Eldzhat Mamedov

Defensive Midfielder - Baltika 2
22 Jan 2027
Friday
Process

Marked for Eldzhat Mamedov

18 Edition

The Baltika 2 Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Cruel end for Saturn as Baltika 2 pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Baltika 2 scored in the 92th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Market

Timofey Schelkunov is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Baltika 2 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Player ratings

Arnur Sagalbaev, 20, steals the show — 7.71

Marked 7.71 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Match

Baltika 2 cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad

A falling-out at Baltika 2

Arnur Sagalbaev 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 Eldzhat Mamedov

At 20 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.

Player ratings

Arseny Popushoy beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match

Baltika 2 get the job done against Saturn

A 1‑0 win over Saturn, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of David Cherkasov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

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The Baltika 2 Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Denis Makarov, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 8.11

A mark of 8.11 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

The dugout

Magomed Ismailov says Baltika 2 went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

The step up is real for Eldzhat Mamedov

At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad

Tempers go at Baltika 2

Kirill Davidenko 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.

Market

Arnur Sagalbaev is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Baltika 2 has been clear about where Arnur Sagalbaev stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Kirill Davidenko

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Arseny Popushoy

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout

Baltika 2 pick somebody else ahead of Andrey Tsitsilin

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Match

Baltika 2 share the spoils with Tver

A 1‑1 draw with Tver leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief