# Yerlan Sagymbayev

Yerlan Yerlesuly Sagymbayev (Kazakh: Ерлан Ерлесұлы Сағымбаев, Erlan Erlesūly Sağymbaev; born April 5, 1970) is a Kazakhstani former professional ice hockey player, and head coach.

## Playing career

Yerlan Sagymbayev is a graduate of the Ust-Kamenogorsk ice hockey school. He is a two-time champion of the USSR Junior Championships in the squad of the Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk. In 1987, he awarded as a best young forward and invited to the USSR national youth team. In 1988, he was a bronze medalist of the Viking Cup in Calgary. After Soviet Union collapse, he played for the Kazakhstan national ice hockey team. He served as captain at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where his team achieved a quarter final. He ended his career because of injury in 2001.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1986–87 | Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk | URS.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88 | Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk | URS | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89 | Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk | URS.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89 | SKA Sverdlovsk | URS.2 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90 | Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk | URS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91 | Avtomobilist Karaganda | URS.2 | 60 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92 | Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk | CIS | 34 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992–93 | Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk | IHL | 41 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk | IHL | 37 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95 | Avangard Omsk | IHL | 37 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1994–95 | Avangard–2 Omsk | RUS.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96 | Avangard Omsk | IHL | 29 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995–96 | Avangard–2 Omsk | RUS.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | RSL | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97 | Metallurg–2 Novokuznetsk | RUS.3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1997–98 | Sibir Novosibirsk | RSL | 26 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999–2000 | Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk | RUS.3 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999–2000 | ERSC Amberg | GER.3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01 | Kazzinc–Torpedo | RUS.3 | 51 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| IHL totals | IHL totals | IHL totals | 144 | 60 | 22 | 82 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1993 | Kazakhstan | WC C | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 1994 | Kazakhstan | WC C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1996 | Kazakhstan | WC C | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
| 1997 | Kazakhstan | WC B | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| 1998 | Kazakhstan | OG | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1998 | Kazakhstan | WC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | Kazakhstan | WC D1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 42 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 77 |

## Coaching career

* 2004–2005 Kazakhstan U20 National Team - assistant coach
* 2005–2006 Kazakhstan U20 National Team - head coach
* 2006–2008 Kazzinc-Torpedo - head coach
* 2009–2011 Yertis Pavlodar - head coach
* 2011–2012 Kazakhstan U20 National Team - head coach
* 2012–2014 Barys Astana - assistant coach
* 2014–2015 Snezhnye Barsy - assistant coach
* 2015–present Barys Astana - head coach