Bakhtiyar Batyrzhanuly Zaynutdinov ( kk, Бақтияр Батыржанұлы Зайнутдинов, Baqtiiar Batyrjanūly Zainutdinov; born 2 April 1998) is a Kazakh professional

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who plays for

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

club Beşiktaş and the Kazakhstan national team. He plays as an

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or left back.

Career

Club

On 25 November 2017,

FC Astana Astana Football Club ( kk, Astana Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,254-seat Astana Arena stadium. ...

announced the signing of Zaynutdinov. On 12 January 2019, Zaynutdinov signed for

Rostov Rostov ( rus, Росто́в, p=rɐˈstof) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the Golden Ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero, northeast of Moscow. Population: While ...

. On 8 December 2019, he scored twice in a 4–1 away victory over

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyn ...

. On 25 August 2020, he signed a five-year contract with

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet era, it was a central piece of the big So ...

. On 21 August 2023, he signed a four-year contract with

club Beşiktaş.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first.''

Honours

CSKA Moscow * Russian Cup: 2022–23 Astana FC *

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

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References

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* Living people 2006 births Kazakhstani men's footballers Men's association football forwards Kazakhstan men's under-21 international footballers Kazakhstan men's international footballers Kazakhstan Premier League players Russian Premier League players Süper Lig players FC Taraz players FC Astana players FC Rostov players PFC CSKA Moscow players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers People from Syr-Darya Oblast Kazakhstani expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Sportspeople from Taraz {{Kazakhstan-footy-bio-stub