Dastan Satpayev

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Dastan Satpayev
Personal information
Full name Dastan Talgatuly Satpayev
Date of birth (2008-08-12) 12 August 2008 (age 17)
Place of birth Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kairat
Number 9
Youth career
2017–2023 Kairat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024 Kairat-Zhastar 5 (1)
2024– Kairat 26 (14)
International career‡
2023–2024 Kazakhstan U17 10 (4)
2025– Kazakhstan U21 1 (0)
2025– Kazakhstan 7 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:10, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Dastan Talgatuly Satpayev (Kazakh: Дастан Талғатұлы Сәтбаев; born 12 August 2008) is a Kazakh professional footballer who plays as a forward for Kazakhstan Premier League club Kairat and the Kazakhstan national team.[1] He will join Premier League club Chelsea on 12 August 2026.[2]

Club career

Kairat

Born in Almaty, Satpayev joined the Kairat academy at eight years old.[3][4][5][2] He first came to prominence in the youth QJ League, with a total of 27 goals and 10 assists in 28 matches, during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, receiving the Most Valuable Player award during the latter,[5][6][7] whilst also making his senior debut with the reserve team in the Kazakhstan First League and scoring in the UEFA Youth League.[8][9]

Satpayev made his first team debut for Kairat on the 26 May 2024, coming on as a substitute for Élder Santana in the 80th minute of a 9–0 Kazakhstan League Cup win against Akzhayik.[10][11] In February 2025, Kairat announced that Satpayev agreed a transfer to English Premier League club Chelsea, set to happen in August 2026 after he turns 18, for a reported fee of €4 million.[2][12]

On 2 March 2025, he scored a goal for his Kazakh league debut, a 1–1 away draw against FK Astana. He later proceeded to establish himself as a regular performer in the top league[6][13] and one of his country brightest prospects, earning him comparisons to French star Kylian Mbappé in the Kazakh newspapers.[3][9][14] On 8 July, he scored the only goal in an away 1–1 draw against Slovenian club NK Olimpia in the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. At 16 years, 10 months and 27 days, he became the youngest Kazakh to play and score in a UEFA club competition match.[6][8] On 18 September, Satpayev played in the 4–1 defeat against in Sporting CP in the 2025–26 Champions League league phase. At the age of 17 years, one month and six days, he became the youngest Kazakh to feature in an UEFA club competition final phase.[15] Later that year, on 26 November, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–2 away defeat against Copenhagen, becoming the first Kazakh player to achieve this feat.[16]

International career

Satpayev is a youth international for Kazakhstan, having played for the under-17 team since October 2023,[17] scoring four goals in ten games and eventually serving as captain of the team.[12][18][19]

Satpayev received his first call-up to the Kazakhstan senior team in March 2025.[20] He debuted on 19 March in a 2–0 friendly win against Curaçao.[5] By doing so, at the 16 years, 7 months and 10 days, he became the youngest player to ever debut for the Kazakh senior team.[5][7][21][22] Satpayev then went on to play in the World Cup qualifying, replacing Maksim Samorodov on the 74th minute of a 1–3 away loss to Wales on 22 March 2025, to become at 16 years, seven months and 13 days the youngest Kazakh player to feature in a FIFA World Cup qualification game.[23] On 15 November, he scored the opening goal in the 1–1 draw against Belgium at the World Cup qualifying,[24] becoming Kazakhstan's youngest goalscorer at the age of 17 years, three months and three days.[25]

Style of play

A centre-forward also able to play on the flank, technically gifted with both feet, Satpayev was soon praised for his speed, agility, hard work, dribbling and finishing abilities.[17][18] This earned him comparison to fast-paced scorer Kylian Mbappé[3][9] while his physical profile was linked to Argentine star Sergio Agüero's.[2][17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 November 2025[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kairat 2024 Kazakhstan Premier League 000010––10
2025 2614210012[a]41[b]04119
Total 26142110124104119
Kairat-Zhastar (loan) 2024 Kazakhstan First League 5100–––51
Career total 31152110124104720
  1. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance in the Kazakhstan Super Cup

