Islambek Kuat

Islambek Yerzhanuly Kuat (Kazakh: Исламбек Ержанұлы Қуат, İslambek Erjanūly Quat; born 12 January 1993) is a Kazakh footballer who plays for Jenis and the Kazakhstan national team. Kuat scored his first goal for Kazakhstan on 10 October 2015 in a 2–1 defeat against the Netherlands in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier.^[1]

Islambek Kuat

Kuat with Khimki
Personal information
Full name	Islambek Yerzhanuly Kuat
Date of birth	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Akmola, Kazakhstan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Jenis
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Astana	20	(2)
2011	→ Okzhetpes (loan)	26	(0)
2012	→ Aktobe (loan)	15	(1)
2014–2019	Kairat	133	(7)
2020	Orenburg	3	(0)
2020–2021	Khimki	6	(0)
2021–2024	Astana	71	(2)
2025–	Jenis	20	(1)
International career‡
2015–	Kazakhstan	69	(6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:45, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Career

Club

On 30 December 2019, FC Kairat confirmed Kuat's departure from the club at the end of his contract.^[2] On 1 January 2020, Russian Premier League club FC Orenburg announced the signing of Kuat.^[3] On 30 July 2020, his Orenburg contract was terminated by mutual consent.^[4]

On 11 September 2020 he joined Russian Premier League club FC Khimki.^[5] On 13 March 2021, his contract with Khimki was terminated by mutual consent.^[6]

On 16 March 2021, FC Astana announced that they had re-signed Kuat after he'd previously played for the club between 2010 and 2014.^[7] On 23 December 2024, Astana announced that Kuat would leave the club after his contract had expired.^[8]

International

Kuat became very well known in Turkey, thanks to his goal against Latvia, which enabled the Turkish team to qualify direct as the best third-placed side in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. It was even suggested that a street in Istanbul be named in honour of Kuat, while more than one fan on social media promised to name their children in honour of the midfielder. A dozen Turkish fans presented him with gifts and a bouquet of flowers, and thanked him personally at half-time during Kairat's game against Atyrau on 17 October.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 November 2024.^[13][14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Astana	2010	Kazakhstan Premier League	0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
	2011		0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
	2012		0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
	2013		18	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	2
	2014		2	0	1	0	0	0	-		3	0
	Total		20	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	25	2
Okzhetpes (loan)	2011	Kazakhstan First Division	26	0	2	0	–		–		28	0
Aktobe (loan)	2012	Kazakhstan Premier League	15	1	3	0	0	0	–		18	1
Kairat	2014	Kazakhstan Premier League	6	0	1	0	0	0	-		7	0
	2015		19	1	3	0	7	2	0	0	29	3
	2016		27	4	4	2	4	0	1	0	36	6
	2017		30	1	2	0	4	0	1	1	37	2
	2018		25	1	2	1	5	0	1	0	33	2
	2019		26	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	32	1
	Total		133	7	13	3	24	3	4	1	174	14
Orenburg	2019–20	Russian Premier League	3	0	0	0	-		-		3	0
Khimki	2020–21	Russian Premier League	6	0	1	0	-		-		7	0
Astana	2021	Kazakhstan Premier League	23	1	6	1	4	0	0	0	33	2
	2022		11	0	0	0	0	0	-		11	0
	2023		18	0	3	0	8	0	1	0	30	0
	2024		19	1	2	0	7	0	5	0	33	1
	Total		71	2	11	1	19	0	6	0	107	3
Career total			274	12	33	4	45	3	10	1	362	20

International

As of match played 11 June 2024.^[13]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Kazakhstan	2015	4	2
	2016	6	0
	2017	6	1
	2018	7	0
	2019	8	1
	2020	7	1
	2021	8	1
	2022	8	0
	2023	7	0
	2024	3	0
Total		64	6

International goals

Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	10 October 2015	Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan	Netherlands	1–2	1–2	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification	[15]
2	13 October 2015	Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	1–0	1–0		[16]
3	10 June 2017	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Denmark	1–2	1–3	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[17]
4	11 June 2019	Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	San Marino	1–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification	[18]
5	4 September 2020	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	Lithuania	2–0	2–0	2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
6	7 September 2021	Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	2–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Kairat

• Kazakhstan Cup (2): 2014, 2015