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Evgeni Nabokov

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Yevgeni Viktorovich Nabokov (Russian: Евге́ний Ви́кторович Набо́ков; born July 25, 1975) is a Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the San Jose Sharks, New York Islanders, and Tampa Bay Lightning of National Hockey League (NHL) and for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, Dynamo Moscow, Metallurg Magnitogorsk and SKA Saint Petersburg of the Russian Super League (RSL) and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) from 1991 to 2015. Nicknamed "Nabby", Nabokov, who was selected 219th overall in the 1994 NHL entry draft by San Jose, was regarded as one of the top goaltenders in the NHL, winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best first-year player in 2001 and was voted a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as best goaltender in 2008. He departed the NHL for the first time in 2010 to play for SKA Saint Petersburg in Russia, but returned soon after, and concluded his career in the NHL. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Evgeni Nabokov is the 164th most popular hockey player (down from 139th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 107th in 2019) and the most popular Kazakhstani Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Evgeni Nabokov ranks 164 out of 676. Before him are Jere Lehtinen, Sergei Zubov, Ville Peltonen, Sandis Ozoliņš, Patrik Eliáš, and Teppo Numminen. After him are Sami Kapanen, Rechelle Hawkes, Markus Näslund, Henrik Zetterberg, Alexei Zhamnov, and Roop Singh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Evgeni Nabokov ranks 495. Before him are Chris Diamantopoulos, Valentyna Shevchenko, Chenoa, Bram Cohen, Artemy Lebedev, and Bartosz Bosacki. After him are Laurent Robert, Fábio Camilo de Brito, Nobuhisa Yamada, Alexey Smertin, David Cañada, and Despina Olympiou.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Evgeni Nabokov ranks 108 out of 193. Before him are Murat Nasyrov (1969), Denis Ten (1993), Liu Yang (null), Alexandra Elbakyan (1988), Olga Rypakova (1984), and Dmitriy Karpov (1981). After him are Yermakhan Ibraimov (1972), Andrey Kashechkin (1980), Alexey Lutsenko (1992), Tatyana Lesovaya (1956), Vassiliy Jirov (1974), and Leticia (null).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Kazakhstan

Among hockey players born in Kazakhstan, Evgeni Nabokov ranks 1. After him are Boris Alexandrov (1955), Nik Antropov (1980), and Viktor Antipin (1992).

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