Emil Kenzhisariyev

Emil Kenzhisariyev
Personal information
Full name	Emil Rinatovich Kenzhisariyev
Date of birth	26 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2005	Abdish-Ata Kant
2005	FC Cesna
2006–2007	Astana
2008–2011	Aktobe
2011–2012	Bunyodkor
2012–2013	Aktobe
International career‡
2004	Kyrgyzstan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 November 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2014

Emil Rinatovich Kenzhisariyev (Kyrgyz: Эмил Кенжисариев; Russian: Эмиль Ринатович Кенжисариев; born 26 March 1987) is a Kyrgyz footballer who last played for Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Aktobe as a defender. He became the top scorer of the 2010 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, scoring six goals. He is a member of the Kyrgyzstan national football team.

Assault

On 11 August 2013, Kenzhisariyev was assaulted in the Kazakh city of Almaty and was hospitalized in a coma.^[1] Reports from Kazakh media stated that he had been operated on for head injuries, and that he remained in a coma but that his condition was improving.^[2] He was eventually discharged in late September and is currently undergoing rehab training, expected to make a full recovery.^[3]