Stéphane Acka

Central Defender - Zira
18 Feb 2027
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The Zira Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad31 Aug 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Ruan Renato

29 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Zira lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Up for the corner, and Guima delivers — 7.96

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Guima scored, was marked 7.96, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Market31 Aug 2026

Zira sign Andriy Shtogrin for $730.0K

The paperwork is done: Andriy Shtogrin joins from Neftchi in a deal worth $730.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Kapaz tell Zira: Diogo Verdasca 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.

Market31 Aug 2026

Business is business: Leroy-Jacques Mickels goes

Inter paid $240.0K and Zira took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

The terraces31 Aug 2026

The town asked, and Zira paid $730.0K

Andriy Shtogrin was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $730.0K. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.

Squad31 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Zira

Ruan Renato and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match29 Aug 2026

Zira see off Kapaz

Three points for Zira, 1‑0 the final word against Kapaz in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Stéphane Acka pulls a muscle — 18 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 18 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

In brief

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The Zira Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market24 Aug 2026

Eren Aydın says no to Saburtalo

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Eren Aydın had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Issa Djibrilla beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 29. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market24 Aug 2026

Sumgayit come back empty-handed

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

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Benevento tell Zira: Guglielmo Mignani 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Zira training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ruan Renato is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

One of those days for Davit Volkovi

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.23, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Market24 Aug 2026

The Eldar Kuliev conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Kapaz will make the call about Eldar Kuliev this week. Zira have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Zira

Leroy-Jacques Mickels and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match22 Aug 2026

Zira share the spoils with AZAL

A 1‑1 draw with AZAL leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief