Lechi Sadulayev
 Sadulayev with Akhmat Grozny in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lechi Baymarzayevich Sadulayev | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Tsentaroy, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Akhmat Grozny | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2018 | Akhmat Grozny | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Akhmat Grozny | 136 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Russia U-20 | 9 | (1) |
| 2022– | Russia | 15 | (4) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026 | |||
Lechi Baymarzayevich Sadulayev (Russian: Лечи Баймарзаевич Садулаев; born 8 January 2000) is a Russian football player who plays for Akhmat Grozny in the Russian Premier League and the Russia national team. He is deployed in a variety of positions, mostly as an attacking midfielder, but also as a wide midfielder or winger on right or left side of the field.
Club career
[edit]He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Akhmat Grozny on 10 December 2018 in a game against Arsenal Tula as a 90th-minute substitute for Magomed Mitrishev.[1]
International career
[edit]Sadulayev was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time in November 2022 for friendly games against Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.[2] He made his debut against Tajikistan on 17 November 2022.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Sadulayev is an ethnic Chechen.
He changed his shirt number for the first six seasons he played professionally, he made his debut under number 87 and then changed it to 22, 99, 17, 11 and 10 in the 2023–24 season. He kept number 10 in the 2024–25 season, before changing it again to 7 for the 2025–26 season.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 10 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Akhmat Grozny | 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | 28 | 5 | ||
| 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 35 | 3 | |
| 2025–26 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2026–27 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 136 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 14 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in relegation play-offs
International
[edit]- As of match played 9 June 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 | |
| Total | 15 | 4 | |
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 November 2024 | Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia |  Brunei | 5–0 | 11–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 14 October 2025 | VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia |  Bolivia | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3. | 27 March 2026 | Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia |  Nicaragua | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| 4. | 5 June 2026 | Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia |  Burkina Faso | 1–0 | 3–0 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Game Report by RFPL". Russian Premier League. 10 December 2018.
- ↑ "Тренерский штаб сборной России вызвал 30 футболистов на ноябрьский сбор" [The coaching staff of the Russian national team called 30 players to the November training camp] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 November 2022.
- ↑ "Сборная России сыграла вничью с командой Таджикистана" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 17 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- Lechi Sadulayev at Russian Premier League (in Russian) (archive in English)
- Lechi Sadulayev at Soccerway
- Lechi Sadulayev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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- 2000 births
- People from Kurchaloyevsky District
- Footballers from Chechnya
- Living people
- Russian men's footballers
- Russia men's youth international footballers
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- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Akhmat Grozny players
- Russian Premier League players
- 21st-century Russian sportsmen
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