Zaurbek Igorevich Pliyev (, ; born 27 September 1991) is a Russian-Ossetian football player who plays for Chernomorets Novorossiysk.
Pliyev made his professional debut for Spartak Nalchik on 15 July 2009 in the Russian Cup game against FC Nizhny Novgorod.
In October 2014, Pliyev, along with Dmitri Khomich, Mikhail Bakayev, Aleksandr Kislitsyn and Samat Smakov, was banned from training with FC Kairat by the club.
On 7 December 2015, Pliyev signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with FC Terek Grozny. After signing a new contract with Akhmat at the end of the 2018âÂÂ19 season, Pliyev joined Dynamo Moscow on 9 June 2019, signing a three-year contract.
After representing Russia's U-19 team in 2009, he was called up to the Kazakhstan U-21 squad in 2011. In August 2012, he was called up to the Russia U-21 squad.
His younger brother Konstantin Pliyev is also a football player.