{{Short description|Russian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Gennadyevich|Kabaev|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox football biography | image = Yevgeniy Kabaev.jpg | name = Evgeni Kabaev | fullname = Evgeni Gennadyevich Kabaev | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|2|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SFSR | height = {{height|m=1.83}} | position = Forward | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = FC Kolomyagi St. Petersburg | years1 = 2007–2010 | clubs1 = Sillamäe Kalev | caps1 = 52 | goals1 = 38 | years2 = 2010 | clubs2 = Kohtla-Järve Lootus | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2010 | clubs3 = Oulun Palloseura | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2010–2011 | clubs4 = FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2011–2012 | clubs5 = FC Karelia Petrozavodsk | caps5 = 6 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2012–2014 | clubs6 = Sillamäe Kalev | caps6 = 79 | goals6 = 54 | years7 = 2014–2015 | clubs7 = Persija Jakarta | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2015–2016 | clubs8 = Sillamäe Kalev | caps8 = 30 | goals8 = 26 | years9 = 2017–2018 | clubs9 = Bohemians 1905 | caps9 = 34 | goals9 = 6 | years10 = 2018–2019 | clubs10 = FC SKA-Khabarovsk | caps10 = 24 | goals10 = 1 | years11 = 2019 | clubs11 = FCI Levadia | caps11 = 2 | goals11 = 1 | years12 = 2019 | clubs12 = Real de Minas | caps12 = 5 | goals12 = 2 | years13 = 2020 | clubs13 = Samut Sakhon | caps13 = 10 | goals13 = 3 | years14 = 2020–2021 | clubs14 = Sisaket | caps14 = 17 | goals14 = 8 | years15 = 2021–2022 | clubs15 = Chiangmai | caps15 = 12 | goals15 = 2 | years16 = 2023 | clubs16 = Samutsongkhram | caps16 = 8 | goals16 = 3 | pcupdate = }} '''Evgeni Gennadyevich Kabaev''' ({{langx|ru|Евгений Геннадьевич Кабаев}}; born 28 February 1988) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Kabaev has been the top scorer of Estonian Meistriliiga twice, in 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jalgpall.ee/top10.php?b=ML&year=2014|title=ML VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2014) |language=et |publisher=Estonian Football Association}}</ref> and 2016 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jalgpall.ee/top10.php?b=ML&year=2016|title=ML VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2016) |language=et |publisher=Estonian Football Association}}</ref>
==Club career== He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Petrotrest St. Petersburg on 18 April 2011 in a game against FC Karelia Petrozavodsk.
In 2014, he is Top Scorer of Estonia Top Level and The Best Player of Estonia top level, with 36 goals.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=http://www.rfspro.ru/cgi-bin/player/script2.cgi?par1=118269|title=Career Summary|date=10 May 2011|access-date=11 May 2011|archive-date=8 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908221017/http://rfspro.ru/cgi-bin/player/script2.cgi?par1=118269|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 3 December 2014 Kabaev joined Indonesian club Persija Jakarta,<ref>{{cite web|title=Demi Ambisi Juara, Persija Gaet Top Scorer Liga Estonia|url=http://bola.liputan6.com/read/2141866/demi-ambisi-juara-persija-gaet-top-scorer-liga-estonia|access-date=4 December 2014|language=id}}</ref> but the league season in Indonesia got canceled.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=soccernet.ee|url=http://m.soccernet.ee/artikkel/vunk-ja-kabajev-lopetasid-indoneesias-lepingud|title=Vunk ja Kabajev lõpetasid Indoneesias lepingud (Sillamäe koostööks valmis!)|date=8 January 2017}}</ref>
On 8 January 2017, Kabaev signed a two-year contract with Czech club Bohemians 1905.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=bohemians.cz|url=http://www.bohemians.cz/clanek/18487/rusky-snajpr-miri-do-bohemky.aspx|title=Ruský snajpr míří do Bohemky|date=8 January 2017}}</ref>
On 17 July 2019, Kabaev joined Estonian Club FCI Levadia. On July 29, Kabaev was arrested for driving 42 km/h over the speed limit. He spent two days in jail. As he had not paid two previous fines for speeding, Kabaev's visa was cancelled, the player was deported and he was banned from entering the Schengen area for one year.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=soccernet.ee|url=https://m.soccernet.ee/artikkel/kohus-saatis-liiklushuligaan-kabajevi-aastaks-ajaks-riigist-valja|title=Kohus saatis liiklushuligaan Kabajevi aastaks ajaks riigist välja (Levadia kommentaar)|date=3 August 2019}}</ref>
After being released from contract with Levadia Kabaev signed with Honduran club C.D. Real de Minas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruso Evgeni Kabaev de Real de Minas fue deportado de Estonia|url=https://www.elheraldo.hn/deportes/1316881-466/ruso-evgeni-kabaev-real-de-minas-deportado-estonia-honduras |publisher=El Heraldo |access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Individual''' * Meistriliiga Top Score: 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.ee/eesti-meistriliiga-2014/statistika|title=Meistriliiga 2014 statistika |language=et |publisher=soccernet.ee}}</ref> 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vana.jalgpall.ee/top10.php?b=ML&year=2016|title=ML VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2016)|language=et|publisher=Estonian Football Association}}</ref> * Meistriliiga Player of the Month: August 2014,<ref>{{cite web|title=Premium liiga kuu parimad tulevad Sillamäelt|language=et|access-date=12 September 2014|publisher=Estonian Football Association|url=http://vana.jalgpall.ee/premium/news.php?id=7307|date=12 September 2014}}</ref> October 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vana.jalgpall.ee/premium/news.php?id=11263|title=Premium liiga kuu parimateks valiti Frantcev ja Kabaev|language=et|publisher=Estonian Football Association|date=4 November 2016}}</ref> * Meistriliiga Player of the Year: 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=11375|title=Premium liiga aasta parimaks mängijaks valiti Evgeny Kabaev|publisher=Estonian Football Association|date=27 November 2016|access-date=27 November 2016|language=et}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{soccerway|evgeny-kabaev/199071}} * {{EFA|23828}} *[https://thaileague.co.th/club-details/145?club=58&tournamentTeam=3399&tournament=147 Thaileague Official Website: Samutsongkhram F.C. Players]
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