Kasaev, Alan Taimurazovich

He began his professional career in 2002 in the club of the “Center” zone of the second division of “ Titan” Reutov , for which he played 14 matches. In 2003 he moved to the Premier League club “ Shinnik ”. He played 19 matches and scored 1 goal for the backup squad; he did not play for the main squad. In 2004 he moved to Zenit St. Petersburg . Until 2006, he played 28 matches and scored 6 goals for the backup team, having spent 3 matches in the Russian Cup , in 2006 he was in the main application of the club.

Alania

In 2007, Vladikavkaz transferred on loan to Alania , for which he spent 36 matches and scored 3 goals. At the end of the season, the club wanted to fully redeem the transfer ^[3] , however, the leadership of Alania failed to agree with Zenit.

Kuban

Kasaev as part of the Kuban

At the beginning of 2008, Kasaev joined the ranks of Kuban , in which he showed himself brightly in the 2008 season . In total, he spent 38 matches during the season, scored 8 goals and gave 12 assists, was one of the team leaders, at the end of the season he was recognized by the fans as the best football player of the year in Kuban along with Denis Zubko ^[4] , both of them were awarded the corresponding cups for The end of the last game of the season on November 6th. According to the newspaper Sport-Express , together with Rostov captain Mikhail Osinov , he was recognized as the best player of the 2008 season in the First Division ^[5] .

Season 2009

On March 14, 2009 he made his debut in the Premier League in the game of round 1 against Kazan “Rubin” (0: 3). In the second round, in a match against Spartak Moscow (1: 0), he received a score of 7.0 (out of 10) and was recognized as the best player in the match according to the Sport Express newspaper ^[6] . In this game I received a yellow card in the 29th minute. Kasaev’s game in the first part of the season was considered successful, thanks to this, the champion of Russia Rubin designated his interest in the player. According to Sergei Ovchinnikov , who worked with Kasayev as a trainer at Kuban, his transfer value for 2009 increased from $ 2 to $ 4.5 million ^[7] . In 2009, in the Premier League he spent 16 matches for Kuban, in which he scored 2 goals ^[8] .

Rubin

On August 21, it was reported that Kasayev was in Kazan, and all issues related to his transfer had already been resolved and satisfy both himself and Kuban with Rubin ^[9] , the contract was signed for a period of 3.5 years ^[10] . According to some reports, the transfer amount amounted to 5 million euros ^[11] . For performances in the “Rubin” Kasaev chose number 88 ^[12] . He made his debut with Kazan on August 30, substituting in an away match against Spartak Moscow. On September 16, 2009 he made his debut in the Champions League, replacing Alexander Ryazantsev in the 83rd minute of the first Rubin match in the tournament , in which Kazan lost an away defeat from Dynamo Kyiv with a score of 1: 3 ^[13] . October 17 scored the first goal for Kazan in a home game with Khimki .

In the 2012/13 season, he played with the changing positions of the left midfielder, the right midfielder. At the height of the season, the game was followed by a scoring series of several matches, Kasaev began to appear more often in the starting lineup. October 25 brought Rubin a victory in the third match of the group stage of the Europa League with Neftchi (Baku, Azerbaijan, 1-0. October 28, Kasaev and Kuzmin brought victory to Rubin against Anji, the leader in the championship.

Dynamo

On July 9, it was leased by Dynamo Moscow, for which it played under the 11th number. ^[14] In the debut match of the 1st round of the Premier League of the 2013/14 season against Volga , he scored the first goal for the new club.

After the season, he refused to sign the proposed two-year contract and stated that he would prefer to return to Rubin ^[15] . But on the same day, May 16, 2014 it became known that Kasayev from the next season will play for the Moscow Lokomotiv ^{[16] [17]} . The transfer price is 5 million euros, which were prescribed in Kasayev’s contract with Rubin ^[18] .

Lokomotiv

He made his debut for Lokomotiv on August 10, 2014 in the match against Tula Arsenal , replacing Maicon instead. On August 21, he played his first match with Lokomotiv in the playoffs of the Europa League. At the 45th minute, he scored a goal against the Cypriot Apollo (1: 1).

Baltika

On July 3, 2018, Baltika and Lokomotiv agreed to lease Kasayev before the end of the 2018/2019 season ^[19] .

Vanguard

In June 2019, he signed a contract with the Kursk Avangard .

In 2008, he played 3 matches with the Russian youth team in the qualifying round of the 2009 European Under-21 Championship.

In September 2010, Kasayev was called up to the main national team of Russia for the match of the qualifying round of the European Championship in 2012 against the national team of Andorra . The whole match Alan sat on the bench. I also didn’t enter the field for a match with Slovakia; I didn’t call for friendly matches with Belgium and Iran.

On August 19, 2011, Alan was called up to the camp of the second Russian national team for a match against the Olympic team of Belarus ^[20] .

Team

  Kuban

• 2nd place in the First Division of Russia ( access to the Top Division ): 2008

  "Ruby"

• Champion of Russia : 2009
• Russian Championship Bronze Medalist: 2010
• Russian Cup Winner: 2011/12
• Winner of the Russian Super Cup : 2010 , 2012

  "Locomotive"

• Champion of Russia : 2017/18
• Russian Cup Winner: 2014/15 , 2016/17

Personal

• The best player of the First Division ( according to the newspaper Sport-Express ): 2008
• The List of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia No. 2 ( 2010 )

Data at the end of the season 2017/18

• Interview Sport Express
• Profile on Dynamo Moscow
• Profile on zenit-history.ru
• Unofficial player site
• Profile on the RPL website