Zelimkhan Bakaev

Bakaev's current-season form is level with last season (Season 24→23), while his Rating eased 20→18. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 29).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Lokomotiv · 12th	11	1	3	6.85	17	22
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 Winger

Z. Bakaev is a 30-year-old winger at Lokomotiv, enjoying a standout season — 1 goals and 3 assists in 11 appearances, a Season grade of 23, top 55% of Premier League wingers. On long-term scout potential he's rated 17.9, ranking 137th of 157 in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option (52.7% of available minutes). He brings 0.51 goal contributions per 90 (0.13 goals, 0.38 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bakaev.

Judged on this season alone, Bakaev graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 6th of 11 of the 11 wingers in the Premier League, on 1 goal and 3 assists in 11 appearances (0.506 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 24 → 23). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 11th of 11 of the 11 wingers in the Premier League. At 30 Bakaev is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.6 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: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2024/254 clubs

Current potential11th of 11 wingers · Premier League · 11 apps Current season6th of 11 wingers · Premier League · 11 apps 6th-best winger in the Premier League 137th in the Premier League · potential 11th-highest potential winger in the Premier League

17.9

Ratingi

11th of 11 wingers

22.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

52.7%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.51

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Lokomotiv finished 12th of 16 · a lower-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.09

Goals / app

1 goal in 11 appearances (0.09 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 4 goal contributions (0.36 per appearance).

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.51 goal contributions per 90 (0.13 goals, 0.38 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 52.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 17.9, Bakaev carries the 11th-highest potential of the wingers in the Premier League of 11 — though on just 11 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.51 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 %52.7%

Available fixtures11 of 11

Goals / 900.127

Assists / 900.38

Goal contribution / 900.506

Defensive actions / 902.911

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Shot conversion %50

Shot accuracy %50

Pass accuracy %70

Dribble success %40

Cards / 900.127

Foul involvement / 904.937

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 (~3), then tapers with age. At 30, Bakaev sits on 1.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Bakaev's projected Rating — 17.9 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 wingers in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Shots on target2

Shots4

Passing

Assists3

Chances created16

Passes203

Pass accuracy70%

Possession

Successful dribbles10

Dribble success40%

Duels won47

Duels won %43.1%

Fouls won15

Defending

Tackles18

Interceptions5

Fouls committed24

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

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 winger who plays for Lokomotiv, born on July 1, 1996 in Nazran, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Russia. Lokomotiv currently sit 12th of 16 in the Premier League.

This season

In the current season, Z. Bakaev has made 11 appearances with 1 goal and 3 assists across 711 minutes, averaging a 6.76 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 1 yellow card.

When Z. Bakaev plays, Lokomotiv's record this season is 2W-5D-4L — and his match ratings average 6.83 at home against 6.78 on the road.

Recent matches

October 17, 2026: 3-3 draw at home vs FC Krasnodar (70 minutes, 6.5 rating)
October 10, 2026: 5-0 win away at Fakel (75 minutes, 2 assists, 8.44 rating)
September 16, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Krylia Sovetov (19 minutes, 6.54 rating)
September 12, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Zenit (72 minutes, 6.1 rating)
September 6, 2026: 1-0 win away at Baltika (74 minutes, 6.11 rating)
August 29, 2026: 0-1 loss at home vs Dynamo (17 minutes, 6.6 rating)
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)

Z. Bakaev's next match is on November 1, 2026, when Lokomotiv face Spartak Moscow at home in the Premier League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Z. Bakaev at 17.9 with a Season form score of 22.7, ranking 137th of 157 wingers in the Premier League. 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 263 club appearances with 30 goals and 29 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

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Lokomotiv finished 12th of 16 · a lower-table side

Strengths

Watch points