Yehor Zaichenko

Central Midfielder - Metalurh Zaporizhzhia U20
16 Nov 2028
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110 Edition

The Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Courier

4 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Yaroslav Karaman

16 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia out of the cup

Chornomorets ended it 1‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Match

No end in sight to Metalurh Zaporizhzhia's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Yaroslav Karaman is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

Gentrit Salihu 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia against Metalist

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Tymofii Machulian

“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

The kick that got away from Mykhailo Rudavskyi

Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Andrii Savitskyi

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
58 Edition

The Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Courier

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Ángel Galván breaks a bone — 94 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 94 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Denys Chervinskyi

58 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Miguel Sánchez 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 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Oleksii Bandurin keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Metalurh Zaporizhzhia may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market

Yaroslav Dziubko has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Metalurh Zaporizhzhia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia sell Anton Riabokon for $46.0K

Anton Riabokon has left for Obolon in a $46.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Tempers go at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

Diego Cerón 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 ratings

Nobody could get near Jhonnatan

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Boardroom

98% of the income goes out in wages at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

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.

In brief