David Bolataev

Defensive Midfielder - Dinamo Vladivostok
11 Oct 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for David Bolataev

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The Dinamo Vladivostok Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Dinamo Vladivostok's wait for a win

9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Dinamo Vladivostok has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Dmitry Raschupkin breaks a bone — 57 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 57 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Ilja Yurchenko in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dinamo Vladivostok this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Dmitry Osipov

Defensive actions: 16. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Words at Dinamo Vladivostok training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tumelo Shai 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.

Squad

Maxim Mashnev 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.

Player ratings

The one thing Ilja Yurchenko could not do

Shots: 5, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Match

Point won or two lost for Dinamo Vladivostok?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Irtysh? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

Player ratings

David Bolataev never got going

5.76 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

In brief

Back issues
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The Dinamo Vladivostok Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 10 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Squad

Tumelo Shai signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tumelo Shai and Dinamo Vladivostok agree another 4 years.

Squad

Ilja Yurchenko in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dinamo Vladivostok this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Kuban take the points off Dinamo Vladivostok

Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

No hiding place for Ilja Yurchenko

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ilja Yurchenko, and the manager let it.

Squad

Anton Shitov is still paying for one afternoon at Dinamo Vladivostok

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Player ratings

David Bolataev never got going

5.31 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

Player ratings

Nikita Sergeev never got going

5.71 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Ilja Yurchenko

Marked 5.70, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief