Valentin Krasnov

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Cherepovets
15 Aug 2027
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The Cherepovets Herald

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match21 Nov 2026

Cherepovets taken apart

0‑3 to Spartak Moscow 2, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Market23 Nov 2026

Andrey Pyrkin hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cherepovets can pretend not to have heard.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Yaroslav Makarenko stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market23 Nov 2026

Ilja Antsiferov is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cherepovets is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Dmitry Popov keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Cherepovets may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match21 Nov 2026

The wait goes on for Cherepovets

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Ilja Antsiferov 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 Cherepovets this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match21 Nov 2026

Cherepovets leaking at the back

4 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Anton Balashov

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

In brief

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The Cherepovets Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market10 Aug 2026

Ilja Antsiferov asks to leave Cherepovets

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market10 Aug 2026

Torpedo Miass come back empty-handed

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Andrey Pyrkin

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Yaroslav Makarenko stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Yaroslav Makarenko and Cherepovets agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

KAMAZ tell Cherepovets: Vladislav Vasiljev 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

Yakov Guskov steps up from the Cherepovets academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Yakov Guskov 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: Valentin Krasnov joins the Cherepovets first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Valentin Krasnov 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

Spartak Moscow 2 take the points off Cherepovets

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Ilja Antsiferov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief