Ivan Gulko

Striker - Ural
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Marked for Ivan Gulko

10 Edition

The Ural Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match30 Sep 2026

Ivan Gulko sends Ural through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Ivan Gulko obliged against Alania. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Ural.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Ural

Ilja Ishkov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Words at Ural training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Reziuan Mirzov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match3 Oct 2026

A bad afternoon for Ural against Chernomorets

1‑2 to Chernomorets, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Boardroom5 Oct 2026

Wages swallow 249% of the Ural income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

The terraces5 Oct 2026

Ural supporters have found a favourite in Ivan Gulko

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Ivan Gulko has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Maxim Kuzmin

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad5 Oct 2026

The decline has begun for Alejandro Monsalve

Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 37 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Ural is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Leonid Polivanov left the room before anybody could ask which.

In brief

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The Ural Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market3 Aug 2026

Léo Cordeiro has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Ural can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Silvije Begić signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Silvije Begić and Ural agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Ural

Léo Cordeiro and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Ivan Gulko arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Ivan Gulko has, at Ural, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Ítalo wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Ural know it.

Match1 Aug 2026

A bad afternoon for Ural against Spartak Kostroma

0‑1 to Spartak Kostroma, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Boardroom3 Aug 2026

Nobody left the Ural dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Market3 Aug 2026

Talks stall between Ural and Silvije Begić

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Leonid Polivanov faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Leonid Polivanov after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief

  • Transfer targets A loan move for Tasos Donis is in the works
  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Evgeny Markov
  • Market The clock runs on Ítalo's contract