Celso Sidney

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Cherno More
31 Aug 2026
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Marked for Celso Sidney

4 Edition

The Cherno More Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match19 Aug 2026

Cherno More out of the cup

CSKA 1948 ended it 2‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Nikolay Zlatev at 21 — 8.11

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Nikolay Zlatev did not need any: 8.11, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Dimitar Tonev runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market24 Aug 2026

Bandaró hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cherno More can pretend not to have heard.

Match22 Aug 2026

No end in sight to Cherno More's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Cherno More has to find a result from somewhere.

Market24 Aug 2026

Cherno More turn down Botev Vratsa for Kristian Tomov

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Alex Payares gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Alex Payares has just signed for Cherno More, and for once the answer mattered.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Ricardo Valente has a hand in both — 7.60

One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.60, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Celso Sidney has a hand in both — 7.63

One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.63, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Cherno More Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match8 Aug 2026

Cherno More throw away a 3-goal lead

3 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Lokomotiv Plovdiv the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Cherno More will enjoy reviewing.

Market10 Aug 2026

Cherno More turn down Botev Plovdiv for Celso Sidney

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Nikolay Zlatev at 21 — 8.18

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Nikolay Zlatev did not need any: 8.18, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market10 Aug 2026

Ludogorets join the queue for Ertan Tombak

Add another name to the list: Ludogorets have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Ertan Tombak. The answer from Cherno More has not changed — yet.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Ricardo Valente signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ricardo Valente commits to Cherno More for another 1 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Plamen Iliev 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 Cherno More this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Nikolay Zlatev

At 21 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Vlatko Drobarov

“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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Cherno More training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andreiaş Calcan 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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Cherno More Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market3 Aug 2026

Ertan Tombak puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Cherno More, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Ertan Tombak has been here 8 seasons

151 appearances across 8 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Vasil Panayotov signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Vasil Panayotov and Cherno More agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Cherno More

Celso Sidney 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Cherno More training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Plamen Iliev 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.

Match1 Aug 2026

A bad afternoon for Cherno More against Montana

0‑2 to Montana, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Dimitar Tonev

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market3 Aug 2026

Cherno More and Vasil Panayotov 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

49 months and counting on Jorge Padilla

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

In brief