Azat Khodzhageldyevich Bayryev (Russian: Азат Ходжагельдыевич Байрыев; Turkmen: Azat Hojageldyýewiç Baýryýew; born 17 February 1989) is a Russian football player who plays for FC Kuban Krasnodar.

Azat Bayryev
Bayryev with Kuban Krasnodar in 2022
Personal information
Full name Azat Khodzhageldyevich Bayryev
Date of birth (1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Nebit-Dag, Turkmen SSR, USSR
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
FC Kuban Krasnodar
Number 28
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 FC Kuban Krasnodar 39 (0)
2010FC Salyut Belgorod (loan) 17 (0)
2011FC Dynamo Bryansk (loan) 34 (3)
2012–2013 FC Alania Vladikavkaz 45 (0)
2014 FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk 9 (1)
2014 FC Zenit Penza 14 (1)
2015–2016 FC Volgar Astrakhan 36 (5)
2016–2018 FC Kuban Krasnodar 62 (3)
2018–2022 FC Rotor Volgograd 89 (5)
2022– FC Kuban Krasnodar 27 (2)
International career
2008 Russia U-19 3 (1)
2008–2009 Russia U-21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2023

Club career edit

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for FC Kuban Krasnodar on 14 March 2009 in a game against FC Rubin Kazan.[1]

While with FC Rotor Volgograd, Bayryev was voted the second-best FNL player for the month of November 2019, after amassing the greatest number of duels won and scoring the game-winning goal in the last match of the month.[2]

Personal life edit

Azat was born in Turkmen SSR.[3] His father is Turkmen origin,[4] mother is Russian.[5] At the age of five he moved to Russian Federation.

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Rubin v Kuban game report". Russian Premier League. 13 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Игроки "Ротора" Султонов и Байрыев - лучшие футболисты ноября в ФНЛ" (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Уроженец Балканабата Азат Байрыев продлил контракт с волгоградским "Ротором" | Спорт".
  4. ^ "Азат Байрыев: В сборную Туркмении не вызывали". 26 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Байрыев: в сборную Туркмении не вызывали". Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2013-04-23.