Ivan Petkov

Right Midfielder - Ravan
24 Sep 2028
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108 Edition

The Ravan Chronicle

21 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match19 Aug 2028

Ravan win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 91th minute. Neftchi will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Real improvement from Xəyal Fərzullayev at Ravan

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Xəyal Fərzullayev is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Market21 Aug 2028

Ivan Petkov 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 The request is on a desk at Ravan, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Tempers go at Ravan

Vugar Ozobic 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.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Žygimantas Baltrūnas has improved at 26, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 4 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Match19 Aug 2028

Bahlul Guseynov sends Ravan past Neftchi

It finished 2‑1, and it was Bahlul Guseynov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Ravan.

The terraces21 Aug 2028

Ravan supporters have found a favourite in Xəyal Fərzullayev

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Xəyal Fərzullayev 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.

Player ratings21 Aug 2028

Ninety minutes of Vugar Ozobic at his very best

Marked 8.64. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Ravan.

Squad21 Aug 2028

No hiding place for Mahir Nazarov

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

In brief

Back issues
104 Edition

The Ravan Chronicle

24 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom24 Jul 2028

Pressure builds in the Ravan boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad24 Jul 2028

Xəyal Fərzullayev is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 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.

Market24 Jul 2028

Ivan Petkov 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 Ravan can pretend not to have heard.

In brief

96 Edition

The Ravan Chronicle

29 May 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom29 May 2028

Pressure builds in the Ravan boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad29 May 2028

Shawn Kauter 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 Ravan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad29 May 2028

Sota Minami is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 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.

In brief

56 Edition

The Zadar Gazette

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings23 Aug 2027

Nobody could get near Fran Knezevic

Successful dribbles: 41. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Eugen Ciban breaks a bone — 66 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 66 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market23 Aug 2027

Fran Knezevic 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 Zadar, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Toni Ruso says Zadar went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Tempers go at Zadar

Kristijan Bilic 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.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Words at Zadar training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sime Simunovic 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.

Match21 Aug 2027

Ante Erceg sends Zadar past HNK Vukovar 1991

It finished 1‑0, and it was Ante Erceg’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Zadar.

Player ratings23 Aug 2027

Ante Erceg in the eights

A performance of 8.07 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings23 Aug 2027

Ante Kavelj shuts the door

Defensive actions: 9, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

In brief