Aisultan Nazarbayev
(1990--2020) association football player
Aisultan Rakhatuly Nazarbayev (Kazakh: Айсұлтан Рахатұлы Назарбаев, Aisūltan Rahatūly Nazarbaev; 26 August 1990 – 16 August 2020) was a Kazakh footballer, businessman, grandson of former President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, and son of Kazakh politician Dariga Nazarbayeva.
Biography
Early life and education
Aisultan was born in 1990 in then-Kazakh SSR. His father Rakhat Aliyev (1961–2015) was a businessman, politician, and diplomat. His mother Dariga Nazarbayeva (born 1963) is the eldest daughter of Nursultan Nazarbayev.
He studied at the International College of Continuing Education in Astana and the American International School in Salzburg. In 2010, Aisultan graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and then from KIMEP University with a degree in business administration.
Football career
Aisultan started playing football at FC Admira Wacker Mödling during his father's service as ambassador to Austria. In 2006, he played two matches in the first league of Kazakhstan for the FC Rahat football club. In 2007, he was a member of FC Kairat and took part in the qualifying tournament for the 2006 European Youth Football Championship. Aisultan spent two or three months at Chelsea F.C. He played a season in the youth team of Portsmouth F.C. and became the bronze medalist of the English Championship. In 2011, Aisultan played for FC Astana.
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