Sergei Sergeyevich Ostapenko () (born 23 February 1986) is a Kazakh former

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, whose last team was

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Career

In 2003, Ostapenko had graduated from

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''(FC Tsesna at that time)'' football academy and had been starting in the first team since then, before his transfer to

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in 2007. That was definitely an upward move in his career. He helped the team to win the

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that season, to finish second in the

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and win the

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Royal Antwerp

On 31 January 2008, along with Maksim Zhalmagambetov, Ostapenko signed a two-year contract with

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. The Belgian team's manager noted that the duo's youth, international experience and physical characteristics were key motivations for signing the pair. However, Ostapenko's European adventure was not particularly successful and he did not start a single game for the reds, only playing in the reserve team. Both Ostapenko and Maksim Zhalmagambetov shortly returned to Kazakhstan in the middle of the Kazakhstan Premier League 2008. In July 2014, Ostapenko moved from

FC Kaisar FC Kaysar (, ''Qaisar Futbol Kluby'') is a Football in Kazakhstan, Kazakh professional association football, football club based in the Gany Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League and have miss ...

, returning to Astana in April 2015 after his Kaisar contract had expired.

International career

At the age of 21, Sergei earned his first cap on 6 June 2007 in a

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qualifier against Azerbaijan. He scored his first goal for the national team against Armenia, which also was a lone winning goal. Since then, he has scored 3 more goals, all in World Cup Qualifiers, including 2 at home to Andorra.

Career Stats

Club

Last update: 21 September 2014

International goals

Honours

* Kazakhstan League Runner-up:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

* Kazakhstan Cup Winner:

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

* Intertoto Cup Winner:

References

External links

Profile at KFF website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostapenko, Sergei Living people 1986 births Kazakhstani men's footballers Men's association football forwards Royal Antwerp F.C. players Kazakhstan men's international footballers Kazakhstani expatriate men's footballers 21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium FC Aktobe players FC Tobol players FC Astana players FC Kaisar players FC Zhetysu players Kazakhstan Premier League players Challenger Pro League players Footballers from Almaty