The KAMAZ Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Tresor Samba 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. Tresor Samba is living that version at KAMAZ, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market10 Aug 2026
Astana watching David Karaev
The interest is real enough to have reached print. KAMAZ have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at KAMAZ
David Karaev 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both jobs done by David Karaev — 6.51
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 13 actions, 6.51, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zeleznicar Pancevo tell KAMAZ: Aleksa Kuljanin 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Gleb Ignatov joins the KAMAZ first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gleb Ignatov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vladimir Andreev steps up from the KAMAZ academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vladimir Andreev 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
One of our own: Rostislav Karimov joins the KAMAZ first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rostislav Karimov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
KAMAZ come up short against Ufa
Ufa left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Squad David Khubaev falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Saminu Abdullahi wants to go home
- The dugout The manager’s verdict