Ruslan Baltiev

Ruslan Baltiev

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Personal information
Full name	Ruslan Tahirovich Baltiev
Date of birth	(1978-09-16) 16 September 1978
Place of birth	Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996	Zhetysu	13	(1)
1997–1999	Kairat	60	(10)
2000	Kyzylzhar	15	(2)
2001–2002	Sokol Saratov	54	(7)
2003	Dynamo Moscow	30	(2)
2004–2006	Moscow	30	(1)
2005	→ Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan)	11	(1)
2007–2009	Tobol	69	(16)
2010	Zhemchuzhina-Sochi	20	(1)
2011–2012	Kairat	22	(2)
International career‡
1997–2009	Kazakhstan	73	(13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2009

Ruslan Tahirovich Baltiev (Kazakh: Рұслан Tahipoвiч Балтиев/Ruslan Tahiroviç Baltïev, Russian: Руслан Taxиpoвич Балтиев; born 16 September 1978) is a retired Kazakh football midfielder. He is a former Kazakh international who is the most capped player and the top goalscorer of all-time for.

Club career

Baltiev started his career in FC Zhetysu in 1997 and after a remarkable first season in professional football moved to Kazakhstani grand FC Kairat. He also made his debut for the national team in the same year. After 4 seasons in the domestic league, his play got noticed by Russian club FC Sokol Saratov. Baltiev spent 2 seasons with the Russian Premier League club and established a good name in Russian football. After his team's relegation in 2002, he was linked with transfers to Ukrainian and Russian top sides, and eventually found himself at FC Dinamo Moskva, where he became a key player in the season of 2003, having played all matches, helping the club to finish 6th in the league. After a successful season with Dinamo Baltiev completed a move to another Moscow side FC Moscow, where after two seasons he failed to keep his place in the main squad and returned to Kazakhstan, to play for one of the strongest teams of the domestic league FC Tobol. Baltiev was one of the best players in the league and helped his new club Tobol to compete for the title and play in European competitions. In December 2009 Baltiev signed a 2-year contract with FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi, Russian First Division club.

Career statistics

Honours

Kyzylzhar

Runner-up

• Kazakhstan Premier League: 2000
• Kazakhstan Cup: 1999/2000

Tobol

Winner

• Kazakhstan Cup: 2007

Runner-up

• Kazakhstan Premier League (2): 2007, 2008

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kazakhstan			League		Kazakhstan Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1996	Zhetysu	Kazakhstan Premier League	13	1	?	0	-		-		13	1
1997	Kairat		60	3	?	1	-		-		60	4
1998				3	?	1	-		-			4
1999				4	-	-	-		-			4
2000	Kyzylzhar		15	2	?	3	-		-		15	5
Russia			League		Russian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2001	Sokol Saratov	Russian Premier League	27	2	3	0	-		-		30	2
2002			27	5	2	0	-		-		29	5
2003	Dinamo Moscow		30	2	2	0	2	0	-		34	2
2004	Moscow		27	1	7	2	-		-		34	3
2005	Moscow		3	0	1	0	-		-		4	0
	Shinnik Yaroslavl		11	1	1	1	-		-		12	2
2006	Moscow		0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
Kazakhstan			League		Kazakhstan Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2007	Tobol	Kazakhstan Premier League	23	7	6	4	0	0	7	3	36	14
2008			27	5	5	2	0	0	2	0	34	7
2009			19	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	23	4
Russia			League		Russian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2010	Zhemchuzhina-Sochi	Russian First Division	20	1	0	0	-		-		20	1
Kazakhstan			League		Kazakhstan Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2011	Kairat	Kazakhstan Premier League	19	2	2	0	-		-		21	2
2012			3	0	0	0	-		-		3	0
Total	Kazakhstan		179	31	15	11	-		11	3	205	45
	Russia		145	12	16	3	2	0	-		163	15
Career total			324	43	31	14	2	0	11	3	368	60

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 September 1997	Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Uzbekistan	1–1	Draw	1998 FIFA WC Qual.
2.	10 December 2000	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE	United Arab Emirates	5–2	Lost	Friendly
3.	10 December 2000	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE	United Arab Emirates	5–2	Lost	Friendly
4.	12 April 2001	Al-Shaab, Baghdad, Iraq	Nepal	0–6	Win	2002 FIFA WC Qual.
5.	16 April 2001	Al-Shaab, Baghdad, Iraq	Iraq	1–1	Draw	2002 FIFA WC Qual.
6.	21 April 2001	Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Nepal	4–0	Win	2002 FIFA WC Qual.
7.	17 November 2004	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece	Greece	3–1	Lost	2006 FIFA WC Qual.
8.	2 July 2006	Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Tajikistan	4–1	Win	Friendly
9.	2 June 2007	Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Armenia	1–2	Lost	Euro 2008 Qual.
10.	6 June 2007	Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Azerbaijan	1–1	Draw	Euro 2008 Qual.
11.	11 February 2009	Atatürk Stadium, Antalya, Turkey	Estonia	2–0	Win	Friendly
12.	11 February 2009	Atatürk Stadium, Antalya, Turkey	Estonia	2–0	Win	Friendly
13.	9 September 2009	Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Andorra	3–1	Win	2010 FIFA WC Qual.
Correct as of 7 October 2015

External links

• Ruslan Baltiyev – International Appearances at RSSSF.com
• Ruslan Baltiev at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ruslan Baltiev – UEFA competition record