Alexey Ivanov

Left Midfielder - Gzira United
23 Jan 2027
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Marked for Alexey Ivanov

23 Edition

The Gzira United Courier

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market4 Jan 2027

Staša Bastić 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 Gzira United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Aphile Ngobese keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Gzira United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Edoardo Colombo 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 Gzira United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings4 Jan 2027

Nobody could get near Johan Bonilla

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

Squad4 Jan 2027

Words at Gzira United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Mentz 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 ratings4 Jan 2027

Gabriel Mentz stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.36 on the card, and the Gzira United support went home talking about one name.

In brief

Back issues
19 Edition

The Gzira United Courier

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market7 Dec 2026

David Xuereb puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Gzira United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

No sign of nerves from Alexey Ivanov at 21 — 7.61

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Alexey Ivanov did not need any: 7.61, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Mihajlo Stojanović pops up at the right end — 7.86

7.86, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Luís Riascos 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 Gzira United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces7 Dec 2026

The crowd has taken to Alexey Ivanov

At 21 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.

Match5 Dec 2026

Mihajlo Stojanović the difference as Gzira United beat Sliema Wanderers

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mihajlo Stojanović. 2‑0 against Sliema Wanderers, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Match5 Dec 2026

Gzira United make home a hard place to visit

8 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Words at Gzira United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marc Van de Bovenkamp 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.

Squad7 Dec 2026

No hiding place for Marc Van de Bovenkamp

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

In brief

14 Edition

The Gzira United Courier

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market2 Nov 2026

Gabriel Mentz 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 Gzira United can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

A brace, and Aivars Emsis takes the afternoon — 8.88

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Aivars Emsis provided it, and the 8.88 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Edoardo Colombo keeps Gzira United 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.

Match31 Oct 2026

Aivars Emsis the difference as Gzira United beat Naxxar Lions

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Aivars Emsis. 3‑2 against Naxxar Lions, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces2 Nov 2026

The crowd has taken to Brooklyn Borg

At 22 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.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Words at Gzira United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luís Riascos 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.

Squad2 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Staša Bastić

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

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Johan Bonilla runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Alexey Ivanov named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Alexey Ivanov is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

In brief

10 Edition

The Gzira United Courier

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Oct 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Marc Van de Bovenkamp

41 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Gzira United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match30 Sep 2026

Gzira United through in the cup

A 3‑2 win over Tarxien Rainbows, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Match30 Sep 2026

Gzira United win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 127th minute. Tarxien Rainbows will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Market5 Oct 2026

Gabriel Mentz puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Gzira United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Both of them Aivars Emsis's — 7.91

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 7.91, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Karl Sargent is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Gzira United

Edoardo Colombo 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.

Boardroom5 Oct 2026

105% of the income goes out in wages at Gzira United

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.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Andrew Borg 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