Renat Rudolfovich Yanbayev (russian: Ренат Рудольфович Янбаев, tt-Cyrl, Ренат Рудольф улы Янбаев; born 7 April 1984) is a Russian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

official and a full-back (mostly left). He is aplayer and also the director of sports for Znamya Noginsk. He was born to an ethnic Russian mother and

Volga Tatar The Volga Tatars or simply Tatars ( tt-Cyrl, татарлар, tatarlar) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group native to the Idel-Ural, Volga-Ural region of Russia. They are subdivided into various subgroups. Volga Tatars are Russia's second ...

father.

Career

Yanbayev played for

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

school and youth teams. He moved to Lokomotiv Moscow during the summer of 2007 from

FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) was a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the R ...

after featuring in 12 league games and scoring once in the

2007 Russian Premier League The 2007 Russian Premier League was the 16th season of the Russian Football Championship, and the sixth under the current Russian Premier League name. The league was sponsored by insurance company Rosgosstrakh. The season started on 10 March 20 ...

. Originally a left-sided midfielder, he was converted to left-back (he also can play as a right-back) in Lokomotiv Moscow. Playing for Lokomotiv Moscow, Yanbayev was called to Russian national team. In the beginning of the 2012–13 season, after the appointment of Slaven Bilić as a manager, Yanbayev lost his position in the starting XI to

Andrey Yeshchenko Andrey Olegovich Yeshchenko (russian: link=no, Андрей Олегович Ещенко; born 9 February 1984) is a Russian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a right-back for FC Znamya Noginsk. Career Yeshchenko be ...

. To gain playing time, he moved on loan to Zenit in September 2012. During winter transfer window in January 2013, when Yeshchenko departed for Anzhi, Yanbayev returned to Loko. He left Lokomotiv as a free agent on 5 June 2017 after 10 seasons with the club. On 13 June 2017, he signed a two-year contract with

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the ...

. He was released from his Krasnodar contract by mutual consent on 24 July 2018.

International

In February 2008, he was called up to the

Russia national football team The Russia national football team (russian: Сборная России по футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the Russian Federation in men's international association football. It is controlled by the Russian Football Uni ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Lokomotiv Moscow * Russian Cup: 2014–15, 2016–17

International

UEFA European Football Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contes ...

bronze medalist: 1 **2008, Russian Federation

References

External links

Lokomotiv Moscow profile

Profile at Football-Lineups.com
1984 births Living people Footballers from Moscow Russian footballers Association football defenders Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers People from Noginsk Association football fullbacks FC Anzhi Makhachkala players FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Tatar people of Russia UEFA Euro 2008 players FC Khimki players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Krasnodar players PFC CSKA Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-defender-1980s-stub