Lechi Sadulayev

Lechi Sadulayev
	Sadulayev with Akhmat Grozny in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Lechi Baymarzayevich Sadulayev
Date of birth	8 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Tsentaroy, Russia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Akhmat Grozny
Number	10
Youth career
2010–2018	Akhmat Grozny
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–	Akhmat Grozny
International career‡
2019	Russia U-20
2022–	Russia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

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

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

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

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, keeping the number 10 since then.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 November 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	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	15	3	3	0	—		—		18	3
Career total			93	9	14	3	0	0	0	0	107	12

International

As of match played 19 November 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Russia	2022	1	0
Russia	2024	3	1
Total		4	1

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 November 2024	Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia	Brunei	5–0	11–0	Friendly

References

^ "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

Lechi Sadulayev at Russian Premier League
Lechi Sadulayev at Soccerway
Lechi Sadulayev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

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[1] "Game Report by RFPL". Russian Premier League. 10 December 2018.

[2] "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.

[3] "Сборная России сыграла вничью с командой Таджикистана" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 17 November 2022.

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