Artem Ivanov

Central Midfielder - Ufa
20 Jan 2027
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Artem Ivanov

16 Edition

The Ufa Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

David Ozmanov damages knee ligaments — 54 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 54 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

The dugout

Artem Ivanov says Ufa 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.

Squad

Words exchanged at Ufa

Ilja Agapov 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.

Squad

Words at Ufa training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leon Musaev 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Denis Kutin

“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.

The dugout

Ilja Agapov 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 Ufa, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

The formation has left Yu Horike behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Ufa will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout

Evgeny Shlyakov gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Evgeny Shlyakov is on it.

Looking ahead

Alexandr Perchenok goes back to face Sokol

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Alexandr Perchenok’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Ufa needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief

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The Ufa Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

David Ozmanov damages knee ligaments — 101 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 101 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match

Artem Ivanov sends Ufa through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Artem Ivanov obliged against Dinamo Stavropol. 3‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Ufa.

Player ratings

Artem Ivanov, 21, steals the show — 7.78

Marked 7.78 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Player ratings

A defender's goal wins it for Ufa — 7.61

1 for Evgeny Shlyakov, marked 7.61, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Player ratings

A defender's goal wins it for Ufa — 7.34

1 for Konstantin Troyanov, marked 7.34, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Squad

Tempers go at Ufa

Vladislav Kamilov 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.

Squad

Leon Musaev falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Boardroom

Wages swallow 197% of the Ufa 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 terraces

Ufa supporters have found a favourite in Shamil Isaev

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Shamil Isaev 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.

In brief