Yerlan Sagymbayev

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

Playing career 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 Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1986–87 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk URS.2 30000 ————— 1987–88 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk URS 51014 ————— 1988–89 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk URS.2 71120 ————— 1988–89 SKA Sverdlovsk URS.2 167298 ————— 1989–90 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk URS 70002 ————— 1990–91 Avtomobilist Karaganda URS.2 6015112614 ————— 1991–92 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk CIS 341021214 62020 1992–93 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk IHL 412042420 ————— 1993–94 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk IHL 371652112 ————— 1994–95 Avangard Omsk IHL 37176234 50002 1994–95 Avangard–2 Omsk RUS.2 11234 ————— 1995–96 Avangard Omsk IHL 2977146 20112 1995–96 Avangard–2 Omsk RUS.2 63032 ————— 1996–97 Metallurg Novokuznetsk RSL 1021312 ————— 1996–97 Metallurg–2 Novokuznetsk RUS.3 1021312 33034 1997–98 Sibir Novosibirsk RSL 2652720 ————— 1999–2000 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk RUS.3 181414286 ————— 1999–2000 ERSC Amberg GER.3 62132 ————— 2000–01 Kazzinc–Torpedo RUS.3 5129295816 ————— IHL totals 144 60 22 82 42 7 0 1 1 2

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1993 Kazakhstan WC C 74592 1994 Kazakhstan WC C 61236 1996 Kazakhstan WC C 7641010 1997 Kazakhstan WC B 740426 1998 Kazakhstan OG 71014 1998 Kazakhstan WC 30004 2001 Kazakhstan WC D1 521325 Senior totals 42 18 12 30 77

Coaching career 2004–2005 Kazakhstan U20 National Team - assistant coach 2005–2006 Kazakhstan U20 National Team - head coach 2006–2008 Kazzinc-Torpedo - head coach 2009–2011 Yertis Pavlodar - head coach 2011–2012 Kazakhstan U20 National Team - head coach 2012–2014 Barys Astana - assistant coach 2014–2015 Snezhnye Barsy - assistant coach 2015–present Barys Astana - head coach