On Thursday, the football player of the Moscow "Dynamo" Bakhtiyor Zainutdinov turns 28 years old.
Bakhtiyor was born in the south of Kazakhstan in the city of Taraz, where he passed through the school of the club of the same name. He made his debut in professional football at the age of 19 and received the "Best Young Player of the Premier League" and "Opening of the Season" awards at the end of the 2017 season. In 2018, he became the champion of Kazakhstan with Astana, made his debut in European competitions and the main national team of the country.
The next step in his career was moving to Russia, where he first joined Rostov, and then CSKA, with whom he won the Russian Cup. In August 2023, Zainutdinov moved to the Turkish Besiktas and won the Turkish Cup. In July 2025, he returned to Russia, signing a contract with the blue and white until 2029, and since then he has played 10 matches.