Danila Rulev

Defensive Midfielder - Zvezda
2 Feb 2027
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Marked for Danila Rulev

26 Edition

The Zvezda Chronicle

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad25 Jan 2027

A one-man rearguard from Andrey Zaitsev

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Zvezda

Sipho Ngqakabana 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.

Match23 Jan 2027

Zvezda find a way past Yenisey 2

Yenisey 2 made Zvezda work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Boardroom25 Jan 2027

Wages eat 162% of everything Zvezda earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Player ratings25 Jan 2027

Sipho Ngqakabana runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings25 Jan 2027

Leon Aiba in the eights

A performance of 8.35 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings25 Jan 2027

A masterclass from Artem Kolobov

Marked 8.26 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Loan watch25 Jan 2027

Alexandr Yegunov wants to come home

“I did not go to Textilschik to sit and watch. I want to come back to Zvezda and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.

Market25 Jan 2027

Roman Zaitsev told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Roman Zaitsev has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Zvezda.

In brief

Back issues
22 Edition

The Zvezda Chronicle

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The terraces28 Dec 2026

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 24 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

Nobody could get near Lucas Barrera

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Igor Smirnov 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 Zvezda this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom28 Dec 2026

253% of the income goes out in wages at Zvezda

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.

Match26 Dec 2026

Zvezda come up short against Kolomna

Kolomna left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad28 Dec 2026

No hiding place for Andrey Zenyuk

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

Loan watch28 Dec 2026

Alexandr Yegunov has seen enough of Textilschik

“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 Zvezda, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

Danila Rulev never got going

5.52 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 ratings28 Dec 2026

Denis Lebedev never got going

5.62 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

21 Edition

The Zvezda Chronicle

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Dec 2026

Danila Rulev: 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.” Zvezda have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad21 Dec 2026

João Vitor signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” João Vitor and Zvezda agree another 4 years.

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Mfanuvela Mafuleka runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Tempers go at Zvezda

Igor Smirnov 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.

Squad21 Dec 2026

No hiding place for Leon Aiba

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

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

A defender's afternoon for Igor Smirnov

Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

In brief