Profile · 12 min read
Ivan Belikov: how Talalaev found him in Tver for Baltika
The opposing coach was correcting him mid-friendly.
Defensive midfielder · #26
Ivan Belikov
From regional football and the Second League to the RPL: Talalaev spotted him in a friendly against Tver, and six days after signing he had already made his debut. 27 duels per 90 minutes against 14.7 for the average holding midfielder.
- Position
- Defensive midfielder
- Number
- #26
- Born
- 25 July 2004 (22)
- Nationality
- Russia
- Height
- 195 cm
- Joined from
- Tver
- At Baltika since
- July 2025
- 2026/27 season
- apps 13 · min 548 · gls 0 · ast 0
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Baltika
0 : 0Draw
Rostov
Beveev drove forward, Latyshonok saved, forwards stayed silent: Baltika's 0-0 Rostov ratings
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Investigation · 11 min read
White bread, 200 million euros and a lesson for Baltika. How Midtjylland's transfer factory works
About €6.5m in, about €65m out.
Akhmat
0 : 0Draw
Baltika
Two different halves, the same zeroes: what Baltika took out of Grozny
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Matches with Ivan Belikov in the analysis
2026/27 games where the player is named in the takeaways or the match analysis.
All matches · 9
CSKA
2 : 1Defeat
Baltika
Baltika scored against CSKA after 35 seconds — and lost. Match review and ratings for every Baltika player
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2 : 1Win
Dynamo Moscow
No ball, no Borisko, no Andrade. How Baltika beat Dynamo Moscow for the first time
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Krylia Sovetov
0 : 2Win
Baltika
33% possession and two goals: how Baltika won a match it barely had the ball in
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1 : 2Defeat
Spartak
We predicted everything except the goalkeeper
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1 : 1Draw
Rubin
Two almost identical halves, not two different ones
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Rodina
0 : 3Win
Baltika
How I watched football in a cinema
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0 : 1Defeat
Lokomotiv
Baltika pinned Lokomotiv in their own half. But couldn't find a goal there
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Fakel
2 : 2Draw
Baltika
Baltika rescued a point. But why did it need rescuing at all?
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2 : 3Defeat
Zenit
They got the ball into the box — finishing was rarer
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Where else Ivan Belikov comes up
Texts that name the player in passing: a match analysis, a squad note, a transfer round-up. Found automatically by surname.
All mentions · 15
- Baltika 2-3 Zenit: why the numbers could not save the match
- Cordoba says Krasnodar dominated for 90 minutes. The numbers give them only 45
- Seven thousand kilometres to a first goal
- Maksimenko plays on his line. That is Baltika's main chance on 16 August
- Baltika does not need a striker. It needs Buloychik
- Baltika did almost everything right. And lost again
- Lokomotiv — Baltika 1:0. A match with a deceptively simple scoreline
- WyScout versus golden steaks. How Baltika sells meteorites to the giants
- An island of found hopes and lost points: how Baltika got tangled in Artiga's nets
- Baltika before the transfer summer: strengthen without dismantling a working machine. Who should leave?
- Groundhog Day on the Island: how Baltika lost a match by forgetting to switch on the lights
- Grozny Groundhog Day: how Baltika turned a tactical masterpiece into a serving of Baltic melancholy
- Baltika almost took the match in Krasnodar. A few minutes were missing
- Baltika had the will for a comeback. It lacked the team to close the game
- A draw that leaves more questions for Baltika than joy
From Telegram
Ivan Belikov in the Telegram channel
Другого Вани не было.
Представьте: вы играете за «Тверь» товарищеский матч против «Балтики», а Талалаев с чужой скамейки вдруг начинает подсказывать вам.
Беликов сначала решил: может, тренер обращается к какому-то другому Ване.
Нет. К нему. А через несколько дней Иван уже проходил просмотр в…
Представьте: вы играете за «Тверь» товарищеский матч против «Балтики», а Талалаев с чужой скамейки вдруг начинает подсказывать вам.
Беликов сначала решил: может, тренер обращается к какому-то другому Ване.
Нет. К нему. А через несколько дней Иван уже проходил просмотр в…
Следующая статья про Беликова будет, кстати) Вопрос только когда!😄
В Петербурге не будет ключевых игроков. И это нормально — через три дня Самара.
Сегодня в 19:45 по нашему — «Зенит», «Газпром Арена», первый тур группы C. В группе, кроме хозяев, махачкалинское «Динамо» и «Крылья Советов». С самарцами «Балтика» встретится в РПЛ уже в субботу, так что приоритет…
Сегодня в 19:45 по нашему — «Зенит», «Газпром Арена», первый тур группы C. В группе, кроме хозяев, махачкалинское «Динамо» и «Крылья Советов». С самарцами «Балтика» встретится в РПЛ уже в субботу, так что приоритет…