The authoritative German statistics portal Transfermarkt presented the most expensive football players from each country in the post-Soviet space.
The highest cost is for the Georgian footballer Khvichi Kvaratskhelia, who plays for the Italian Napoli. From Turkmenistan, the midfielder of the Hong Kong “Kitchi” Ruslan Mingazov was included in the list.
Georgia: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (€ 80 million, Napoli).
Ukraine: Alexander Zinchenko (€ 42 million, Arsenal London).
Russia: Alexander Golovin (€ 30 million, Monaco).
Armenia: Eduard Spertsyan (€ 18 million, Krasnodar).
Kazakhstan: Baktiyor Zainutdinov (€ 6 million, Besiktas).
Moldova: Oleg Ryabchuk (€ 5 million, Spartak Moscow).
Uzbekistan: Abbosbek Faizullaev (€ 5 million, CSKA Moscow).
Lithuania: Gvydas Gineitis (€2 million, Torino).
Estonia: Karl Hein (€2 million, Arsenal London).
Belarus: Ilya Shkurin (€2 million, Stal).
Azerbaijan: Renat Dadashov (€2 million, Khatayspor).
Latvia: Raimonds Krollis (€1.5 million, Vishkov).
Tajikistan: Rustam Yatimov (€ 1.2 million, Istiklol).
Kyrgyzstan: Gulzhigit Alykulov (€ 550 thousand, Neman).
Turkmenistan: Ruslan Mingazov (€ 450 thousand, “Kitchi”).