The footballer of the Kazakhstan national team and CSKA Moscow Bakhtiyor Zainutdinov ends his third calendar year in the Russian Premier League. The bbabo.net correspondent summed up the performances of the native of Taraz as part of the "army" in 2021.
23-year-old Zainutdinov is unlikely to call this year the best in his still gaining momentum in his professional career. Firstly, there were no special achievements in the club's roster, and CSKA is going through hard times. Secondly, there is no success in the national team either. Thirdly, the player was often hampered by injuries, due to which he missed many matches.
Three years ago, at the beginning of 2019, Zainutdinov left the championship of Kazakhstan, moving to the camp of Rostov. After giving a year and a half to the club, Bakhtier moved to CSKA Moscow for two million euros. And many obviously did not have time to notice how the Kazakhstani spent almost as much time in the “army” as in Rostov-on-Don.
In 2021, Zainutdinov played 21 matches for CSKA in all tournaments - 18 in the Russian Championship, three more in the National Cup. In them, Bakhtiyor scored three goals and made one assist, and also received three yellow cards. In total, he spent 1417 minutes on the field, which is 15.7 full matches.
Zainutdinov played seven games in the center of midfield, five - in the position of the left winger, four - in the right. He played three games in defense on the left, but that was at the beginning of the year, at the end of the 2020/21 season. Twice more Bakhtier played as an attacking midfielder.
It is interesting that the footballer of the Kazakhstan national team scored all three of his goals as a central midfielder. But the player's tactical flexibility does not allow him to gain a foothold in one position - the coaches constantly use Zainutdinov in different parts of the field.
By comparison, the most active and productive year in Russia for Bakhtiyor was 2020. In all tournaments for Rostov and CSKA, he played 32 matches, scored two goals and assisted partners three times, and earned nine mustard plasters. He spent his debut year more modestly: 23 matches, three goals, the only goal and six yellow cards.
The Moscow club finished the season 2020/21 in sixth place in the championship, without European cups for the next campaign. And according to the results of the first half of the 2021/22 season, CSKA, with 30 points in 18 matches, is in fourth place. The gap from the leading “Zenith” is eight points.
In total, over three years in the composition of Russian clubs, the Kazakh station wagon played 76 matches, scored eight goals, issued five assists and earned 18 warnings.
This year, Zainutdinov also played five matches in the national team of Kazakhstan. In them, the footballer scored two goals and received the same number of yellow cards.
Earlier it became known that the midfielder of "Astana" was interested in RPL clubs.
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