Enri Mukba

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Neftekhimik
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Marked for Enri Mukba

38 Edition

The Neftekhimik Gazette

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad19 Apr 2027

A fracture rules Denis Titow out for 24 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Neftekhimik will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad19 Apr 2027

Tempers go at Neftekhimik

Junior Cedeño 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.

Boardroom19 Apr 2027

117% of the income goes out in wages at Neftekhimik

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.

The dugout19 Apr 2027

No hiding place for Maxim Shiryaev

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

The dugout19 Apr 2027

Andrey Golubev 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 Andrey Golubev is on it.

The dugout19 Apr 2027

Giorgi Kantaria knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Giorgi Kantaria trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market19 Apr 2027

The Junior Cedeño talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Neftekhimik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout19 Apr 2027

The manager makes Maxim Shorkin a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Neftekhimik. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Squad19 Apr 2027

The training reports on Enri Mukba are not good

A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.

In brief

Back issues
31 Edition

The Neftekhimik Gazette

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market1 Mar 2027

Maxim Shiryaev has said yes to KAMAZ

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Neftekhimik have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Enri Mukba breaks a bone — 20 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 20 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Boardroom1 Mar 2027

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Neftekhimik

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad1 Mar 2027

6 saves: Andrey Golubev was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Boardroom1 Mar 2027

Window shuts: 0 in, 0 out at Neftekhimik

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 0 arrived, 0 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Words exchanged at Neftekhimik

Junior Cedeño 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.

Transfer targets1 Mar 2027

Neftekhimik rebuffed over Vladimir Pavlov

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ural have kept their man, and Neftekhimik go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match27 Feb 2027

Rotor take the points off Neftekhimik

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

The dugout1 Mar 2027

Islam Mashukov 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

30 Edition

The Neftekhimik Gazette

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad22 Feb 2027

Enri Mukba breaks a bone — 27 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 27 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market22 Feb 2027

Alexandr Kakhidze agrees terms with Chelyabinsk

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Neftekhimik people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Player ratings22 Feb 2027

A brace, and Islam Mashukov takes the afternoon — 8.28

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Islam Mashukov provided it, and the 8.28 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market22 Feb 2027

Mikhail Sukhoruchenko 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 Neftekhimik, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market22 Feb 2027

KAMAZ watching Maxim Shiryaev

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Neftekhimik have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad22 Feb 2027

Words exchanged at Neftekhimik

Kamil Jakubczyk 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.

Transfer targets22 Feb 2027

Door shut on Lewys Benjamin

Neftekhimik asked and Akhmat Grozny said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad22 Feb 2027

Giorgi Kantaria 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.

Boardroom22 Feb 2027

Wages swallow 120% of the Neftekhimik 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.

In brief

29 Edition

The Neftekhimik Gazette

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad15 Feb 2027

Enri Mukba breaks a bone — 34 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 34 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market15 Feb 2027

Maxim Shiryaev 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 Neftekhimik, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad15 Feb 2027

A falling-out at Neftekhimik

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

Transfer targets15 Feb 2027

Mitre tell Neftekhimik: Facundo Ledesma is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match13 Feb 2027

A bad afternoon for Neftekhimik against Arsenal Tula

0‑2 to Arsenal Tula, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout15 Feb 2027

No hiding place for Rashid Magomedov

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

Squad15 Feb 2027

Danila Sukhomlinov 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.

The dugout15 Feb 2027

Daniil Nazarov: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Transfer targets15 Feb 2027

Neftekhimik try to borrow Vukašin Jovanović

Napredak have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

24 Edition

The Neftekhimik Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market11 Jan 2027

Maxim Shiryaev 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 Neftekhimik, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match9 Jan 2027

Neftekhimik end the wait against Yenisey

It had gone 10 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Andrey Golubev keeps Neftekhimik in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

The dugout11 Jan 2027

Enri Mukba: 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.” Neftekhimik have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Nikita Vasiljev is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 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.

Squad11 Jan 2027

A falling-out at Neftekhimik

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

Match9 Jan 2027

Rashid Magomedov the difference as Neftekhimik beat Yenisey

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Rashid Magomedov. 2‑1 against Yenisey, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces11 Jan 2027

Neftekhimik supporters have found a favourite in Kirill Moiseev

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Kirill Moiseev 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.

The dugout11 Jan 2027

No hiding place for Nikolay Tolstopyatov

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

In brief