Emil Kenzhesariyev
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography
Emil Rinatovich Kenzhesariyev (Template:Lang-ky, born 26 March 1987) is a Kyrgyz/Kazakh footballer currently playing for Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Aktobe as a defender. He became the top scorer of the 2010 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, scoring six goals. He is a member of the Kyrgyzstan national football team.
Assault
On 11 August 2013, Kenzhesariyev was assaulted in the Kazakh city of Almaty and was hospitalized in a coma.<ref>"Aktobe defender Emil Kenzhesariev is in a coma"</ref> Reports from Kazakh media stated that he had been operated on for head injuries, and that he remained in a coma but that his condition was improving.<ref>"Emil Kenzhisariev had a second operation"</ref> He was eventually discharged in late September and is currently undergoing rehab training, expected to make a full recovery.<ref>"Kenzhesariev discharged from hospital"</ref>
