Lechi Sadulayev

Lechi Sadulayev
Sadulayev with Akhmat Grozny in 2019
Personal information
Full name Lechi Baymarzayevich Sadulayev
Date of birth (2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 26)
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 143 (13)
International career‡
2019 Russia U-20 9 (1)
2022– Russia 18 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 October 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

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.

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. He made his debut against Tajikistan on 17 November 2022.

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. He kept number 10 in the 2024–25 season, before changing it again to 7 for the 2025–26 season.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 October 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Akhmat Grozny 2018–19 Russian Premier League 2000—20
2019–20 Russian Premier League 6000—60
2020–21 Russian Premier League 18120—201
2021–22 Russian Premier League 16120—181
2022–23 Russian Premier League 22263—285
2023–24 Russian Premier League 14210—152
2024–25 Russian Premier League 2835020353
2025–26 Russian Premier League 28151—332
2026–27 Russian Premier League 9340—133
Career total 143132542017017
  1. ↑ Appearances in relegation play-offs

International

As of match played 6 October 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Russia 202210
202431
202571
202674
Total186

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 November 2024Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia Brunei5–011–0Friendly
2.14 October 2025VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia Bolivia1–03–0
3.27 March 2026Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia Nicaragua3–1
4.5 June 2026Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia Burkina Faso3–0
5.3 October 2026Yekaterinburg Arena, Yekaterinburg, Russia Namibia6–0
6.6 October 2026Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Nigeria1–13–3

References

  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.
  4. ↑ "Sadulayev, Lechi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 October 2026.