Alyaksandr Martynovich is a Belarusian central defender, born on 26 August 1987 (age 38). A commanding 6ft 4in (1.93m), he has spent his career in the sort of role where reliability tends to matter more than decoration.
His early years included loan spells that gave him the minutes and rough edges needed before he settled into senior football properly. The club that took up most of his career was Krasnodar, where he made 197 league appearances and scored five league goals across 10 seasons.
That long Krasnodar spell gives the career its shape. Martynovich was not a centre-half built around attacking numbers or fashionable reinvention; he was a durable defender who stayed in the side, stayed in the league, and lasted. There is usually less noise around that kind of career, which is not always a bad thing.
He later had a productive league season at Rubin Kazan in 2023-24, scoring three goals in 20 appearances. For a defender at that stage of his career, it was a useful reminder that he could still contribute at both ends without pretending to be something he was not.
Martynovich is now with Kairat. In 2026, his involvement has come away from league duty, with eight Champions League qualifying appearances and five Champions League appearances, giving him 13 appearances in all competitions for the club. He has also played twice for Belarus in European World Cup qualifying this season.
His career is best understood through that long service at Krasnodar, with later spells at Rubin Kazan and Kairat adding the final chapters. It is a solid, experienced defender’s route rather than a headline career.
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