Kirill Davidenko

Central Midfielder - Baltika 2
6 Aug 2026
Thursday
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Marked for Kirill Davidenko

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The Baltika 2 Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings

Kirill Nikolaev, 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.

Squad

Evgeny Kim signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Evgeny Kim commits to Baltika 2 for another 4 years.

Squad

A falling-out at Baltika 2

Kirill Davidenko and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Kirill Nikolaev

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.

Match

Baltika 2 see off Chertanovo

Three points for Baltika 2, 2‑0 the final word against Chertanovo in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

Arseny Popushoy runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Talks stall between Baltika 2 and Evgeny Kim

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

25 new faces, and Baltika 2 are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout

Roman Romanov has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Roman Romanov on a 2‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief