The Aktobe Courier
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Aktobe
Giorgi Zaria 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 dugout16 Nov 2026
When it matters, Daniel Sosah plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Artur Shushenachev called up by his country
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Aktobe that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
A door opens for Jani Atanasov
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager comes out for Alexandr Zarutskii
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Alexandr Zarutskii has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Azat Suyumbayev is not doing himself any favours
A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.
In brief
- Squad Yurii Vakulko is fit again
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Darkhan Berdibek at Irtysh