Mikhail Bakayev

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Khazbiyevich and the family name is Bakayev.

Mikhail Khazbiyevich Bakayev (Russian: Михаил Хазбиевич Бакаев; born 5 August 1987) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Mikhail Bakayev

Bakayev with Anzhi Makhachkala in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Mikhail Khazbiyevich Bakayev
Date of birth	(1987-08-05) 5 August 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Tskhinvali, Georgian SSR
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Yunost Vladikavkaz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Avtodor Vladikavkaz	47	(2)
2006–2008	Alania Vladikavkaz	91	(2)
2009–2011	Anzhi Makhachkala	69	(3)
2011–2013	Alania Vladikavkaz	66	(3)
2014–2017	Kairat	100	(0)
2017–2018	Anzhi Makhachkala	16	(0)
2018–2019	Orenburg	0	(0)
2019–2020	Shinnik Yaroslavl	12	(0)
2020–2021	Shakhter Karagandy	32	(0)
2022	Aksu	16	(0)
2023	Alania Vladikavkaz	2	(0)
2024	Alania-2 Vladikavkaz	0	(0)
International career‡
2008	Russia U-21	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2008

Career

Club

Bakayev made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2003 for Avtodor Vladikavkaz.

He made his Russian Premier League debut for Anzhi Makhachkala on 13 March 2010 in a game against Spartak Nalchik.

On 1 August 2011, Bakayev re-signed for Alania Vladikavkaz after two and a half years with Anzhi Makhachkala.^[1][2]

In March 2014, Bakayev signed a three-year contract with Kairat of the Kazakhstan Premier League.^[3] In October 2014, Bakayev, along with Dmitri Khomich, Zaurbek Pliyev, Aleksandr Kislitsyn and Samat Smakov, was banned from training with Kairat by the club.^[4] On 28 October 2016, Bakayev extended his contract with Kairat until 16 December 2019.^[5] On 29 August 2017, Kairat announced that Bakayev had left the club to join Anzhi Makhachkala,^[6] with Anzhi announcing the signing the following day.^[7]

On 2 July 2018, Orenburg announced the signing of Bakayev.^[8]

On 14 February 2020, Bakayev left Shinnik Yaroslavl by mutual consent.^[9]

On 26 February 2020, Shakhter Karagandy announced the signing of Bakayev.^[10] On 30 December 2021, Bakayev left Shakhter Karagandy after his contract expired.^[11]

International

In August 2008, Bakayev was called up to the Russia U21 squad.^[12]

Personal life

His older brother Eduard Bakayev was also a professional footballer.

Career statistics

As of match played 31 May 2024^[13]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Avtodor Vladikavkaz	2003	Russian Second League	15	1	0	0	–		–		15	1
	2004	Russian Second League	9	0	0	0	–		–		9	0
	2005	Russian Second League	23	1	1	0	–		–		24	1
	Total		47	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	48	2
Alania Vladikavkaz	2006	Russian Second League	24	0	3	0	–		–		27	0
	2007	Russian First League	36	0	1	0	–		–		37	0
	2008	Russian First League	31	2	2	0	–		–		33	2
	Total		91	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	97	2
Anzhi Makhachkala	2009	Russian First League	33	2	1	0	–		–		34	2
	2010	Russian Premier League	29	1	0	0	–		–		29	1
	2011–12	Russian Premier League	7	0	1	0	–		–		8	0
	Total		69	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	71	3
Alania Vladikavkaz	2011–12	Russian First League	29	3	–		2[a]	0	–		31	3
	2012–13	Russian Premier League	21	0	1	0	–		–		22	0
	2013–14	Russian First League	16	0	1	1	–		–		17	1
	Total		66	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	70	4
Kairat	2014	Kazakhstan Premier League	28	0	5	0	4[a]	0	–		37	0
	2015	Kazakhstan Premier League	26	0	5	0	4[a]	1	1[b]	0	36	1
	2016	Kazakhstan Premier League	29	0	5	0	4[a]	1	1[b]	0	39	1
	2017	Kazakhstan Premier League	17	0	4	0	3[a]	0	1[b]	0	25	0
	Total		100	0	19	0	15	2	3	0	137	2
Anzhi Makhachkala	2017–18	Russian Premier League	16	0	0	0	–		1[c]	0	17	0
Orenburg	2018–19	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Shinnik Yaroslavl	2019–20	Russian First League	12	0	2	0	–		–		14	0
Shakhter Karagandy	2020	Kazakhstan Premier League	17	0	–		–		–		17	0
	2021	Kazakhstan Premier League	15	0	3	0	2[d]	0	0	0	20	0
	Total		32	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	37	0
Aksu	2022	Kazakhstan Premier League	16	0	4	0	–		–		20	0
Alania Vladikavkaz	2022–23	Russian First League	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2023–24	Russian First League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Alania-2 Vladikavkaz	2024	Russian Second League B	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
Career total			451	10	39	1	19	2	4	0	513	13

1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in the Kazakhstan Super Cup
3. Appearance in the relegation play-offs
4. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Club

FC Kairat^[7]

• Kazakhstan Cup (2): 2014, 2015
• Kazakhstan Super Cup (1): 2016