Career
He currently plays for Football Club Kairat. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2003 for Football Club Avtodor Vladikavkaz. Club
On 1 August 2011, Bakayev re-signed for Alania Vladikavkaz after two and a half years with Anzhi Makhachkala.
In March 2014, Bakayev signed a three-year contract with Football Club Kairat of the Kazakhstan Premier League.
In October 2014, Bakayev, along with Dmitri Khomich, Zaurbek Pliyev, Aleksandr Kislitsyn and Samat Smakov, was banned from training with Football Club Kairat by the club International
In August 2008, Bakayev was called up to the Russia U21 squad.