 2002 with Akzhayik Sports Club until 2008.[11] He spent his next two seasons with Vodnik in Arkhangelsk, then two seasons with Start in Nizhny Novgorod.[11]
With the national bandy team, Isaliyev has won bronze medals at the Bandy World Championship (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).[10] At the 2011 Asian Winter Games, he was top goalscorer in the bandy tournament, and Kazakhstan won the goal medal on home ice at the Medeu in Almaty.[12] He was the flag bearer at the closing ceremony.[13]
After the 2012–13 league season he was elected best player in Start.[14] Following the 2018–19 season he achieved that feat with Sibselmash for the third year in a row.[15]
At the 2018 World Championship he was the topscorer in Division A.[16]
