Jean-Ali Pairouz spoke about being called up to the Kazakhstan national team, choosing a club and Europe – Football

Attacking midfielder “Elimaya” Jean-Ali Payrouz in an interview with the KFF press service, he told how he became interested in football, which of the top European academies he tried out at, why he doubted that he would be called up Kazakhstan national teamreports Sports.kz.

— Zhan Ali, let's start with the start of your journey in football. Where did it all start?
— I was born in Taraz, but when I was two years old, our family moved to Karaganda, this is the family’s homeland. There I started going to football games, the first coach was Vladimir Nikolaevich Pedora.

My dad took me to sections, didn’t know where to send me, he’s a boxer himself, but he categorically didn’t want to send me to boxing. I saw that I often played football in the yard, but there was a problem with schools back then. Dad took me to Vladimir Nikolaevich, because he once played in Taraz and that’s why he took me.

Gradually I got involved in the process…