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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rafael Urazbakhtin
| image =
| fullname = Rafael Urazbakhtin
| birth_place = [[Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Kabardino-Balkar ASSR]], [[Soviet Union]] <ref>[http://www.footballzz.com/sugestao_dados_jogador.php?jog=172547 footballzz.com - Rafael Urazbakhtin profile] Retrieved 4 November 2011</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|11|20|df=y}}
| death_date =
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = Retired
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1996
| clubs1 = [[FC Zhetysu|Kainar Taldykorgan]]
| caps1 = 22
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1997
| clubs2 = [[FC Ulytau]]
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1997–2000
| clubs3 = [[FC Kairat]]
| caps3 = 40
| goals3 = 9
| years4 = 2001
| clubs4 = [[FC Rostov]]
| caps4 = 13
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2002
| clubs5 = [[FC Spartak Semey|FC Yelimay Semey]]
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2003–2004
| clubs6 = [[FC Aktobe]]
| caps6 = 40
| goals6 = 9
| years7 = 2005
| clubs7 = [[FC Zhetysu]]
| caps7 = 20
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2006
| clubs8 = [[FC Shakhter Karagandy]]
| caps8 = 29
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2007
| clubs9 = [[FC Kyzylzhar|FC Esil-Bogatyr Petropavl]]
| caps9 = 23
| goals9 = 4
| years10 = 2008
| clubs10 = [[FC Kairat]]
| caps10 = 19
| goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2009
| clubs11 = [[FC Kaisar]]
| caps11 = 12
| goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2010–2011
| clubs12 = [[FC Vostok]]
| caps12 = 49
| goals12 = 10
| nationalyears1 = 1998–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]]
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 1999
| nationalteam2 = Kazakhstan under-23
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
}}

'''Rafael Urazbakhtin''' (born 20 November 1978 in [[Kabardino-Balkar ASSR]]) is a retired [[association footballer|footballer]] from [[Kazakhstan]]. Urazbakhtin played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] and played for ten different clubs in his fifteen-year career, as well as making twelve appearances for the [[Kazakhstan national football team]] between 1998 and 2004. He spent the vast majority of his career in [[Kazakhstan]], but left the country in 2001 to play for [[FC Rostov]] in [[Russia]].

==Club career==

===Early career===

Urazbakhtin began his career in 1996 with [[FC Zhetysu]], then known as FC Kainar. That season, the club were relegated from the [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] after finishing in ninth place, with Urazbakhtin scoring once in twenty-two appearances. This relegation caused the forward to move to [[FC Ulytau]]. However, he only managed to make nine appearances for his new club before Ulytau folded and Urazbakhtin was forced to look for his third team in just two years. He joined [[FC Kairat]], based in [[Almaty]]. The club finished third in the [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] in 1997, with Urazbakhtin scoring four times in seventeen games. He would spend a total of four years at [[FC Kairat]] and 1998 proved to be his most successful year at the club. He scored five goals in fifteen appearances as Kairat finished second in the [[Kazakhstan First Division]]. Despite this, Urazbakhtin gradually fell out of favour, only making one appearance in 2000, his final year in [[Almaty]]. However, he would return to the club in 2008.

===2001-2011===

He signed for [[FC Rostov]] ahead of the 2001 season and played thirteen games as they finished twelfth in the [[Russian Premier League]]. Urazbakhtin then moved back to [[Kazakhstan]] to play for Yelimay Semey, now known as [[FC Spartak Semey]]. However, he failed to make a single appearance for the side as they finished eighth in the [[Kazakhstan Premier League]]. This lack of first-team football understandably lead Urazbakhtin to move to [[FC Aktobe]] in 2003. Aktobe had only recently been promoted from the [[Kazakhstan First Division|First Division]], but this didn't stop Urazbakhtin enjoying the most successful season of his career, netting nine goals in twenty-four games for an average of more than one goal every three games. Aktobe finished fifth in the [[2003 Kazakhstan Premier League]] and improved on this in 2004, claiming fourth place. However, Urazbakhtin failed to emulate his success in the previous campaign, making sixteen appearances but failing to find the net. As a result, he was transferred to [[FC Zhetysu]], the club where he had begun his career. He scored twice in twenty games in 2005 as Zhetysu finished fifteenth in the [[Kazakhstan Premier League|Premier League]], before moving on to [[FC Shakhter Karagandy]]. He failed to score for Shakhter in twenty-nine appearances in 2006, despite becoming a regular first-teamer at the club.<ref>[http://www.footballteams.ru/index.php?sub=2&pl_id=3590 Rafael Urazbakhtin - footballteams.ru profile] Retrieved 5 November 2011</ref> In 2007, Urazbakhtin joined [[FC Kyzylzhar]], where he witnessed a return to form, scoring four times in twenty-three appearances. However, this didn't prevent the forward from rejoining former club [[FC Kairat]] in 2008, and he only managed one goal in nineteen games for his new club, before moving on to the similarly-named [[FC Kaisar]] in 2009. Kaiser struggled that season, finishing thirteenth in the Premier League, and Urazbakhtin only scored once in twelve games. Despite being the penultimate season in his career, Urazbakhtin reached the twilight of his career in 2010, scoring once every three games on average for [[FC Vostok]] and equalling his best season goal tally. He stayed with Vostok for the 2011 season, but could only manage one goal in twenty-two games before retiring in October.

