Dimitar Mitkov

Striker - Ordabasy
21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
68 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Ota Yamamoto: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ordabasy have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Edmilson 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.

Squad

Sergei Malyi knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ordabasy, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
64 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

The Dimitar Mitkov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Shogo Sasaki knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ordabasy, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Mihai Căpăţînă keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Mihai Căpăţînă plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

63 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Léo Natel linked with a move away

The name of Léo Natel keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ordabasy say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

International call for Dimitar Mitkov

Dimitar Mitkov joins up with his country. Ordabasy lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

Squad

International call for Ūlar Zhaqsybaev

Ūlar Zhaqsybaev joins up with his country. Ordabasy lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

In brief

60 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Anis Khemaissia says Ordabasy went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Shogo Sasaki

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Ota Yamamoto knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ordabasy, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

58 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Ordabasy bow out of the cup

Astana go through and Ordabasy go home, 1-3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Market

Everton Moraes asks to leave Ordabasy

“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.

Match

No end in sight to Ordabasy's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ordabasy has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

Ordabasy are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Dias Orynbasar is a Ordabasy player

The fee is $280.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Atyrau drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

Sūltanbek Astanov 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.

Squad

Everton Moraes is carrying Ordabasy

8 goals and a season average of 7.20. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Loan watch

Marat Taykenov wants to come home

“I did not go to Shakhter to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ordabasy and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad

Pierre Akono asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

56 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Akzhaiyk are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Ordabasy will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Market

The Dimitar Mitkov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Everton Moraes placed on the list

Ordabasy have made Everton Moraes available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

52 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Bekkhan Shaizada keeps Ordabasy in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Ordabasy turn down Aktobe for Victor Mudrac

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match

5 matches without a win for Ordabasy

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Ordabasy are no longer polite ones.

Match

Ordabasy come up short against Shakhter

Shakhter left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

El'khan Astanov 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.

Squad

Victor Mudrac is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.25 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

In brief

51 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Ordabasy turn down Astana for Everton Moraes

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Sardorbek Hoshimov: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ordabasy have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

4 matches without a win for Ordabasy

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Ordabasy are no longer polite ones.

Market

Sanzhar Kemelbek is a Ordabasy player

The fee is $290.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Taraz drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

Vladyslav Naumets 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.

Match

Honours even between Ordabasy and Okzhetpes

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

48 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Cup progress for Ordabasy

A 2-1 win over Irtysh, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Squad

Qazhymūqan Tölepbergen says Ordabasy went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Victor Mudrac

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Victor Mudrac is carrying Ordabasy

5 goals and a season average of 7.32. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

Costly mistake from Qazhymūqan Tölepbergen

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Qazhymūqan Tölepbergen knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Match

Ordabasy and Astana take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

44 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

13 unbeaten for Ordabasy

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 13 matches without defeat is a foundation Ordabasy did not have in the autumn.

Match

Ordabasy get the job done against Atyrau

A 1-0 win over Atyrau, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Anis Khemaissia 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

43 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

12 unbeaten for Ordabasy

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Ordabasy did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Shogo Sasaki says Ordabasy went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

Ordabasy get the job done against Akzhaiyk

A 2-0 win over Akzhaiyk, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Victor Mudrac is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.27 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Farhod Tukhtasinov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Léo Natel linked with a move away

The name of Léo Natel keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ordabasy say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

40 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

9 unbeaten for Ordabasy

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Ordabasy did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Qazhymūqan Tölepbergen says Ordabasy went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

Ordabasy find a way past Okzhetpes

Okzhetpes made Ordabasy work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sergei Malyi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Ūlar Zhaqsybaev knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ordabasy, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Dimitar Mitkov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

37 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Still nobody has beaten Ordabasy

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Match

Ordabasy find a way past Astana

Astana made Ordabasy work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Anis Khemaissia 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.

Market

The Mihai Căpăţînă talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

The selectors could not leave Victor Mudrac out

7.00 across ninety minutes and a place in the division's team of the week. He was the best player on that pitch and everybody there knew it.

Squad

Mihai Căpăţînă keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Mihai Căpăţînă plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

36 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Anis Khemaissia stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Anis Khemaissia and Ordabasy agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Ordabasy see off Kairat

Three points for Ordabasy, 2-1 the final word against Kairat in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Sergei Malyi 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.

Squad

Everton Moraes finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Ordabasy have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Squad

El'khan Astanov finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Ordabasy have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Market

Dimitar Mitkov linked with a move away

The name of Dimitar Mitkov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ordabasy say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

35 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Bekkhan Shaizada 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.

Match

Ordabasy draw a blank against Zhetysu

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

Market

The Léo Natel talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

34 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Bekkhan Shaizada

There were 7 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.

Match

Ordabasy get the job done against Tobol

A 2-1 win over Tobol, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

The Bekkhan Shaizada talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

El'khan Astanov called up by his country

A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Ordabasy that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.

Squad

International call for Murodzhon Khalmatov

Murodzhon Khalmatov joins up with his country. Ordabasy lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

Squad

Bekkhan Shaizada has taken the shirt

At 29 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Ordabasy are won quietly and lost loudly.

In brief

30 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

The Nikola Antić talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Somebody is after Dimitar Mitkov’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Dimitar Mitkov suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Ordabasy have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

Market

Ordabasy bring in Farhod Tukhtasinov on loan

A season-long audition: Obod still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Ordabasy's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.

In brief

29 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Yurii Vakulko sold, and an era ends

$1.3M from Akzhaiyk for Yurii Vakulko. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.

Market

Bekkhan Shaizada linked with a move away

The name of Bekkhan Shaizada keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ordabasy say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Dimitar Mitkov has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Dimitar Mitkov keeps the shirt for now, at Ordabasy's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

27 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Qazhymūqan Tölepbergen asks to leave Ordabasy

“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.

Market

Ordabasy turn down Astana for Dimitar Mitkov

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Qazhymūqan Tölepbergen 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

2 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Guy-Marcelin Kilama 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 Ordabasy can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Aleksa Amanović is on his way

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

Market

Nobody at Ordabasy has picked up the phone to David Abagna

48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Squad

Aleksa Amanović asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Still no signature from Aleksa Amanović

5 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Ordabasy could get for him.

Squad

Dimitar Mitkov has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Dimitar Mitkov keeps the shirt for now, at Ordabasy's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

1 Edition

The Ordabasy Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Aleksa Amanović 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 Ordabasy can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Léo Natel stays put

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

Match

Ordabasy get the job done against Irtysh

A 2-1 win over Irtysh, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bekkhan Shaizada

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

The clock runs on Bekkhan Shaizada's contract

49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Squad

Aleksa Amanović knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ordabasy, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Zikrillo Sūltaniiazov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Ordabasy has been clear about where Zikrillo Sūltaniiazov stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

Dimitar Mitkov is off the mark for Ordabasy

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Market

The Aleksa Amanović talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief