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.

This article is about Russian football player. For Russian-Chechen singer Zelimkhan Khoussainovich Bakaev, see Zelim Bakaev.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Dzhabrailovich and the family name is Bakayev.
Zelimkhan Bakayev
Bakayev with Spartak Moscow in 2019
Personal information
Full name Zelimkhan Dzhabrailovich Bakayev
Date of birth (1996-07-01) 1 July 1996
Place of birth Nazran, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Spartak Moscow
Number 10
Youth career
2007–2016 Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Spartak-2 Moscow 52 (4)
2015– Spartak Moscow 78 (7)
2018–2019 → Arsenal Tula (loan) 25 (8)
National team‡
2016–2018 Russia U21 15 (6)
2019– Russia 12 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2021

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]

He scored his first international goal on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Malta, establishing the final score of 2–0 at home from the penalty spot.[8]

Honors

Club

Spartak Moscow

Career statistics
As of 13 December 2021
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Spartak-2 Moscow 2013–14 PFL 10–––10
2015–16 FNL 101–––101
2016–17 310––4[lower-alpha 1]1351
2017–18 103–––103
Total 524000041565
Spartak Moscow 2015–16 RPL 0020––20
2017–18 5010000060
2019–20 276414[lower-alpha 2]3–3510
2020–21 23130––261
2021–22 160007[lower-alpha 3]1–231
Total 717101114009212
Arsenal Tula (loan) 2018–19 RPL 25840––298
Career total 148191411144117725
  1. Appearances in the FNL Cup
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, five appearances, one goal in the UEFA Europa League

International goals

Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.[10]

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 September 2021Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia Malta2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

His younger brother Soltmurad Bakayev is also a footballer.

References
  1. "Career Summary". Russian Football Union. 9 June 2015.
  2. "Volga-Spartak game report" (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 23 September 2015.
  3. "ЗЕЛИМХАН БАКАЕВ ПОПОЛНИЛ "АРСЕНАЛ"" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 1 August 2018.
  4. "Thun v Spartak game report". UEFA. 8 August 2019.
  5. "Akhmat v Spartak game report". Russian Premier League. 11 August 2019.
  6. "Состав на Сан-Марино и Кипр" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 23 May 2019.
  7. "Cyprus v Russia game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 13 October 2019.
  8. "Russia v Malta game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 September 2021.
  9. "Spartak 2 – 1 Lokomotiv ( 2017, Финал)".
  10. Zelimkhan Bakayev at National-Football-Teams.com


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