Ruslan Takhiruly Baltiyev ( kk, Рұслан Тахирұлы Балтиев, ''Rūslan Tahirūly Baltiev''; born 16 September 1978) is a retired Kazakh football

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He is a former Kazakh international, whom he is the top goalscorer.

Club career

Baltiyev started his career in

FC Zhetysu Jetisu Taldykorgan ( kk, Жетісу Талдықорған футбол клубы, ''Jetisý Taldyqorǵan Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. They are founding members of the ...

in 1997 and after a remarkable first season in professional football moved to Kazakhstani grand

FC Kairat Football Club Kairat ( kk, Qaırat Fýtbol Klýby) is a professional football club based in Almaty, which plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. Founded in 1954 as Lokomotiv Alma-Ata, they became Urozhay in ...

. He also made his debut for the national team in the same year. After 4 seasons in the domestic league, his play got noticed by Russian club FC Sokol Saratov. Baltiyev spent 2 seasons with the

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club and established a good name in Russian football. After his team's relegation in 2002, he was linked with transfers to Ukrainian and Russian top sides, and eventually found himself at FC Dinamo Moskva, where he became a key player in the season of 2003, having played all matches, helping the club to finish 6th in the league. After a successful season with Dinamo Baltiyev completed a move to another Moscow side

FC Moscow :''This article refers to the Moscow government team formed in 2004. For the predecessors in the Russian Premier League, see FC Torpedo-ZIL and FC Torpedo-Metallurg.'' FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва) was a Russian ...

, where after two seasons he failed to keep his place in the main squad and returned to Kazakhstan, to play for one of the strongest teams of the domestic league

FC Tobol FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. The ...

. Baltiyev was one of the best players in the league and helped his new club

Tobol The Tobol (russian: Тобол, kk, Тобыл ''Tobyl'') is a river in Western Siberia (in Kazakhstan and Russia) and the main (left) tributary of the Irtysh. Its length is , and the area of its drainage basin is . History The Tobol River wa ...

to compete for the title and play in European competitions. In December 2009 Baltiyev signed a 2-year contract with FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi, Russian First Division club.

Career statistics

Honours

; Kyzylzhar Runner-up *

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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: 1999–2000 ;

Winner *

: 2007 Runner-up *

(2): 2007,

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International goals

References

External links

Ruslan Baltiyev – International Appearances
at RSSSF.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baltiev, Ruslan 1978 births Sportspeople from Almaty Living people Kazakhstani footballers Kazakhstani expatriate footballers FC Kairat players FC Kyzylzhar players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Moscow players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Sokol Saratov players FC Tobol players Association football midfielders Kazakhstan international footballers FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi players Expatriate footballers in Russia Russian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan