Kaveh Yazdani

Goalkeeper - Zhetysu
4 Dec 2027
Saturday
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The Zhetysu Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Aslan Akhmedov

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

Squad

Kabelo Mahlasela 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.

Market

The Danil Podymskii question follows Zhetysu around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Danil Podymskii’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

Back issues
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The Zhetysu Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Zhetysu out of the cup

Ordabasy ended it 0‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Market

Älisher Süleimen asks to leave Zhetysu

“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.

Market

Zhetysu sign Älisher Süleimen for $140.0K

The paperwork is done: Älisher Süleimen joins from Taraz in a deal worth $140.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

Tempers go at Zhetysu

Alan Chochiev 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Alan Chochiev

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

Squad

Words at Zhetysu training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Raphael Success is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief

2 Edition

The Siah Jamegan Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mehdi Vafaei keeps Siah Jamegan in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Al-Faisaly come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Siah Jamegan did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Tempers go at Siah Jamegan

Masoud Noorafkan 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.

Squad

Mehdi Pouraliganji out for 19 days

The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Mehdi Pouraliganji, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The terraces

Siah Jamegan supporters have found a favourite in Mehdi Vafaei

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Mehdi Vafaei 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.

Match

Esteghlal take the points off Siah Jamegan

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

No hiding place for Amir Torabi

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

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ali Gholizadeh

Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Ahmad Dejagah is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Siah Jamegan has been clear about where Ahmad Dejagah stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief