Anton Bratkov

Central Defender - Urartu
19 Sep 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Anton Bratkov

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The Urartu Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

The manager makes an example of Narek Aghasaryan

“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

Words at Urartu training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sergey Mkrtchyan 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.

Squad

Anton Bratkov has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Urartu that is a harder question to answer.

In brief

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The Urartu Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Erik Piloyan signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Erik Piloyan commits to Urartu for another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Urartu

Bruno Michel 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.

Squad

Erik Piloyan 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

48 months and counting on Gor Matinyan

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

Market

Shirak are about to pick up the phone

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

Market

Urartu and Anton Bratkov are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief