Zaurbek Pliyev

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

Zaurbek Igorevich Pliyev (Russian: Заурбек Игоревич Плиев, Ossetian: Плиты Игоры фырт Зауырбег; born 27 September 1991) is a Russian-Ossetian football player who plays for Chernomorets Novorossiysk.

Zaurbek Pliyev
Заурбек Плиев

Pliyev with Dynamo Moscow in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Zaurbek Igorevich Pliyev
Date of birth	(1991-09-27) 27 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Vladikavkaz, Russian SFSR
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back/Left-back
Team information
Current team	Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Number	3
Youth career
0000–2008	Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Spartak Nalchik	4	(0)
2011	Lokomotiv Astana	25	(1)
2011–2013	Alania Vladikavkaz	59	(1)
2014–2015	Kairat	46	(4)
2016–2019	Akhmat Grozny	50	(0)
2019–2022	Dynamo Moscow	23	(0)
2022	Ufa	9	(0)
2023	Rodina Moscow	21	(1)
2024	Sokol Saratov	12	(0)
2024–2025	Rotor Volgograd	26	(0)
2025–	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	0	(0)
International career‡
2009	Russia U-19	6	(1)
2012	Russia U-21	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 September 2012

Career

Club

Pliyev made his professional debut for Spartak Nalchik on 15 July 2009 in the Russian Cup game against FC Nizhny Novgorod.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2014, Pliyev, along with Dmitri Khomich, Mikhail Bakayev, Aleksandr Kislitsyn and Samat Smakov, was banned from training with FC Kairat by the club.^[1]

On 7 December 2015, Pliyev signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with FC Terek Grozny.^[2] After signing a new contract with Akhmat at the end of the 2018–19 season,^[3] Pliyev joined Dynamo Moscow on 9 June 2019, signing a three-year contract.^[4]

International

After representing Russia's U-19 team in 2009, he was called up to the Kazakhstan U-21 squad in 2011. In August 2012, he was called up to the Russia U-21 squad.^[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 May 2022^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Spartak Nalchik	2010	Russian Premier League	4	0	1	0	-		-		5	0
Astana	2011	Kazakhstan Premier League	25	1	1	0	-		0	0	26	1
Alania Vladikavkaz	2011–12	Russian National League	24	1	0	0	2	0	-		26	1
	2012–13	Russian Premier League	20	0	0	0	-		-		20	0
	2013–14	Russian National League	15	0	1	0	-		-		16	0
	Total		59	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	62	1
Kairat	2014	Kazakhstan Premier League	24	3	3	0	4	0	-		31	3
	2015		22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	26	1
	Total		46	4	6	0	4	0	1	0	57	4
Akhmat Grozny	2015–16	Russian Premier League	9	0	1	0	-		-		10	0
	2016–17		10	0	2	0	-		-		12	0
	2017–18		12	0	0	0	-		-		12	0
	2018–19		19	0	1	0	-		-		20	0
	Total		50	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	54	0
Dynamo Moscow	2019–20	Russian Premier League	14	0	0	0	-		-		14	0
	2020–21		7	0	0	0	0	0	-		7	0
	2021–22		2	0	1	0	-		-		3	0
	Total		23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
Career total			207	6	14	0	6	0	1	0	228	6

Personal life

His younger brother Konstantin Pliyev is also a football player.