Football: 11-y.o. Kazakhstan footballer was invited to Real Madrid

Kazybek Tuyakov. Stillframe courtesy of Kazakhstan TV channel

Kazybek Tuyakov, a young football player from Karaganda in central Kazakhstan, will travel to Spain to Real Madrid Football Club for tryouts, KazTAG reports, referring to Karaganda oblast’s Department of Youth Policy. “11-y.o. citizen of Karaganda Tuyakov has received an official invitation for tryouts from Real Madrid Football Club. It is known that Real Madrid is choosing the most talented young footballers to train them at their Spanish sports base,” the officials from Karaganda oblast’s Department of Youth Policy said on January 8. Tuyakov has been playing football since the age of 6. He has been training in Karaganda's Shakhter Football Club, the department said.