Andrey Karpovich became the acting head coach of the Kazakhstan national team.

The press service of the Kazakhstan Football Federation reports, that the 41 years old specialist will prepare the national team for the UEFA National League matches.

The previous head coach of the national team was Talgat Baysufinov, who has been in this post since 2020.

The Kazakhstan national team will play two matches within the framework of the UEFA National League in March. The team will play two games against Moldova. The meeting accordingly will be held on March 25 and 28.

Andrey Karpovich is well known to fans from his games for the Kazakhstan national team. He is among the top five national team record holders in games played (55). During his career, Karpovich played for the Kazakh clubs “Elimai”, “Irtysh”, “Kairat”, “Lokomotiv”, “Ordabasy”, “Shakhtar”, “Atyrau”, “Altay”, and also for the Russian “Rostselmash” and “Dynamo”.

Karpovich began his coaching career in the “Kairat” system, after which he headed “Okzhetpes” for two years. Since the beginning of 2021, he has been the head coach of the “Kyzyl-Zhar” football club.

Now the Kazakhstan national team takes the 120th place in the FIFA ranking.