Zelimkhan Bakayev
Zelimkhan Dzhabrailovich Bakayev (Russian: Зелимхан Джабраилович Бакаев; born 1 July 1996) is a Russian football midfielder of Ingush descent who plays as a right winger for FC Spartak Moscow.
.jpg.webp) Bakayev with Spartak Moscow in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zelimkhan Dzhabrailovich Bakayev | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Nazran, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Spartak Moscow | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2013 | Spartak Moscow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Spartak Moscow | 50 | (7) |
| 2014–2018 | → Spartak-2 Moscow | 53 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | → Arsenal Tula (loan) | 25 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016–2018 | Russia U21 | 15 | (6) |
| 2019– | Russia | 6 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2020 | |||
Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Spartak-2 Moscow on 26 April 2014 in a game against FC Metallurg Vyksa.[1]
He made his debut for the main squad of FC Spartak Moscow on 23 September 2015 in a Russian Cup game against FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.[2]
He made his Russian Premier League debut for Spartak on 23 July 2017 as a starter in a game against FC Ufa.
On 1 August 2018, he joined FC Arsenal Tula on loan for the 2018–19 season.[3]
Upon his return from loan, he scored his first two goals for Spartak on 8 August 2019 in an away Europa League qualifier against FC Thun.[4] 3 days later, he scored his first two Russian Premier League goals for Spartak in a 3–1 victory over FC Akhmat Grozny.[5]
International
He was first called up to Russia national football team for UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against San Marino and Cyprus in June 2019.[6] He made his debut on 13 October 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Cyprus. He substituted Aleksei Ionov in the 78th minute and participated in one of the three goals Russia scored in the remaining time.[7]
Honors
Career statistics
- As of 13 May 2018
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Spartak-2 Moscow | 2013–14 | PFL | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | FNL | 10 | 1 | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | 31 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 10 | 3 | – | – | 10 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 4 | ||
| FC Spartak Moscow | 2013–14 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 57 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 4 | ||
Personal life
His younger brother Soltmurad Bakayev is also a footballer.
References
- "Career Summary". Russian Football Union. 9 June 2015.
- "Volga-Spartak game report" (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 23 September 2015.
- "ЗЕЛИМХАН БАКАЕВ ПОПОЛНИЛ "АРСЕНАЛ"" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 1 August 2018.
- "Thun v Spartak game report". UEFA. 8 August 2019.
- "Akhmat v Spartak game report". Russian Premier League. 11 August 2019.
- "Состав на Сан-Марино и Кипр" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 23 May 2019.
- "Cyprus v Russia game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 13 October 2019.
- https://m.premierliga.ru/match/match_11930.html
External links
- Career summary by sportbox.ru (in Russian)
- Zelimkhan Bakayev at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)