Yerlan Yerlesuly Sagymbayev (Kazakh: Ерлан Ерлесұлы Сағымбаев, Erlan Erlesūly Sağymbaev; born April 5, 1970) is a Kazakhstani former professional ice hockey player, and head coach.

Yerlan Sagymbayev
Born (1970-04-05) April 5, 1970 (age 54)
Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
Avtomobilist Karagandy
Avangard Omsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Sibir Novosibirsk
National team  Kazakhstan
Playing career 1987–2001

Playing career edit

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.

Career statistics edit

Regular season and playoffs edit

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1986–87 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk URS.2 3 0 0 0 0
1987–88 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk URS 5 1 0 1 4
1988–89 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk URS.2 7 1 1 2 0
1988–89 SKA Sverdlovsk URS.2 16 7 2 9 8
1989–90 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk URS 7 0 0 0 2
1990–91 Avtomobilist Karaganda URS.2 60 15 11 26 14
1991–92 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk CIS 34 10 2 12 14 6 2 0 2 0
1992–93 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk IHL 41 20 4 24 20
1993–94 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk IHL 37 16 5 21 12
1994–95 Avangard Omsk IHL 37 17 6 23 4 5 0 0 0 2
1994–95 Avangard–2 Omsk RUS.2 1 1 2 3 4
1995–96 Avangard Omsk IHL 29 7 7 14 6 2 0 1 1 2
1995–96 Avangard–2 Omsk RUS.2 6 3 0 3 2
1996–97 Metallurg Novokuznetsk RSL 10 2 1 3 12
1996–97 Metallurg–2 Novokuznetsk RUS.3 10 2 1 3 12 3 3 0 3 4
1997–98 Sibir Novosibirsk RSL 26 5 2 7 20
1999–2000 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk RUS.3 18 14 14 28 6
1999–2000 ERSC Amberg GER.3 6 2 1 3 2
2000–01 Kazzinc–Torpedo RUS.3 51 29 29 58 16
IHL totals 144 60 22 82 42 7 0 1 1 2

International edit

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1993 Kazakhstan WC C 7 4 5 9 2
1994 Kazakhstan WC C 6 1 2 3 6
1996 Kazakhstan WC C 7 6 4 10 10
1997 Kazakhstan WC B 7 4 0 4 26
1998 Kazakhstan OG 7 1 0 1 4
1998 Kazakhstan WC 3 0 0 0 4
2001 Kazakhstan WC D1 5 2 1 3 25
Senior totals 42 18 12 30 77

Coaching career edit

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Head coach of the Barys Astana
2015
Succeeded by