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.
![]() Bakayev with Spartak Moscow in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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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) | ||
Playing 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 | 27 | (4) |
2014–2018 | → Spartak-2 Moscow | 53 | (4) |
2018–2019 | → Arsenal Tula (loan) | 25 | (8) |
National team‡ | |||
2016–2018 | Russia U21 | 15 | (6) |
2019– | Russia | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019 |
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 an 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 | |||||
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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)