Article by Cosmin Nistor – Published Wednesday, December 24, 2025 1:56 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, December 24, 2025 3:54 p.m.
Andrei Vlad (26 years old) is like gone from Aktobeless than a year after his transfer to the first league in Kazakhstan. The local press notes that the Romanian goalkeeper is not part of the club's plans for the next season and will be put on the transfer list.
Vlad's last appearance was a difficult one. In the match between Astana and Aktobe, score 5-3, played in the 25th stage of the Kazakhstan championship, the former goalkeeper of FCSB was taken out after conceding four goals in one half, and later he did not get any more minutes, being a reserve in the next stage.
The Kazakhstan championship ended at the end of October, and Aktobe's officials would have already made a decision about it, given that the Kazakh team finished the season in 5th place, five points away from the last position that ensures the qualification to the Conference League.
Kazakh press: “Andrei Vlad will not be kept by Aktobe”
The 26-year-old Romanian goalkeeper, Andrei Vlad, from Aktobe, will be added to the transfer listas a result of the arrival of the Kazakh goalkeeper Alexander Zarutskiy.
According to a source, another option to give up on the foreign player would be to terminate the contract early. The “Red and Whites” could pay a compensation equal to three or four of his salaries. His current contract runs until the end of 2026.
It was previously reported that Vlad's salary is approximately nine million tenge (€15,000). Therefore, if he were paid three salaries, Aktobe would save 81 million tenge (€134,000).
Vlad arrived at Aktobe in January 2025, as a free agent, coming from FCSB (former Steaua). The goalkeeper played in 28 matches for the “red-whites” in all competitions, conceding 32 goals and managing nine games without conceding a goal.
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Figures of Andrei Vlad in Aktobe
Quoted at 400,000 euros on Transfermarkt, Andrei Vlad arrived in Aktobe in January 2025, free of contract after parting with FCSB. For the Kazakh team, the goalkeeper marked 28 matches, scored 32 goals and managed 9 games without conceding a goal.
At the international level, the goalkeeper has only one selection for the Romanian national team, in a friendly match lost in 2021 with Georgia (1-2).
“Messi of goalkeepers”, three seasons reserve at FCSB
Frequently praised by Gigi Becali at the beginning of his career, Andrei Vlad eventually lost his starting position at FCSB, being overtaken by Ștefan Târnovanu.
In the last 3 seasons in the Superliga, Vlad collected only 6 appearances, after having collected 61 matches in the previous two. The Romanian goalkeeper arrived at FCSB in the summer of 2017, when Gigi Becali's club paid 400,000 euros to bring him from Bănie, from Craiova University.
