The KAMAZ Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Stepan Oganesyan
Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Stepan Oganesyan 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. Stepan Oganesyan is living that version at KAMAZ, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Ian Vera rejects the move
KAMAZ had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Estudiantes, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Artem Popov 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 KAMAZ this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Nikola Krstić
KAMAZ asked and IMT said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
KAMAZ promote Aleksey Shubin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Aleksey Shubin 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
KAMAZ promote Vadim Gagarin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vadim Gagarin 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
KAMAZ promote Lev Kuznetsov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lev Kuznetsov 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
KAMAZ promote Nil Kiselyov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nil Kiselyov 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.
In brief
- Squad Stepan Oganesyan is a square peg at KAMAZ
- Squad 10 new faces, and KAMAZ are still learning each other
- Transfer targets KAMAZ try to borrow Renato Nhaga