Ivan Kotelnikov

Central Midfielder - Torpedo Miass
7 Sep 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Ivan Kotelnikov

2 Edition

The Torpedo Miass Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Torpedo Miass throw away a 2-goal lead

2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Murom the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Torpedo Miass will enjoy reviewing.

Player ratings

A brace, and Alexey Larin takes the afternoon — 8.07

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Alexey Larin provided it, and the 8.07 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

Denis Faizullin 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 Torpedo Miass this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Dmitry Pavlov attracts admirers

The name of Dmitry Pavlov has come up in conversations Torpedo Miass were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Alexey Larin

At 23 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Evgeny Lopatko

“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.

Player ratings

Grigory Borisenko in the eights

A performance of 8.27 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Torpedo Miass and Murom take a point apiece

It finished 4‑4, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Ovik Galayan signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ovik Galayan and Torpedo Miass agree another 3 years.

In brief

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The Torpedo Miass Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Roman Kovalev

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.

Squad

Daniil Gorovykh signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniil Gorovykh commits to Torpedo Miass for another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Torpedo Miass

Denis Faizullin 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.

Match

Ivan Kotelnikov among the goals in a wild afternoon

8 goals in one match, Ivan Kotelnikov on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Torpedo Miass and Rodina 2.

Squad

Denis Rubanov falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings

One of those days for Ivan Kotelnikov

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.22, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Torpedo Miass share the spoils with Rodina 2

A 4‑4 draw with Rodina 2 leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Player ratings

Alexey Larin ran the game

Chances created: 12. Not on the scoresheet and not remotely anonymous — a passing performance that pulled a defence apart without leaving a mark on the column that gets read.

Market

24 months and counting on Roman Kovalev

Still no offer on the table, and Roman Kovalev’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

In brief