The Grozny Terek is considered a team with one of the best defensive lines in the Russian Premier League. One of the pillars of defense is Rizvan Utsiev, a defender who has been playing for the team from Grozny since the beginning of his professional career.
Parish in "Terek"
Utsiev Rizvan Rashitovich was born on February 7, 1988 in the city of Argun in the Chechen Republic. As a child, his parents sent him to a football school at the Vainakh club, from where the athlete, due to martial law, temporarily moved with his brother to KAMAZ in Chelny. Returning to his native land, Utsiev signed a contract with the youth squad of the Grozny “Terek”, and in 2005 he was invited to the games of the main team.
Premier League debut
The debut of the young defender in the Premier League took place in November of that year - in a match against the capital “Lokomotiv” the player received 20 minutes of playing time. According to the results of the 2005 championship, “Terek” flew to the First Division, where, despite the decrease in the league, Rizvan Utsiev also appeared very rarely, having twice replaced in the course of only the second season.
As a result, in the summer of 2007, the Russian went on loan to Kavkaztransgaz-2005, playing in the Second Division of the Russian Championship, where he was able to get a sufficient amount of game practice, scoring even two goals in 13 matches for the new club. At this time, according to the results of the championship, “Terek” took the second step, regaining its place in the elite of Russian football, which also included a young defender.
Return to the Elite
With the return to the Premier League, the period of formation and the defender himself began. The coaching staff, led by Vyacheslav Grozny, believed in the talent of a football player, and even after the departure of the Ukrainian coach, under the leadership of Shakhin Diniev and Anatoly Baydachny, Rizvan Utsiev remained in the main cage of the players. As a result, the 2010 season was a real breakthrough for the beck - having staked out a place in the starting lineup, the defender took part in 25 meetings, scoring his first two goals in the Premier League, upsetting the capital's Spartak and Vladikavkaz Alania.

Every year, the progress of the player was noticeable, and his position in the starting lineup soon became unshakable. In August 2011, Rizvan Utsiev’s talent was also appreciated by the coaches of the second national team of Russia, inviting him to the training camp for a friendly match with Belarus, but the player did not enter the field. In the championship of Russia R. Utsiev several times recognized as a player in the tour, and in the “Terek” for his confident game he was soon chosen as the captain of the team, which is still.
In total, during his career for the Grozny club at the time of the winter break in the championship of the 2016/17 season, Rizvan Utsiev has 173 official matches, being the leader in this indicator in the history of the team, as well as 11 assists and 8 goals, two of which were sent to the gates of the Krasnodar “Kuban” and helped “Terek” to snatch a draw in the match with a score 2: 2. There are no defenders in the arsenal this season yet, but he has played all 17 matches of the Russian championship in full, having marked one assists in the match against Orenburg, which allowed Grozny to win three points.