Mark Mikhaylovich Gurman (russian: Марк Михайлович Гурман; he, מרק גורמן; born 9 February 1989 in

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

i professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who currently plays for Kyzylzhar and the

national team.

Club career

Gurman made

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

at the age of fourteen without his parents. He was scouted by

Shlomo Scharf Shlomo Scharf ( he, שלמה שרף; born 1 January 1943) is a former Israeli football (soccer), football player and coach (sport), manager who now works as a regular commentator on Israeli Sport 5 TV channel. Scharf managed Maccabi Haifa to thre ...

who brought him to Israel as part of a project for young Jews to make aliyah without their parents. Gurman left

FC Kairat Football Club Kairat ( kk, Qaırat Fýtbol Klýby) is a professional association football, football club based in Almaty, which plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Football in Kazakhstan, Kazakh football. Founded in 1954 ...

in November 2015 after four seasons with the club. In February 2016, Gurman signed for Champions

FC Astana Astana Football Club ( kk, Astana Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,254-seat Astana Arena stadium. Th ...

. On 31 January 2018, Kaisar announced the signing of Gurman on a one-year contract.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 13 October 2015''

Honours

Astana *

Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for clubs in the Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Сове� ...

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Kairat *

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Kaisar *

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References

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* 1989 births Living people Soviet Jews Kazakhstani Jews Jewish footballers Kazakhstani emigrants to Israel Israeli Jews Israeli men's footballers Israeli people of Kazakhstani-Jewish descent Kazakhstan Premier League players Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C. players Maccabi Akhi Nazareth F.C. players Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players FC Astana players FC Kairat players FC Tobol players Israeli Premier League players Kazakhstani men's footballers Kazakhstan men's international footballers Kazakhstani expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers from Almaty Jewish Kazakhstani sportspeople {{Kazakhstan-footy-bio-stub