The Minsk Courier
Squad8 Mar 2027
Alexandr Makas breaks a bone — 102 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 102 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Alexandr Makas has been here 8 seasons
324 appearances across 8 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ilya Aleksievich signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ilya Aleksievich commits to Minsk for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Minsk
Alexandr Gutor 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.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Minsk
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market8 Mar 2027
Artem Hryshyn steps up from the Minsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Artem Hryshyn 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Mikita Dragun joins the Minsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mikita Dragun is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Vitaliy Chalavach joins the Minsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vitaliy Chalavach is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Uladzimir Bykau steps up from the Minsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Uladzimir Bykau 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.
In brief
- Match Minsk make home a hard place to visit
- Loan watch Prokhor Struk has seen enough of Dinamo Brest
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Artem Turich