Bakhtiyar Batyrzhanuly Zaynutdinov (; born 2 April 1998) is a Kazakh professional

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who plays for

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club

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

and the Kazakhstan national team. Known for his versatility, he mainly plays as a left-sided winger or full-back alongside a host of other positions. He is Kazakhstan’s all time top goalscorer.

Career

Club

On 25 November 2017,

FC Astana Astana Football Club () is a professional Association football, football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Football in Kazakhstan, Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,000-seat As ...

announced the signing of Zaynutdinov. On 4 October 2018, in an

2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage began on 14 September and ended on 7 December 2017. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. Draw The draw ...

game against

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, he scored his first continental goal, becoming at 20 years and 6 months the youngest Kazakh goalscorer in an UEFA club competition final stage game. On 12 January 2019, Zaynutdinov signed for

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. On 8 December 2019, he scored twice in a 4–1 away victory over

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet Top League, Soviet championships (second only to FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv) and 10 Russian Premier League, Russian champ ...

. On 25 August 2020, he signed a five-year contract with

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. On 21 August 2023, he signed a four-year contract with

club

. Three days later, on 24 August 2024, he played his first game and scored his first and only goal with Beşiktaş in the first leg of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round, an away game against

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, as the Turkish side won the game 3-2. It was his second continental goal and his first in

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. On 31 January 2025, he got severely injured at his hamstring and has been sidelined since then.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals :''Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first.''

Honours

Astana FC *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

CSKA Moscow * Russian Cup:

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Beşiktaş *

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: 2023–24 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaynutdinov, Baktiyar Living people 1998 births Kazakhstani men's footballers Men's association football forwards Kazakhstan men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen Kazakhstan men's international footballers Kazakhstan Premier League players Russian Premier League players Süper Lig players FC Taraz players FC Astana players FC Rostov players PFC CSKA Moscow players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers People from Syr-Darya Oblast Kazakhstani expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Footballers from Taraz