Mikhail Babaev
| Date of birth | January 19, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Mikhail Babaev (born Moscow, 19 January 1986) is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a wing and as a centre.
Babaev plays for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, known as VVA Saracens, since 2003, in Russia.
He has 57 caps for Russia, since 2006, with 4 tries, 20 points on aggregate. He was called for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games and remaining scoreless. He has been a regular player for the Russia team in the recent years, having played for the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifyings, lost in repechage to Uruguay.[1]