Ivan Laptev

Goalkeeper - Smorgon U20
28 Aug 2027
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21 Edition

The Smorgon Herald

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Mykhaylo Olesik: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Smorgon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Words at Smorgon training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Egor Babich 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.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Tempers go at Smorgon

Artem Devyaten 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.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

The manager makes an example of Yaroslav Yarotskiy

“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.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

When it matters, Maxim Zhordochkin plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

A door opens for Dmitriy Fedortsov

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Smorgon Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Egor Babich runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Artem Stankevich at 21 — 7.78

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Artem Stankevich did not need any: 7.78, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Smorgon

Daniil Perov 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A move Maxim Zhordochkin would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Maxim Zhordochkin is living that version at Smorgon, and it tends to show in the first month.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Smorgon rebuffed over Preslav Bachev

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

The terraces10 Aug 2026

One of their own: Artem Stankevich

He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Market10 Aug 2026

Ivan Laptev steps up from the Smorgon academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Laptev has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

Smorgon promote Pavel Balanovich from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pavel Balanovich has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Viktar Skavysh joins the Smorgon first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Viktar Skavysh is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief