People
Players
Who we have written about: a player card and every story where he is at the centre.
Baltika
Eduardo Anderson
From Panama to Kaliningrad: cheap insurance, a depth player or a very good transfer for Talalaev — Baltika bought him outright in 2026.
Defender
Kevin Andrade
One of the most underrated defenders in the RPL. Bought in Colombia, sold to Zenit for 3.5 million euros in summer 2026.
Baltika
Mingiyan Beveev
His first coach said he had no talent. Ten years in the lower leagues — and at 30 the first Kalmyk in the Russian national team.
Goalkeeper
Maksim Borisko
Baltika's main star wears gloves. No longer just a convenient keeper for Talalaev — he makes the system better himself.
Defender
Nathan Gassama
192 cm, left-footed, 34.7 km/h and 66% of aerial duels won. Bought for 500 thousand, now valued at 5 million.
Forward
Yegor Golenkov
27, from Samara, a graduate of the Konoplev academy. A loan in Portugal, a Rostov contract, and now an option for Baltika's attack that should not be called Offor 2.0.
Baltika
Ilya Kirsh
A Zenit academy graduate from Nakhodka: every youth national team, five loans and the long road to the other edge of Russia.
Baltika
Stefan Kovac
Not a single RPL start in a year. He was told to find another club, but stayed.
Goalkeeper
Yevgeny Latyshonok
The goalkeeper who started Baltika's trick with unknown keepers. Returned to Kaliningrad in summer 2026.
Defender, captain
Andrei Mendel
Born in April 1995, grew up in the village of Maryanskaya. Six years in the third tier, promotion with Fakel, a return to Kaliningrad and Baltika's captain's armband.
Defender
Loris Mouyokolo
Grenoble's captain three weeks earlier, then Baltika's most expensive signing of summer 2026: 1.5 million euros and a four-year contract.
Baltika
Ayman Murid
A bench next to Real Madrid, a torn-up contract and a year spent understanding Talalaev.
Forward
Chinonso Offor
In June he was asked to find a new club. On 24 July he scored against CSKA after 35 seconds — the fastest first goal of a season in Russian league history.
Baltika
Ilya Petrov
Debuted in the First League in July 2014, close to 300 matches in the lower leagues and ten years circling the Premier League — until Baltika.
Attacker
Ilya Porokhov
Two years ago he turned Baltika down. In September 2026 he is coming to Kaliningrad after all — to familiar coaches and a place in the attack.
Baltika
Nikolai Titkov
2+2, eight yellow cards and almost no highlights: Baltika's hidden engine.
Baltika
Aleksandr Filin
From a second-hand shop in Simferopol to Baltika's captain's armband.
Baltika
Brayan Gil
Baltika's attack rests on Gil: a club record, a hand in both goals in Voronezh and decisive substitute appearances.
Baltika
Eldar Civic
Champion of Slovakia, six-time champion of Hungary, played against Messi at an empty Camp Nou — and says there is nothing special about him.
Defender
Maksim Shnaptsev
A right-back from Pari NN whom Baltika beat Rubin and Lokomotiv to sign.