Shot Left Height 1.85 m National team Kazakhstan Weight 80 kg | Playing career Positions Winger Name Yerlan Sagymbayev | |
Yerlan Yerlesuly Sagymbayev (Kazakh: Ерлан Ерлесұлы Сағымбаев; born April 5, 1970) is a former Kazakh professional ice hockey player, who currently serves as a head coach of the Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
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Playing career
Yerlan Sagymbayev is a graduate of the Ust-Kamenogorsk ice hockey school. He is a two time champion of the USSR Junior Championships in the squad of the Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk. In 1987, he awarded as a best young forward and invited to the USSR national youth team. In 1988, he was a bronze medalist of the Viking Cup in Calgary. After Soviet Union collapse, he played for the Kazakhstan national ice hockey team. He served as captain at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where his team achieved a quarter final. He ended his career because of injury in 2001.