==International career==

Urazbakhtin made his debut for [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]] in a 2-0 loss to [[Iran national football team|Iran]] in December 1998 in the [[1998 Asian Games]], while he was playing for [[FC Kairat]].<ref>[http://rdfc.com.ne.kr/int/kaz-intres-1992.html#1998 Kazakhstan International Matches - Details 1992-1999] Retrieved 4 November 2011</ref> He would also play in Asian Games matches against [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] and [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]], coming on as a second-half substitute in all three games. Rafael had to wait until April 2001 for his next international call-up, playing against [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] in a [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] qualifier and scoring Kazakhstan's third goal in a 6-0 win. He also played in 2002 World Cup qualifiers against [[Macau national football team|Macau]] and [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]], before again scoring against [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] in the return fixture on 21 April. The striker's final three caps for Kazakhstan came in [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] qualifiers against [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] in September, [[Albania national football team|Albania]] in October, and [[Greece national football team|Greece]] in November.

Urazbakhtin played his last game for Kazakhstan in the 3-1 loss to [[Greece national football team|Greece]] on 17 November 2004.

On 3 October 1999 Urazbakhtin played in a [[2000 Sydney Olympics]] second-round qualifier against [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]], coming on as a substitute in a 0-0 draw.<ref>[http://misas.nhb.gov.sg/avs/public/internetSearch/catalogueForm.jsp?command=loadUpdate&id=1999000335&total=11725&searchType=1&startIndex=9380&currentPageNo=2141&startPageNo=1&startNoBatch=0&count=10&source=Television+Corporation+of+Singapore Moving Image and Sound Archives Singapore: Thailand and Kazakhstan draw in Olympic qualifier] Retrieved 5 November 2011</ref> As the game was a qualifier for an Olympics tournament, Kazakhstan sent their under-23 team to compete,<ref>[http://jason.soffe.free.fr/asian-zone/olympic-games-qualifying/australia-2000.php Footballinternational.co.uk - Olympic Games Australia 2000 Asian Zone Qualifying] Retrieved 5 November 2011</ref> and as Urazbakhtin was only 20 years old at the time, he was called up to the under-23 side.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Cap !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Competition !! Goals
|-
| 1 || 1 December 1998 || Main Stadium, [[Bangkok]] || {{fb|IRQ|1991}} || L 2-0 || [[1998 Asian Games]] ||
|-
| 2 || 8 December 1998 || [[Rajamangala Stadium]], [[Bangkok]] || {{fb|Thailand}} || D 1-1 || [[1998 Asian Games]] ||
|-
| 3 || 12 December 1998 || [[Rajamangala Stadium]], [[Bangkok]] || {{fb|Lebanon}} || L 3-0 || [[1998 Asian Games]] ||
|-
| 4 || 12 April 2001 || [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] || {{fb|Nepal}} || W 6-0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]] || 1 <ref>[http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3847/matches/match=22284/report.html FIFA.com - 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan - Nepal 0 Kazakhstan 6] Retrieved 4 November 2011</ref>
|-
| 5 || 14 April 2001 || [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] || {{fb|Macau}} || W 3-0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]] ||
|-
| 6 || 16 April 2001 || [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] || {{fb|IRQ|1991}} || D 1-1 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]] ||
|-
| 7 || 21 April 2001 || [[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]] || {{fb|Nepal}} || W 4-0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]] || 1 <ref>[http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3847/matches/match=20907/report.html FIFA.com - 2002 FIFA World Cup Japan/Korea - Kazakhstan 4 Nepal 0] Retrieved 4 November 2011</ref>
|-
| 8 || 23 April 2001 || [[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]] || {{fb|Macau}} || W 5-0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]] ||
|-
| 9 || 25 April 2001 || [[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]] || {{fb|IRQ|1991}} || D 1-1 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]] ||
|-
| 10 || 8 September 2004 || [[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]] || {{fb|Ukraine}} || L 2-1 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]] ||
|-
| 11 || 13 October 2004 || [[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]] || {{fb|Albania}} || L 1-0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]] ||
|-
| 12 || 17 November 2004 || [[Karaiskakis Stadium]], [[Piraeus]] || {{fb|Greece}} || L 3-1 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]] ||
|}

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|183269|Rafael Urazbakhtin}}
* {{NFT player|pid=3514|name=Rafael Urazbakhtin}}

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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani people]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani footballers]]
[[Category:Kazakhstan international footballers]]
[[Category:FC Zhetysu players]]
[[Category:FC Kairat players]]
[[Category:FC Rostov players]]
[[Category:Russian Premier League players]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Russia]]
[[Category:FC Aktobe players]]
[[Category:FC Shakhter Karagandy players]]
[[Category:FC Kyzylzhar players]]
[[Category:FC Kaisar players]]
[[Category:FC Vostok players]]
[[Category:Kazakhstan Premier League players]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games]]

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