Goalkeeper · Russia · #1
Evgeny Latyshonok
Returned to Kaliningrad in summer 2026.
- Apps
- 9
- Min
- 810
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 0
- RC
- 0
The team
Squad
29 players: numbers, 2026/27 stats and what I write about each.
As of 19 October · fc-baltika.ru
Goalkeepers 4
Defenders 13
Defender · Russia · #2
Sergei Varatynov
The only RPL outfield player in 2025/26 with a full 2,700 minutes: no substitutions, injuries or suspensions.
- Apps
- 13
- Min
- 1038
- Gls
- 1
- Ast
- 1
- YC
- 2
- RC
- 0
Defender · Russia · #3
Ilya Kirsh
A Zenit academy graduate from Nakhodka: every youth national team, five loans and the long road to the other edge of Russia.
- Apps
- 3
- Min
- 180
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 0
- RC
- 0
Defender · Mali · #4
Nathan Gassama
Left-footed, 34.7 km/h and 66% of aerial duels won. Bought for 500 thousand euros; in summer 2026, per Championat, the club turned down Torino and Panathinaikos and asked for 5 million.
- Apps
- 10
- Min
- 855
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 2
- YC
- 0
- RC
- 0
Defender · Morocco · #18
Fahd Moufi
A route through Lyon, Portugal, Hajduk and Wydad: the right-back Baltika took from Orenburg.
- Apps
- 8
- Min
- 326
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 1
- RC
- 0
Defender · Russia · #19
Maksim Shnaptsev
A right-back from Pari NN whom Baltika beat Rubin and Lokomotiv to sign.
- Apps
- 4
- Min
- 258
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 0
- RC
- 0
Defender · Panama · #21
Eduardo Anderson
From Panama to Kaliningrad: cheap insurance, a depth player or a very good transfer for Talalaev — Baltika bought him outright in 2026.
- Apps
- 11
- Min
- 880
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 4
- RC
- 0
Defender · Russia · #22
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.
- Apps
- 13
- Min
- 938
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 3
- RC
- 0
Defender · France · #24
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.
- Apps
- 8
- Min
- 720
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 1
- RC
- 0
Defender · Russia · #25
Alexander Filin
From a second-hand shop in Simferopol to Baltika's captain's armband in the club's best season, 2025/26.
No appearances yet in 2026/27.
Defender · Russia · #68
Mikhail Ryadno
The youngest player in Super Cup history and Rodina's player of the season came from CSKA in the winter of 2026 — and so far gets full matches in the Cup and twenty or thirty minutes in the RPL.
- Apps
- 7
- Min
- 339
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 1
- YC
- 0
- RC
- 0
Defender · Bosnia and Herzegovina · #77
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.
- Apps
- 8
- Min
- 439
- Gls
- 1
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 1
- RC
- 0
Midfielders 8
Midfielder · Morocco · #5
Aiman Murid
A bench next to Real Madrid, a torn-up contract and a year spent understanding Talalaev.
- Apps
- 8
- Min
- 593
- Gls
- 1
- Ast
- 1
- YC
- 3
- RC
- 0
Midfielder · Russia · #7
Konstantin Shiltsov
A Spartak education and four goals against almost seven xG in the FNL: a free summer signing for Baltika's attack.
- Apps
- 9
- Min
- 375
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 1
- YC
- 0
- RC
- 0
Midfielder · Russia · #8
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.
- Apps
- 10
- Min
- 722
- Gls
- 1
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 4
- RC
- 0
Midfielder · Russia · #10
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.
- Apps
- 8
- Min
- 453
- Gls
- 1
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 1
- RC
- 0
Midfielder · Serbia · #14
Stefan Kovac
Not a single RPL start in a year. He was told to find another club, but stayed.
- Apps
- 3
- Min
- 88
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 1
- RC
- 0
Midfielder · Russia · #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.
- Apps
- 13
- Min
- 548
- Gls
- 0
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 4
- RC
- 0
Midfielder · Russia · #42
Vladislav Pospelov
From Khabarovsk via St Petersburg: a first Baltika goal at 19 and a contract through 2030.
- Apps
- 12
- Min
- 454
- Gls
- 1
- Ast
- 1
- YC
- 0
- RC
- 0
Midfielder · Russia · #73
Maksim Petrov
Through Lokomotiv, Alania and Neftekhimik — to the Russian national team without the 'future' label.
- Apps
- 12
- Min
- 613
- Gls
- 1
- Ast
- 1
- YC
- 1
- RC
- 0
Forwards 4
Forward · Nigeria · #9
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.
- Apps
- 9
- Min
- 464
- Gls
- 2
- Ast
- 0
- YC
- 1
- RC
- 0
Forward · Russia · #11
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.
No appearances yet in 2026/27.
Forward · Russia · #69
Egor Golenkov
27, from Samara, a graduate of the Konoplev academy. A loan in Portugal, a Rostov contract, and now a Baltika forward — already on the scoresheet in Voronezh — who should not be called Offor 2.0.
- Apps
- 2
- Min
- 72
- Gls
- 1
- Ast
- 1
- YC
- 0
- RC
- 0
Forward · El Salvador · #91
Brayan Gil
Baltika's attack rests on Gil: a club record, a hand in both goals in Voronezh and decisive substitute appearances.
- Apps
- 12
- Min
- 618
- Gls
- 4
- Ast
- 1
- YC
- 1
- RC
- 0