Playing position Role Footballer Number 55 Height 1.78 m | 1994–2002 CSKA Moscow Weight 71 kg Name Renat Yanbayev | |
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Full name Renat Rudolfovich Yanbayev Date of birth (1984-04-07) 7 April 1984 (age 31) Place of birth Noginsk, USSR (now Russia) Current team FC Lokomotiv Moscow (#55 / Defender) | ||
Renat Rudolfovich Yanbayev (Russian: Ренат Рудольфович Янбаев, Tatar: Ренат Рудольф улы Янбаев, Renat Rudolf ulı Yanbayev; born 7 April 1984) is an association footballer who plays full-back (mostly left) for FC Krasnodar. He was born to an ethnic Russian mother and Volga Tatar father.
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Career
Yanbayev played for CSKA Moscow school and youth teams. He moved to Lokomotiv Moscow during the summer of 2007 from FC Kuban Krasnodar after featuring in 12 league games and scoring once in the 2007 Russian Premier League. 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. 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.
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International
In February 2008, he was called up to the Russia national football team.