Zelimkhan Dzhabrailovich Bakayev (russian: Зелимхан Джабраилович Бакаев; born 1 July 1996) is a Russian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al Wahda on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Club career

He made his debut in the

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FC Spartak-2 Moscow FC Spartak-2 Moscow (russian: ФК «Спартак-2» Москва) was a Russian football team from Moscow, founded in 1964. It was a farm club for the Russian Premier League team FC Spartak Moscow. History The club has participated in prof ...

on 26 April 2014 in a game against FC Metallurg Vyksa. He made his debut for the main squad of FC Spartak Moscow on 23 September 2015 in a Russian Cup game against

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. 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. 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. 3 days later, he scored his first two Russian Premier League goals for Spartak in a 3–1 victory over

FC Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

. Bakayev left Spartak as a free agent on 1 June 2022. On 15 June 2022, Bakayev signed a contract with

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for three years with an option for the fourth year. On 19 September 2023, Bakayev was loaned to Emirati club Al Wahda for a season.

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. 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. He scored his first international goal on 7 September 2021 in a

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against Malta, establishing the final score of 2–0 at home from the penalty spot.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.''

Honors

Club

Spartak Moscow * Russian Cup: 2021–22 * Russian Super Cup:

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Zenit St. Petersburg * Russian Premier League:

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* Russian Super Cup:

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Personal life

His younger brother

Soltmurad Bakayev Soltmurad Dzhabrailovich Bakayev (russian: Солтмурад Джабраилович Бакаев; born 5 August 1999) is a Russian football player who plays for Akron Tolyatti. His primary position is right winger, and he played as left win ...

is also a footballer. Bakayev is an ethnic

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References

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* * 1996 births People from Nazran Living people Russian men's footballers Russian people of Ingush descent Men's association football midfielders FC Spartak-2 Moscow players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Arsenal Tula players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Al Wahda FC players Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's international footballers Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players UAE Pro League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Russian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1996-stub