He made his Russian Premier League debut for Anzhi Makhachkala on 13 March 2010 in a game against Spartak Nalchik.

On 1 August 2011, Bakayev re-signed for Alania Vladikavkaz after two and a half years with Anzhi Makhachkala.

[1][2] In March 2014, Bakayev signed a three-year contract with Kairat of the Kazakhstan Premier League.

[3] In October 2014, Bakayev, along with Dmitri Khomich, Zaurbek Pliyev, Aleksandr Kislitsyn and Samat Smakov, was banned from training with Kairat by the club.

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