Marked for Rinat Logvinenko
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Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Irtysh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kamal Kamyabinia 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Irtysh
Rinat Logvinenko 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“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.
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Market14 Sep 2026
Irtysh say no — this time
The offer from Shakhter for Azat Shomko was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad14 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Irtysh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market14 Sep 2026
The name of Kairat Tagybergen has come up in conversations Irtysh were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Irtysh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Azat Nuserbayev 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Irtysh will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
“I did not go to Ordabasy to sit and watch. I want to come back to Irtysh and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
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Market7 Sep 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market7 Sep 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at Irtysh, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Irtysh
Rinat Logvinenko 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Baurzhan Shomko 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Irtysh has been clear about where Kairat Tymoshchuk stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Market31 Aug 2026
Okzhetpes come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Irtysh did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Irtysh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Player ratings3 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Baurzhan Shomko at 21 — 7.66
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Baurzhan Shomko did not need any: 7.66, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market3 Aug 2026
Samat Kuat hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Irtysh can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Irtysh
Rinat Logvinenko 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ordabasy Beysebekov commits to Irtysh for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Azat Nuserbayev 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Market3 Aug 2026
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Azat Taykenov has his answer from Irtysh; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aibol Akhmetov, and the manager let it.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.