Temirlan Anarbekov

Temirlan Anarbekov
Personal information
Full name Temirlan Anarbekuly Anarbekov
Date of birth (2003-10-14) 14 October 2003
Place of birth Atyrau, Kazakhstan
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Kairat
Number 77
Youth career
–2017 Atyrau
2017–2020 Kairat
2021 Kairat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Kairat 11 (0)
2020– Kairat-Zhastar 55 (0)
2024Zhenis (loan) 14 (0)
International career
2020 Kazakhstan U17 1 (0)
2022 Kazakhstan U19 3 (0)
2023–2024 Kazakhstan U21 12 (0)
2025– Kazakhstan 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:23, 26 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:00, 15 November 2025

Temirlan Anarbekuly Anarbekov (Kazakh: Темірлан Анарбекұлы Анарбеков; born 14 October 2003) is a Kazakh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Kazakhstan Premier League club Kairat, its feeder club Kairat-Zhastar, and the Kazakhstan national team.[1]

Club career

Anarbekov joined the youth academy at Kairat in 2017 after leaving his hometown club Atyrau.[1] He made three appearances during the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League for Kairat.[1]

In 2020, he was promoted to the senior teams of Kairat and its feeder club Kairat-Zhastar,[2][3] making his debut for Kairat on 30 November 2020 during the 1–0 loss against Taraz on the final matchday[4] and his debut for Kairat-Zhastar came on during a 3–0 win against Shakhter-Bulat on 11 March 2021. He became Kairat's regular starting goalkeeper during Kazakhstan Cup matches.[1]

He was loaned out to Zhenis for the 2024 season[5] and he made his debut for Zhenis on 20 April 2024 during the 1–0 victory against Turan.[1]

He featured as a second-half substitute against Celtic during the Champions League qualifying play-offs after Aleksandr Zarutskiy was injured during the same match on 20 August 2025.[6] On 26 August, he saved three penalties in a 3–2 shootout victory against Celtic after two goalless draws, securing his club's qualification for their first-ever Champions League.[7] A month later, on 14 September, Anarbekov was injured himself during the 1–0 victory against Aktobe after he broke his jaw and was substituted during the first-half.[8] He returned and played on 17 October during the 1–0 victory against Kyzylzhar.[9] A few days later, on 21 October, he made his Champions League debut in a goalless draw against Pafos.[10]

International career

He represented Kazakhstan U19 during the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition.[1]

He was first called up to the senior Kazakhstan squad for a pair of UEFA Nations League matches against Norway and Austria in November 2024,[11] and he made his debut on 4 September 2025 during the 1–0 loss against Wales during 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Kazakhstan Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kairat (youth) 2021–22 N/A 3[a] 0 3 0
Kairat 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2022 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 0 0
2025 10 0 1 0 5[b] 0 0 0 16 0
Total 11 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 21 0
Kairat-Zhastar 2020 Kazakhstan First League 0 0 0 0
2021 14 0 14 0
2022 20 0 20 0
2023 19 0 19 0
2024 0 0 0 0
2025 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 55 0 0 0 55 0
Zhenis (loan) 2024 Kazakhstan Premier League 14 0 1 0 3[c] 0 18 0
Career total 80 0 6 0 8 0 3 0 97 0
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Youth League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearances in Kazakhstan League Cup

International

As of match played 15 November 2025.[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Kazakhstan 2025 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Kairat

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Temirlan Anarbekov". Soccerway.
  2. ^ "СОСТАВ". fckairat.com/ (in Russian). FC Kairat. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Temirlan Anarbekov". National Football Teams.
  4. ^ "Taraz 1 – 0 Kairat". Soccerway. 30 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Команда" [Team] (in Russian). Kazakhstan Football League. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Aleksandr Zarutskiy Injury: Still dealing with knock". RotoWire. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  7. ^ Brewin, John (26 August 2025). "Celtic miss out on Champions League after penalty shootout defeat by Kairat Almaty". The Guardian.
  8. ^ "Temirlan Anarbekov Injury: Forced off injured". RotoWire. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Anarbekov and Satpaev return to Kairat lineup after injury". Kazinform International News Agency. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Kairat's Anarbekov becomes third goalkeeper in history to receive 10/10 ranking from SofaScore". Qazinform. 23 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Final squad for the matches against Austria and Norway". Kazakhstan Football Federation. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.