Manuel Díaz

Goalkeeper - Obolon
2 Feb 2027
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20 Edition

The Obolon Courier

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match12 Dec 2026

The wait goes on for Obolon

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Marco Espíndola 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 Obolon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch14 Dec 2026

Vadym Stashkiv counts the days

“I watch every Obolon game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Feniks runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Player ratings14 Dec 2026

A masterclass from Denys Ustymenko

Marked 8.09 — 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.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Manuel Díaz 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.

Player ratings14 Dec 2026

Maksym Tretiakov 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.

Match12 Dec 2026

Denys Ustymenko rescues a point for Obolon

It needed Denys Ustymenko to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Kryvbas, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Ezequiel Navarro Montoya knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Obolon, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market14 Dec 2026

Obolon put Roman Volokhatyi up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Roman Volokhatyi may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The Obolon Courier

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad2 Nov 2026

Marco Espíndola 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 Obolon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom2 Nov 2026

165% of the income goes out in wages at Obolon

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.

Match31 Oct 2026

A bad afternoon for Obolon against Metalist

0‑1 to Metalist, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

In brief

8 Edition

The Obolon Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Ihor Medynskyi

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

Squad21 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Obolon

Pavlo Polehenko 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.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

A defender's afternoon for Artem Kulakovskyi

Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad21 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Marco Espíndola

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

Match19 Sep 2026

Obolon get the job done against Kudrivka

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

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

One of those days for Denys Ustymenko

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.10, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

A defender's afternoon for Vladyslav Pryimak

Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Loan watch21 Sep 2026

Vadym Stashkiv wants to come home

“I did not go to Feniks to sit and watch. I want to come back to Obolon and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Roman Volokhatyi knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Obolon, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

4 Edition

The Obolon Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Maksym Tretiakov

Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market24 Aug 2026

Obolon turn down Karpaty for Kyryl Moroz

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Obolon

Pavlo Polehenko 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Nazarii Fedorivskyi 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.

Market24 Aug 2026

Nazarii Fedorivskyi placed on the list

Obolon have made Nazarii Fedorivskyi available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Match22 Aug 2026

No goals between Obolon and Karpaty

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Karpaty will be the happier side with the point.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Ezequiel Navarro Montoya still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Obolon would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Nothing got past Pavlo Polehenko

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 11 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Denys Marchenko has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Obolon will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

In brief