Ivan Shmakov

Defensive Midfielder - Shinnik
2 Jan 2027
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21 Edition

The Shinnik Gazette

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad21 Dec 2026

A row about effort at Shinnik

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Konstantin Nizhegorodov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match19 Dec 2026

Shinnik get the job done against Sokol

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

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Artur Galoyan was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.22. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

No hiding place for Kirill Bozhenov

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

Squad21 Dec 2026

Words exchanged at Shinnik

Ivan Shmakov 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.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Danila Alexandrov kept it short after the 2‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

A promise honoured for Artem Golubev

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Shinnik told Artem Golubev something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Nobody could get near Kirill Nikitin

Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Kirill Nikitin gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Kirill Nikitin is on it.

In brief

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7 Edition

The Shinnik Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom14 Sep 2026

Deadline passes with 15 signed and 2 gone

That is the business done at Shinnik until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Market14 Sep 2026

Nikita Miroshnichenko is on his way

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

Squad14 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Shinnik

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Reda Boultam was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets14 Sep 2026

Shinnik rebuffed over Bojan Dimoski

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Akron have kept their man, and Shinnik go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match12 Sep 2026

Ufa take the points off Shinnik

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

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Kirill Nikitin runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Thomas Kotlár

“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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Ivan Shmakov 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 Shinnik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Too much change too quickly at Shinnik

11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

In brief