Aybol Abiken
# Aybol Abiken

Aybol Yerbolatuly Abiken (Kazakh: Айбол Ерболатұлы Әбікен, Aibol Erbolatūly Äbıken; born 1 June 1996) is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays as a defender and is currently banned after testing positive Meldonium.

## Career

### Club

Abiken made his professional debut for FC Kairat in the Kazakhstan Premier League on 29 April 2017, coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute for Bauyrzhan Islamkhan in the match against FC Akzhayik, which finished as a 4–1 home win.

On 25 November 2019, Abiken signed a new three-year contract with FC Kairat.

On 27 February 2022, Abiken signed for Aksu on loan for the 2022 season.

In June 2022, Abiken was banned for three-years after being found to have taken Meldonium.

In January 2023, it became known that the player's suspension was reduced from 4 to 2 years. He is expected to enter the field in 2024.

### International

Abiken made his Kazakhstan national football team debut on 9 September 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Russia. He started the game and played the whole match.

## Career statistics

### Club

    As of match played 9 December 2021

| 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 | 2017 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Kairat | 2018 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Kairat | 2019 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Kairat | 2020 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 16 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 3 |
| Kairat | 2021 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 21 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 5 |
| Kairat | 2022 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kairat | Total | Total | 79 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 114 | 13 |
| Aksu (loan) | 2022 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 86 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 16 |

### International

Kazakhstan :

| Year | Apps | Goals |
| - | - | - |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 1 |

Statistics accurate as of match played 15 November 2020

**International goals**


    Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first.

| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | 15 November 2020 | Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania | Albania | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C |
