The Taraz Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
6 saves: Andrei Pasechenko was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Madiiar Nūraly 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 Taraz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Taraz make their move for Rinat Kuat
$13.0K on the table at Akzhaiyk. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Taraz rebuffed over Asilbek Jumayev
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Neftchi have kept their man, and Taraz go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Taraz promote Baurzhan Islamkhan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Baurzhan Islamkhan has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rinat Dosmagambetov steps up from the Taraz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rinat Dosmagambetov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Taraz promote Dauren Tymoshchuk from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dauren Tymoshchuk has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Talgat Postnikov joins the Taraz first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Talgat Postnikov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Taraz training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Eskendir Qybyrai is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- The dugout Dias Lesbek gets it from the manager
- Squad Maxim Karpov has outgrown this division
- Player ratings Eskendir Qybyrai runs at them all day