Nikolai Tsvetkov

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Kyzyltash
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Marked for Nikolai Tsvetkov

19 Edition

The Kyzyltash Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Mariusz Kurasiński scores twice — 8.49

Two goals and a mark of 8.49 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Alexandr Burkov, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.63

A mark of 7.63 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Tempers go at Kyzyltash

Prince Otubua 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.

Match5 Dec 2026

Mariusz Kurasiński the difference as Kyzyltash beat Sochi 2

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mariusz Kurasiński. 3‑2 against Sochi 2, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces7 Dec 2026

The crowd has taken to Prince Otubua

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Market7 Dec 2026

Still no ink between Kyzyltash and Alexandr Burkov

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Kyzyltash, another week without a signature from Alexandr Burkov.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Alexandr Goryachkin makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout7 Dec 2026

Mark Reshetnikov has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Mark Reshetnikov on a 3‑2 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

The dugout7 Dec 2026

No hiding place for Andrei Belyakov

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

In brief

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The Kyzyltash Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

What a way to start for Nikolai Tsvetkov — 8.00

1 on the scoresheet on his first appearance and a mark of 8.00 beside it. Most debuts are got through; this one was enjoyed, by him and by everybody watching it.

Match8 Aug 2026

Kyzyltash leave it late against Shakhter Donetsk

Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 89th, and Shakhter Donetsk spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

One of their own: Nikolai Tsvetkov

He is 15 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Market10 Aug 2026

Kyzyltash promote Yefrem Protasov from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yefrem Protasov 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

Danila Cherepanov steps up from the Kyzyltash academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Danila Cherepanov 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: Nikolai Tsvetkov joins the Kyzyltash first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nikolai Tsvetkov 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

One of our own: Andrei Belyakov joins the Kyzyltash first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrei Belyakov 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

Nikolai Tsvetkov the difference as Kyzyltash beat Shakhter Donetsk

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Nikolai Tsvetkov. 1‑0 against Shakhter Donetsk, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Leonid Tsyganov

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief