Bakaev's current-season form is level with last season (Season 24→24), while his Rating held around 20. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 29).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Lokomotiv · 14th	5	1	1	6.9	20	24
2025/26	Lokomotiv · 3rd	25	3	5	6.86	20	24
2024/25	KhimkiLoan · 12th	25	4	0	6.93	24	29
2023/24	Al Wahda FCLoan	14	1	2	6.96	—	—
2023/24	Zenit · 1st	8	0	1	7.07	22	2
2022/23	Zenit · 1st	17	1	0	6.62	26	5

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Russia · international

Side	Apps	G
Russia	16	2
Russia U21	9	3

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCreative Attacking midfielder

Z. Bakaev is a 30-year-old attacking midfielder at Lokomotiv, enjoying a standout season — 3 goals and 5 assists in 25 appearances, a Season grade of 24. On long-term scout potential he's rated 20. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option (59.9% of available minutes). He brings 0.45 goal contributions per 90 (0.17 goals, 0.28 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bakaev.

On the season, Bakaev graded 24 for current form (age-blind), on 3 goals and 5 assists in 25 appearances (0.446 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 24 → 24). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 20. At 30 Bakaev is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Trending upBreakout: 2024/254 clubs

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

24.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

59.9%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.45

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Lokomotiv finished 3rd of 16 · an upper-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.12

Goals / app

3 goals in 25 appearances (0.12 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 8 goal contributions (0.32 per appearance).

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.45 goal contributions per 90 (0.17 goals, 0.28 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 59.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 20 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.45 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %59.9%

Available fixtures30 of 30

Goals / 900.167

Assists / 900.278

Goal contribution / 900.446

Defensive actions / 902.172

Player flow

Goal involvements8

Cards / 900.501

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~4), then tapers with age. At 30, Bakaev sits on 1.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Bakaev's projected Rating — 20 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among attacking midfielders in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3—

Passing

Assists5—

Defending

Tackles28—

Interceptions10—

Blocks1—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards9

Red cards0

Transfer history

LokomotivJul 2025 – nowFree Transfer

Zenit(back from loan)Jun 2025 – Jul 2025

KKhimki(on loan)Aug 2024 – Jun 2025

Zenit(back from loan)Jul 2024 – Aug 2024

AAl Wahda FC(on loan)Sept 2023 – Jul 2024

ZenitJul 2022 – Sept 2023Free

Spartak Moscow(back from loan)Jul 2019 – Jul 2022

Arsenal Tula(on loan)Aug 2018 – Jul 2019

Spartak Moscowuntil Aug 2018

About Z. Bakaev

Zelimkhan Bakaev is a 30-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for Lokomotiv, born on July 1, 1996 in Nazran, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Russia. Lokomotiv currently sit 14th of 16 in the Premier League.

This season

In the current season, Z. Bakaev has made 5 appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist across 384 minutes, averaging a 6.9 match rating over his last 5 rated games.

When Z. Bakaev plays, Lokomotiv's record this season is 0W-3D-2L.

Recent matches

August 22, 2026: 2-3 loss away at CSKA Moscow (70 minutes, 1 assist, 6.7 rating)
August 14, 2026: 1-1 draw away at FC Orenburg (72 minutes, 6.6 rating)
August 8, 2026: 0-0 draw at home vs Akron (84 minutes, 7.3 rating)
August 1, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Dinamo Makhachkala (90 minutes, 6.7 rating)
July 26, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Akhmat (68 minutes, 1 goal, 7.2 rating)

Z. Bakaev's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Lokomotiv face Dynamo at home in the Premier League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Z. Bakaev at 20 with a Season form score of 24.4. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 11 career titles — among them the Super Cup and the League Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, Z. Bakaev has totalled 257 club appearances with 30 goals and 27 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2016/17, with 31 appearances for Spartak Moscow 2.

Z. Bakaev's career has also included time at Zenit, KKhimki, AAl Wahda FC, Spartak Moscow and Arsenal Tula.

On the international stage, Z. Bakaev has represented Russia and Russia U21 — 25 caps and 5 goals in our records.

Transfer news

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