Alyaksandr Uladzimiravich Martynovich (, ; born 26 August 1987) is a

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

ian professional

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er who plays as a

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for

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club Kairat. In June 2011, he acquired

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n citizenship as well and is not considered a foreign player in Russian football competitions. He has played for the Belarus national team for nearly 11 years.

Club career

On 15 July 2010, Martynovich signed a 2.5-year contract with

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side

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, extending his contract for the first time in December 2012 for another 2.5-years, before extending it again in December 2014 till the summer of 2018. He left Krasnodar as his contract expired in May 2022. On 13 June 2022, Martynovich signed a two-year contract with

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. He left Rubin as his contract expired on 16 June 2024. On 18 June 2024, Martynovich signed with Kairat in Kazakhstan until the end of 2025.

International career

Martynovich was part of the Belarus U-21 squad that participated in the

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and played as a starter in the 1–5 loss against Sweden U-21, during which he scored an unfortunate

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. He has been capped for Belarus national team since November 2009, receiving his first call-up during

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's tenure as coach. On 17 November 2010, Martynovich scored his only two goals for the team in the 4–0 away win against

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in a

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. In March 2015, he succeeded Timofei Kalachev as the

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of the

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Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 25 Juny 2019''

International goals

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