# Nuraly Alip

Nuraly Paktuly Alip (Kazakh: Нұралы Пақтұлы Әліп, Nūraly Paqtūly Älıp,; born 22 December 1999) is a Kazakh professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg and the Kazakhstan national team.

## Club career
### Kairat

Trained in Caspiy, where he began in 2008, he joined the young people of Kairat in 2015. In March 2018, he joined the main team of the Almaty club. He played his first game on 11 March against Kyzylzhar, who won this 2-1 victory.

### Zenit Saint Petersburg

In January 2022, Alip joined up with Zenit Saint Petersburg for a trial during their week long training camp in the United Arab Emirates. On 16 February 2022, Alip joined Zenit on loan until the end of 2022, with an option to buy. On 14 December 2022, Alip moved to Zenit on a permanent basis and signed a contract until the end of the 2024–25 season, with an option to extend for a year.
On 2 June 2024, Alip scored the winning goal in added time in the 2024 Russian Cup final.
On 7 August 2024, Alip extended his contract with Zenit until the summer of 2028.

## International career

After playing with Kazakhstan's U-19 national team, he made his debut with the Kazakhstan national team on 26 March 2018 in a friendly match against Bulgaria which ended with a 2-1 win in favour of the Bulgarian combined after the goals of Ivelin Popov and Nikolay Bodurov for Bulgaria, and Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev for Kazakhstan.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 12 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Kairat | 2018 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Kairat | 2019 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Kairat | 2020 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 4 |
| Kairat | 2021 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Kairat | Total | Total | 74 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 5 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg (loan) | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg (loan) | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg (loan) | Total | Total | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 0 | 12 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | Total | Total | 42 | 1 | 19 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 62 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 130 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 185 | 7 |
* ↑ Includes Kazakhstan Cup, Russian Cup
* 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
* ↑ Appearance in Kazakhstan Super Cup
* 1 2 Appearance in Russian Super Cup

### International

    As of match played 20 November 2023
Kazakhstan :
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 0 |

## Honours

Kairat
* Kazakhstan Premier League: 2020
* Kazakhstan Cup: 2018
* Kazakhstan Super Cup runner-up: 2018, 2019
Zenit Saint Petersburg
* Russian Premier League: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
* Russian Cup: 2023–24
* Russian Super Cup: 2022, 2024