International

As of match played 15 November 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Kazakhstan 202571
Total71
List of international goals scored by Dastan Satpayev
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 November 2025Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan7 Belgium1–01–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Kairat

References

  1. ↑ Dastan Satpayev at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lebedenko, Denis (10 February 2025). «Челси» купил 16-летнего вундеркинда из Казахстана. Его «боялся» Черчесов и хотел подписать «Зенит». Sport24 [ru] (in Russian). Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Yeraliyeva, Aruzhan (11 July 2025). "Dastan Satpaev, l'"enfant prodige" du foot qui fait rêver le Kazakhstan". Courrier International (in French). Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Tully, David (11 February 2025). "Who Is Dastan Satpaev? 4 Things Chelsea Fans Should Now About The Club's Latest Signing". Chelsea News. National World. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Sakenova, Saniya (11 February 2025). "Young Kazakh Football Talent to Join London's Chelsea in Record Transfer". Astana Times. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Macedo, Aurélien (10 July 2025). "Chelsea : Dastan Satpaev, la pépite kazakhstanaise de 16 ans qui cartonne en Ligue des Champions". Foot Mercato [fr] (in French). Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  7. 1 2 Zhanibekov, Yerzhan (10 February 2025). "Kazakhstan's Dastan Satpayev to continue his career at Chelsea". Kazinform. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  8. 1 2 Coley, Tom (10 July 2025). "Chelsea wonderkid striker breaks another record after bargain transfer". Football London. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 Ruzmatova, Marina (19 June 2025). Сможет ли Дастан Сатпаев превзойти Киллиана Мбаппе. Qazcontent [kk] (in Russian). Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  10. ↑ Lorini, Simone (26 March 2025). "Un talento al giorno, Dastan Satpaev: il Chelsea prenota l'ennesimo gioiellino". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  11. ↑ QFL Кубок Лиги 2024 – Отчет рефери-асессора (PDF). Kazakhstan Premier League (in Kazakh). 26 May 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  12. 1 2 "Un club kazakh annonce le départ d'un jeune attaquant de 16 ans à Chelsea". L'Équipe (in French). 11 February 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  13. ↑ Meyers, Billy (3 July 2025). "Antoine Semenyo says the most exciting young talent on the planet is set to join Chelsea, and it's not Estevao". TBR Football. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Central Asian stars in top clubs: Heated debates around Khusanov and Satpaev". Zamin.uz. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Sporting CP vs Kairat Almaty". UEFA. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "Dastan Satpayev Makes History as Kairat's Academy Stars Shine in Champions League Match". The Astana Times. 27 November 2025.
  17. 1 2 3 "The Spotlight: Dastan Satpayev". RCScouting. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  18. 1 2 Первый казахстанец в «Челси»: кто такой Дастан Сатпаев и какое будущее его ждет?. Azattyq Rýhy (in Russian). 24 January 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  19. ↑ Tsepra, Elizaveta (24 January 2025). Дастан Сатпаев — Первый казах в английской премьер-лиге. 98mag (in Kazakh). Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  20. ↑ "Final squad for matches against Wales and Liechtenstein". Kazakhstan Football Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  21. ↑ "Ramadan a 'challenge' for Kazakhstan ahead of Wales World Cup clash". SuperSport. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  22. ↑ "Kazakhstan national team defeats Curacao in friendlier". Kazakh Football Federation. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  23. ↑ "Kazakhstan loses to Wales in the first 2026 World Cup qualifying match". Kazakh Football Federation. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  24. ↑ "Kazakhstan 1–1 Belgium". UEFA. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  25. ↑ "Chelsea-bound Dastan Satpayev becomes Kazakhstan's youngest-ever goalscorer after strike vs Belgium". One Football. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  26. ↑ Dastan Satpayev at Soccerway