David Santos

Central Defender - Shamakhi
1 Dec 2026
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18 Edition

The Shamakhi Herald

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match30 Nov 2026

Shamakhi are in real trouble now

Position 12, 5 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Match29 Nov 2026

Chastening afternoon for Shamakhi

A 0‑3 beating by Turan Tovuz was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Shamakhi

Cəlal Hüseynov 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.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Words at Shamakhi training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. João Pedro 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.

Boardroom30 Nov 2026

177% of the income goes out in wages at Shamakhi

Every club in football 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 somebody has tried it.

Boardroom30 Nov 2026

Doors closed at Shamakhi

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Leroy-Jacques Mickels runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Maksim Mammadov: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Rüfət Abbasov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

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17 Edition

The Shamakhi Herald

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match18 Nov 2026

Habib İsmayilov sends Shamakhi through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Habib İsmayilov obliged against Sabail. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Shamakhi.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Ricardo Fernandes keeps Shamakhi in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Words at Shamakhi training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cəlal Hüseynov 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.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

Nobody could get near Leroy-Jacques Mickels

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Shamakhi

Leroy-Jacques Mickels 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.

The terraces23 Nov 2026

The crowd has taken to Habib İsmayilov

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match21 Nov 2026

A bad afternoon for Shamakhi against Neftchi

0‑2 to Neftchi, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

David Santos in the eights

A performance of 8.67 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Maksim Mammadov faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Maksim Mammadov after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief