Ruslan Baltiev

Ruslan Baltiev
Personal information

Full name	Ruslan Tahirovich Baltiev
Date of birth	16 September 1978 (1978-09-16) (age 33)
Place of birth	Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Kairat
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–	Kairat
National team
1997–2009	Kazakhstan	73	(13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Ruslan Tahirovich Baltiev (Kazakh: Рұслан Балтиев, Russian: Руслан Балтиев; born 16 September 1978) is a Kazakh football midfielder who currently plays for Kazakhstani club FC Kairat. He is a former Kazakh international whom is the most capped player and the top goalscorer of all-time for.

1 Club career
2 Career statistics
- 2.1 Honours
- 2.2 International goals
3 External links

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