Vanja Ilić

Central Midfielder - Navbahor
24 Jan 2027
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Marked for Vanja Ilić

23 Edition

The Navbahor Gazette

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market4 Jan 2027

Giorgi Jgerenaia asks to leave Navbahor

“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.

Market4 Jan 2027

Navbahor say no — this time

The offer from Pakhtakor for Shoxmalik Komilov was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad4 Jan 2027

O'tkir Yusupov 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 Navbahor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market4 Jan 2027

Muhammadali G'iyosov attracts admirers

The name of Muhammadali G'iyosov has come up in conversations Navbahor were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad4 Jan 2027

The manager makes an example of Isroiljon Tursunboyev

“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.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Valijon Rahimov signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Valijon Rahimov and Navbahor agree another 2 years.

In brief

Back issues
17 Edition

The Navbahor Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad23 Nov 2026

O'tkir Yusupov damages knee ligaments — 34 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 34 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market23 Nov 2026

Only the photograph left for Shukron Yo'ldoshev

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Shukron Yo'ldoshev will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Navbahor the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad23 Nov 2026

O'tkir Yusupov 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 Navbahor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

16 Edition

The Navbahor Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad16 Nov 2026

O'tkir Yusupov damages knee ligaments — 43 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 43 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Vanja Ilić: 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.” Navbahor have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Navbahor

O'tkir Yusupov 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.

In brief