Ivan Nikin

Defensive Midfielder - Kaluga
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74 Edition

The Kaluga Courier

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom27 Dec 2027

128% of the income goes out in wages at Kaluga

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.

Loan watch27 Dec 2027

Oleg Lapaev wants to come home

“I did not go to Chertanovo to sit and watch. I want to come back to Kaluga and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.

Squad27 Dec 2027

Nikita Kuzin knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kaluga, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

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73 Edition

The Kaluga Courier

20 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad20 Dec 2027

Kaluga lose Sergey Krotov

18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad20 Dec 2027

Ivan Nikin 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.

Squad20 Dec 2027

Ilja Sokolov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

70 Edition

The Kaluga Courier

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market29 Nov 2027

Maher Hakami hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kaluga can pretend not to have heard.

Squad29 Nov 2027

Magomed Ismailov says Kaluga went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Boardroom29 Nov 2027

186% of the income goes out in wages at Kaluga

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.

Loan watch29 Nov 2027

Oleg Lapaev wants to come home

“I did not go to Chertanovo to sit and watch. I want to come back to Kaluga and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.

Market29 Nov 2027

A long bet from Kaluga on Olegs Dubra

He is 19, and nobody at Kaluga signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Squad29 Nov 2027

Sergey Krotov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

69 Edition

The Kaluga Courier

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad22 Nov 2027

Bogdan Boldyrev says Kaluga went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Ivan Nikin 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.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Roman Volochay knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kaluga, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

66 Edition

The Kaluga Courier

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market1 Nov 2027

Ivan Nikin hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kaluga can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom1 Nov 2027

156% of the income goes out in wages at Kaluga

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.

Loan watch1 Nov 2027

Oleg Lapaev wants to come home

“I did not go to Chertanovo to sit and watch. I want to come back to Kaluga and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.

In brief

64 Edition

The Kaluga Courier

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match18 Oct 2027

Kaluga sink to position 6

17 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Match16 Oct 2027

5 matches without a win for Kaluga

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Kaluga are no longer polite ones.

Squad18 Oct 2027

The manager makes an example of Ivan Nikin

“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.

Match16 Oct 2027

Honours even between Kaluga and Kuban

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad18 Oct 2027

Sergey Krotov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad18 Oct 2027

Dmitry Rakhmanov unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Dmitry Rakhmanov has let it be known that he does not like the way Kaluga are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

In brief

57 Edition

The Kaluga Courier

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match30 Aug 2027

Kaluga up to position 3

11 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market30 Aug 2027

Daniil Avdeev asks to leave Kaluga

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Pavel Gritsun: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kaluga have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match28 Aug 2027

Kaluga find a way past Kuban

Kuban made Kaluga work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Ivan Nikin 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.

Market30 Aug 2027

Rinat Shakerov linked with a move away

The name of Rinat Shakerov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Kaluga say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

56 Edition

The Kaluga Courier

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match18 Aug 2027

Kaluga march on in the cup

Cherepovets are out and Kaluga go through, 1-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Market23 Aug 2027

Rinat Shakerov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kaluga can pretend not to have heard.

The terraces23 Aug 2027

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 27 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Match21 Aug 2027

Irtysh take the points off Kaluga

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Ivan Matyushenko 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.

Loan watch23 Aug 2027

Kirill Balashov wants to come home

“I did not go to Rubin Yalta to sit and watch. I want to come back to Kaluga and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Ivan Nikin knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kaluga, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Ivan Matyushenko is off the mark for Kaluga

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Platon Vasin makes his debut at 17

At 17 years old, Platon Vasin became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

In brief

54 Edition

The Kaluga Courier

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market9 Aug 2027

Dmitry Yugaldin asks to leave Kaluga

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match7 Aug 2027

Kaluga come up short against Rodina 2

Rodina 2 left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Prokhor Kovalev out for 34 days

The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Prokhor Kovalev, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Boardroom9 Aug 2027

102% of the income goes out in wages at Kaluga

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.

Market9 Aug 2027

Kaluga and Ivan Nikin are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Loan watch9 Aug 2027

Oleg Lapaev has seen enough of Chertanovo

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Kaluga, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief