Samat Tymoshchuk

Central Defender - Akzhaiyk
20 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Samat Tymoshchuk

5 Edition

The Akzhaiyk Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Samat Tymoshchuk puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Akzhaiyk, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Atyrau come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Akzhaiyk did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Mohammed Tahiri in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Akzhaiyk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Abzal Nurgaliev signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Abzal Nurgaliev and Akzhaiyk agree another 3 years.

Squad

No hiding place for Serikzhan Islamkhan

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Serikzhan Islamkhan, and the manager let it.

Squad

Kairat Murtazaev falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The Akzhaiyk Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Yerkebulan Nuserbayev

Successful dribbles: 48. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Samat Tymoshchuk asks to leave Akzhaiyk

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Tempers go at Akzhaiyk

Nurali Nurgaliev was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Islambek Taykenov signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Islambek Taykenov commits to Akzhaiyk for another 2 years.

Squad

Samat Logvinenko gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Nurali Nurgaliev in the eights

A performance of 8.05 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Yeldos Murtazaev falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

No time for Shakhter to settle

The goal that put Shakhter ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Akzhaiyk equalised, 1 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.

Match

Honours even between Akzhaiyk and Shakhter

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief