People
Players
Who we have written about: a player card and every story where he is at the centre.
Centre-back · #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.
Centre-back
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.
Right-back · #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.
Goalkeeper
Maksim Borisko
Baltika's main star wears gloves. No longer just a convenient keeper for Talalaev — he makes the system better himself.
Centre-back · #4
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 · #69
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.
Centre-back · #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.
Central midfielder · #14
Stefan Kovac
Not a single RPL start in a year. He was told to find another club, but stayed.
Goalkeeper · #1
Yevgeny Latyshonok
The goalkeeper who started Baltika's trick with unknown keepers. Returned to Kaliningrad in summer 2026.
Defensive midfielder · captain · #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.
Centre-back · #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.
Central midfielder · #5
Ayman Murid
A bench next to Real Madrid, a torn-up contract and a year spent understanding Talalaev.
Forward · #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.
Midfielder · #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.
Attacker · #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.
Midfielder
Nikolai Titkov
2+2, eight yellow cards and almost no highlights: Baltika's hidden engine.
Centre-back · #25
Aleksandr Filin
From a second-hand shop in Simferopol to Baltika's captain's armband.
Forward · #91
Brayan Gil
Baltika's attack rests on Gil: a club record, a hand in both goals in Voronezh and decisive substitute appearances.
Left-back · #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.
Right-back · #19
Maksim Shnaptsev
A right-back from Pari NN whom Baltika beat Rubin and Lokomotiv to sign.