Belarusian diaspora — the most numerous among legionnaires in the Kazakhstan Premier Football League
14 Belarusians play for clubs in Kazakhstan's top division, whose championship started this weekend.
Pavel Syadko
For comparison: Russia is represented in Kazakhstan by 12 players, Ukraine — 11, Brazil — 9, writes Goal.kz
The largest diaspora among Belarusians is in Pavlodar's "Irtysh" — four people (Uladzislau Klimovich, Pavel Syadko (and Pavel scored in the first match), Danila Nyachayeu and Ruslan Khadarkevich).
The club's head coach is Belarusian Kiryl Alsheuski.
"Atyrau" has three Belarusian footballers (Yegor Khvalko, Ruslan Yudzyankou and Yegor Khatkevich), "Akzhayik" has two.
For comparison: seven Belarusians play in the Russian Premier League, and 10 in the top league of Kyrgyzstan.