Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev

Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Kazakh: Нұрбол Жұмасқалиев, Nūrbol Jūmasqaliev; born 11 May 1981) is a Kazakh football coach and a former player who played as an attacking midfielder and forward. He is the manager of Tobol and an assistant coach with the Kazakhstan national team.

Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev

Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (2019)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-05-11) 11 May 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Oral, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfield, Forward
Team information
Current team	Tobol (manager)/ Kazakhstan (assistant coach)
Youth career
	Namys (Almaty)
	Akzhayik
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998	Akzhayik	13	(0)
1999	Zhetysu	24	(0)
2000–2010	Tobol	300	(127)
2011	Lokomotiv Astana	31	(10)
2012–2016	Tobol	130	(29)
2017	Irtysh	7	(0)
2017–2018	Tobol	20	(0)
International career
2001–2014	Kazakhstan	58	(7)
Managerial career
2019	Tobol (assistant)
2019	Tobol (caretaker)
2020–2024	Tobol (sporting director)
2021–2023	Kazakhstan U21 (assistant)
2024	Tobol (caretaker)
2024–	Tobol
2025–	Kazakhstan (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Early career

At the age of 11, Nurbol was selected for a youth club, Namys (Almaty), which was created to find the most promising talents in the nation. His first coach was Talgat Nurmagambetov.

Club career

Nurbol started his senior career at FC Akzhayik and played for FC Zhetysu in next season. In 2000 Nurbol moved to FC Tobol, where he soon became the club captain. He scored 7 goals in European competitions.

After being sent-off on 16 October 2016 in Tobol's 1–0 defeat to Akzhayik for foul and abusive language, Zhumaskaliyev received a seven-match ban.^[1] Zhumaskaliyev went on to leave Tobol in December 2016.^[2]

On 30 June 2017, Zhumaskaliyev left Irtysh Pavlodar by mutual consent.^[3]

On 27 December 2018, FC Tobol announced Zhumaskaliyev as their new Sporting Director.^[4]

International

At the age of 20, Nurbol earned his first cap on 16 October 2001 in a friendly against Estonia. He was dropped initially during the World Cup 2006 qualifiers, in favour of Ruslan Baltiev, but regained his place when Baltiev was injured. He was capped 58 times for the national team, scoring 7 goals.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 October 2016^[5][6]

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
Akzhayik	1998	Kazakhstan Premier League	13	0			–		–		13	0
Zhetysu	1999	Kazakhstan Premier League	24	0			–		–		24	0
Tobol	2000	Kazakhstan Premier League	22	9			–		–		22	9
	2001		30	12	2	0	–		–		32	12
	2002		21	4	1	0	–		–		22	4
	2003		30	16			6	1	–		36	17
	2004		36	19	0	0	–		–		36	19
	2005		22	9	0	0	–		–		22	9
	2006		28	14	4	0	2	1	–		34	15
	2007		27	9	4	0	7	2	–		38	11
	2008		28	12	3	1	2	0	–		33	13
	2009		24	8	2	1	2	1	–		27	10
	2010		32	15	0	0	2	2	–		34	17
	Total		300	127	16	2	21	7	-	-	337	136
Lokomotiv Astana	2011	Kazakhstan Premier League	31	10	1	0	–		–		32	10
Tobol	2012	Kazakhstan Premier League	26	6	4	0	–		–		22	9
	2013		30	9	2	0	–		–		32	12
	2014		28	5	1	0	–		–		22	4
	2015		19	5	1	1	–		–		36	17
	2016		27	4	0	0	–		–		27	4
	Total		130	29	8	1	-	-	-	-	138	30
Irtysh Pavlodar	2017	Kazakhstan Premier League	7	0	2	0	1	0	–		10	0
Tobol	2017	Kazakhstan Premier League	10	0	0	0	–		–		10	0
Career total			515	166	27	3	22	7	-	-	564	176

International

Kazakhstan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2001	1	0
2002	2	0
2003	3	0
2004	4	2
2005	4	1
2006	9	1
2007	14	1
2008	8	0
2009	0	0
2010	5	1
2011	2	0
2012	1	0
2013	3	0
2014	2	1
Total	58	7

Statistics accurate as of match played 7 June 2016^[6]

International goals

As of 5 March 2014^[6]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1.	19 February 2004	Pafiako Stadium, Paphos, Cyprus	Armenia	1–0	2–1	Friendly
2.				2–0
3.	7 September 2005	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Greece	1–1	1–2	WC Qualifiers 2006
4.	2 July 2006	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Tajikistan	1–0	4–1	Friendly
5.	24 March 2007	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Serbia	2–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[7]
6.	11 August 2010	Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan	Oman	2–1	3–1	Friendly	[8]
7.	5 March 2014	Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey	Lithuania	1–1	1–1	Friendly	[9]

Honours

Club

Tobol

• Kazakhstan Premier League (1): 2010
• Kazakhstan Cup (1): 2007
• UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2007

Personal

• 2003, 2005, 2010 Kazakhstan FF "Best Player of the year"