Ilyas Baig

Goalkeeper - Ethnikos Achnas
22 Sep 2026
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The Ethnikos Achnas Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad31 Aug 2026

Ioakeim Toubas breaks a bone — 35 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 35 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Luís Machado runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market31 Aug 2026

Ilyas Baig asks to leave Ethnikos Achnas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

No thanks: Oumar Diouf rejects the move

Ethnikos Achnas had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Standard Liege, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Door shut on Oumar Diouf

Ethnikos Achnas asked and Standard Liege said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Nicolás Andereggen stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.85 on the card, and the Ethnikos Achnas support went home talking about one name.

Match29 Aug 2026

Ethnikos Achnas share the spoils with Nea Salamis

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

The dugout31 Aug 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Dimitris Charalambous was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Ethnikos Achnas dressing room was either.

Boardroom31 Aug 2026

Ethnikos Achnas turn down the training-ground plan

It is the quietest way a club tells you what its ambitions are. The money was asked for, the money was refused, and the people who work there every day now know exactly where they stand.

In brief

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4 Edition

The Ethnikos Achnas Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Aug 2026

42 days out for Ioakeim Toubas after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Ethnikos Achnas will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Evrard Zag 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 Ethnikos Achnas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Ethnikos Achnas rebuffed over Edi Semedo

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

Squad24 Aug 2026

Paulinho is a square peg at Ethnikos Achnas

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Ethnikos Achnas ask about Oumar Diouf

A loan enquiry to Standard Liege: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Ethnikos Achnas ask about Matías Contrera

A loan enquiry to Oxford United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Market24 Aug 2026

Paulinho brings the grey hairs Ethnikos Achnas lacked

At 39, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.

Looking ahead24 Aug 2026

A reunion for Marios Dimitriou

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Nea Salamis in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Ignacio Zabal 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 Ethnikos Achnas would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

In brief

3 Edition

The Ethnikos Achnas Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

A fracture rules Ioakeim Toubas out for 49 days

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

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Ethnikos Achnas

Emmanuel Lomotey 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Ethnikos Achnas

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Evrard Zag was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Swindon Town tell Ethnikos Achnas: Marcos Gómez 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The formation has left Evrard Zag behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Ethnikos Achnas will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Market17 Aug 2026

Still no ink between Ethnikos Achnas and Evrard Zag

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Ethnikos Achnas, another week without a signature from Evrard Zag.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Ethnikos Achnas ask about Orkhan Sadygov

A loan enquiry to Inter: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

A loan move for Vid Zajc is in the works

Ethnikos Achnas have made the call to NK Domzale. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Market17 Aug 2026

Ilyas Baig is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Ethnikos Achnas has been clear about where Ilyas Baig stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief