The match against Austria has become the thirtieth for the forward within the national team of Kazakhstan.
25-year-old Ostapenko reached the number of 30 international matches previously achieved by only by 9 players. At this moment “Zhetysu” forward is one of ten record holders for the number of matches for Kazakhstan with 6 scored goals. By the way, in the list of the national team’s top scorers Ostapenko shares places 4-7 with Igor Avdeyev, Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev, and Oleg Litvinenko. He falls behind the closest better scorer just two goals.
Sergei Ostapenko debuted in the national team of Kazakhstan on June 6, 2007 in a home match against Azerbaijan, and scored his first goal for the country in November that same year in the away match with the team of Armenia.
