Alexandr Kotov

Right Midfielder - Dinamo Vologda
11 Mar 2027
Thursday
Process

Marked for Alexandr Kotov

6 Edition

The Dinamo Vologda Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Danila Yezhkov out for 88 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Dinamo Vologda will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Mikhail Petrolay 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 The request is on a desk at Dinamo Vologda, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Danil Spodarets

Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Dinamo Vologda

Andrey Yakovlev 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.

Market

Dinamo Vologda and Ilja Petukhov are talking past each other

“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.

Squad

Alexandr Kotov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Alexandr Kotov and Dinamo Vologda agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Nikita Kireev

A mark of 7.16, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Squad

No hiding place for Sergey Oliynyk

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

Match

Dinamo Vologda draw a blank against Irkutsk

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Irkutsk defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Dinamo Vologda Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

A fracture rules Danila Yezhkov out for 102 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Dinamo Vologda will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

Dinamo Vologda through in the cup

A 2‑1 win over Rubin Yalta, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Player ratings

Alexandr Kotov could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.33

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.33, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Match

Cruel end for Rubin Yalta as Dinamo Vologda pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Dinamo Vologda scored in the 92th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Vsevolod Bykov at 21 — 7.92

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Vsevolod Bykov did not need any: 7.92, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market

Zvezda come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Dinamo Vologda did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Match

Dinamo Vologda make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Dinamo Vologda have 3 straight wins of it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Sergey Oliynyk

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Dinamo Vologda

Danila Yezhkov 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.

In brief