Andrei Vladimirovich Karpovich (born 18 January 1981) is a Kazakh

Kazakhs

The Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia ....

 footballer

Football (soccer)

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, who currently plays for FC Lokomotiv Astana

FC Lokomotiv Astana

FC Astana is a Kazakh football club based at the Astana Arena.-History:The club formed as the result of a merger between FC Alma-Ata and Megasport in the beginning of 2009. Later they moved to newly build Astana Arena. The club has benefited from a high salary role which has enabled them to...

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Career

Karpovich started his career in his home town Semey

Semey

Semey , formerly known as Semipalatinsk and Alash-kala , is a city in Kazakhstan, in the northeastern province of East Kazakhstan, near the border with Siberia, around north of Almaty, and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk, along the Irtysh River.-History:The first settlement was in 1718,...

 playing for FC Elimay

FC Semey

FC Spartak Semey are a Kazakhstani football club based in Semey. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, and under the name Yelimay they were three-time champions of Kazakhstan in 1994, 1995 and 1998...

, and has since played for a number of different teams, finally signing for Russian side FC Dinamo Moskva in 2007. In February 2009, he transferred to the Kazakh team FC Lokomotiv Astana

FC Lokomotiv Astana

FC Astana is a Kazakh football club based at the Astana Arena.-History:The club formed as the result of a merger between FC Alma-Ata and Megasport in the beginning of 2009. Later they moved to newly build Astana Arena. The club has benefited from a high salary role which has enabled them to...

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International career

He scored Kazakhstan's

Kazakhstan national football team

The Kazakhstan national football team represents Kazakhstan in international men's association football and is directed by Football Federation of Kazakhstan. They split from the Soviet Union national football team after independence in 1991 and joined the Asian Football Confederation's Central and...

 first-ever goal in a competitive match after entering UEFA

UEFA

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. The game was against Ukraine

Ukraine national football team

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 in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

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 opener. He has made 49 international appearances for the Kazakhstan national football team

Kazakhstan national football team

The Kazakhstan national football team represents Kazakhstan in international men's association football and is directed by Football Federation of Kazakhstan. They split from the Soviet Union national football team after independence in 1991 and joined the Asian Football Confederation's Central and...

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