Zaur Sadayev

Russian footballer (born 1989)

Zaur Sadayev
Personal information
Sadayev with Lech Poznań in 2014
Full name	Zaur Umarovich Sadayev
Date of birth	(1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth	Shali, Russian SFSR
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Akhmat Grozny
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2019	Akhmat Grozny	130	(18)
2013	→ Beitar Jerusalem (loan)	7	(1)
2014	→ Lechia Gdańsk (loan)	16	(3)
2014	→ Lechia Gdańsk II (loan)	2	(0)
2014–2015	→ Lech Poznań (loan)	25	(5)
2019	→ Ankaragücü (loan)	7	(0)
2019–2020	Ankaragücü	5	(0)
2021	Aluston-YUBK Alushta	4	(0)
Total		196	(27)
International career
2009	Russia U-20	7	(4)
2011	Russia-2	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zaur Umarovich Sadayev (Russian: Заур Умарович Садаев; born 6 November 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer of Chechen origin.

Club career

He made his debut with FC Terek Grozny in the Russian Premier League in 2008.

On 30 January 2013, he was transferred to the Israeli Beitar Jerusalem along with Dzhabrail Kadiyev, both Muslims. On 3 March, Sadayev scored his first goal for Beitar during a league game against Maccabi Netanya, prompting hundreds of the team's fans to leave the stadium. It was also his first and last goal for Beitar Jerusalem. In total, he made 7 appearances and scored 1 goal.^[1]

On 31 January 2019, he joined Turkish club Ankaragücü on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.^[2] On 16 July 2019, he returned to Ankaragücü, signing a one-year contract.^[3] He left the club in March 2020.

In August 2021, Sadayev joined Russian club Aluston-YUBK Alushta .^[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 December 2019.^[5]^[6]

Club	Season	League	League		Cup		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Terek Grozny/ Akhmat Grozny	2006	Russian First Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
	2007	Russian First Division	7	2	0	0	7	2
	2008	Russian Premier League	3	0	0	0	3	0
	2009		17	2	0	0	17	2
	2010		16	1	0	0	16	1
	2011–12		28	3	3	1	31	4
	2012–13		7	0	0	0	7	0
	2013–14		7	0	1	0	8	0
	2015–16		15	5	1	0	16	5
	2016–17		7	2	1	0	8	2
	2017–18		16	3	1	0	17	3
	2018–19		4	0	1	1	5	1
	Total		130	18	8	2	138	20
Beitar Jerusalem (loan)	2012–13		Israeli Premier League	7	1	0	0	7	1
Lechia Gdańsk (loan)	2013–14	Ekstraklasa	12	3	2	0	14	3
	2014–15	Ekstraklasa	4	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		16	3	2	0	18	3
Lech Poznań (loan)	2014–15	Ekstraklasa	25	5	5	4	30	9
Ankaragücü (loan)	2018–19	Süper Lig	7	0	0	0	7	0
	2019–20	Süper Lig	5	0	1	0	6	0
	Total		12	0	1	0	13	0
Career total			190	27	16	6	206	33

Honours

Lech Poznań

Ekstraklasa: 2014–15

Individual

Polish Cup top scorer: 2014–15^[7]

References

^ Dawber, Alistair; Walker, Shaun (4 March 2013). "'It's not racism. The Muslim players just shouldn't be here': Beitar Jerusalem fans walk out over signing of two Muslim Chechen players". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
^ "Zaur Sadaev Ankaragücümüzde!" [Zaur Sadayev at Ankaragücü!] (in Turkish). Ankaragücü. 31 January 2019.
^ "Zaur Sadaev ile 1 yıllık sözleşme imzaladık" [We signed a 1-year contract with Zaur Sadaev] (in Turkish). MKE Ankaragücü. 16 July 2019.
^ В заявке алуштинского "Алустона-ЮБК" на новый сезон – 21 футболист, crimeansport.ru, 20 August 2021
^ "Zaur Sadayev statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
^ "Zaur Sadayev statistics". 90minut. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
^ "Puchar Polski 2014/2015 - strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 February 2024.