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Karpovich spoke about the challenge of Joao Paulo to the national team of Kazakhstan

Andrey Karpovich, the new head coach of the Kazakhstan national football team, commented to the bbabo.net correspondent on the information about the naturalization of the Brazilian Joao Paulo.

- According to some sources, Kairat striker Joao Paulo received a Kazakh passport. Are you considering him for a call-up to the national team?

- These sources misled you, Joao Paulo does not yet have a Kazakh passport. Although such a master would help our team.

Earlier, Paulo himself announced his desire to play for the Kazakhstan national team. The 34-year-old Brazilian has been playing for Kairat since last year. Prior to that, he defended the colors of Ordabasy, to which he moved from the Bulgarian Botev in 2019. As part of Shymkent, he became the top scorer of the KPL-2020 (12 goals).

Karpovich replaced Talgat Baysufinov as head coach of the national team. The 41-year-old specialist will prepare the team for the Nations League play-offs against Moldova, which will be held on March 24 (in Chisinau) and March 29 (in Nur-Sultan).

Karpovich spoke about the challenge of Joao Paulo to the national team of Kazakhstan