All About The Beautiful Game
The Swiss-born striker has hit the ground running for Ekstraklasa side KS Cracovia, who he joined this summer. Filip Stojilković needed just one minute to win over KS Cracovia fans. Specifically, one minute and fourteen seconds. That’s how long it took the Swiss-born striker to dispossess a defender, find a teammate, make a well-timed run, … Read more
With Domžale fighting relegation, the Slovenian goalkeeper has stepped up in a big way. NK Domžale — who currently sit last in the Slovenian Prva Liga — have four games left to salvage their top flight status. Finishing last would mean relegation to the Slovenian Second Football League. For a club that hasn’t been in … Read more
Jakub Holúbek returned to his hometown club in the summer following spells with MŠK Žilina and Ekstraklasa side Piast Gliwice. When Jakub Holúbek’s contract expired last summer, it marked the end of his five-year spell in Poland. The left-back had an enjoyable stay in the Ekstraklasa, playing 103 times for Piast Gliwice, but his native … Read more
The Greek striker is impressing in Mumbai in the latest stop of an eventful career that has seen him play in six different countries. Nikos Karelis did not expect to be playing in India. Not after his breakthrough as a teenager, where his performances earned interest from the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea. Not when … Read more
In February 2017, Matej Hradecký, a promising midfielder at SJK Seinäjoki in Finland’s top flight, suffered a devastating knee injury. A Finland international, and recent trialist with 2. Bundesliga side Karlsruher SC, this injury threatened to completely derail his career. The Veikkausliiga, Finland’s top tier, hadn’t even started, yet he would miss the entire season. … Read more
September 20, 2018. RSC Anderlecht are up against Spartak Trnava. The Slovakian champions are not the favorites — in fact, they are the first team to represent Slovakia in Europe since Slovan Bratislava four years earlier. Anderlecht, meanwhile, had a rich history in Europe and many of the world’s brightest young prospects. However, it was not … Read more
When Bayern Munich signed Armindo Sieb on a free transfer in 2020, it looked like the Bavarian giants had pulled off a massive coup. The 17-year-old was coming off a strong year with Hoffenheim’s u17s, scoring ten goals and assisting five in fifteen matches. He had scored six more for Germany’s u17s, recording hattricks against … Read more
Looking back, it’s easy to say that Bayern Munich’s decision to loan out Josip Stanišić was a mistake. The Croatian has played 30 matches for Leverkusen, scoring two crucial goals — including one against Bayern — and assisting four more. He’s been a solid defensive presence and has filled in for many different positions, strengthening … Read more
In August 2023, Ajax paid €16 million to sign FC Metz forward Georges Mikautadze. In doing so, Mikautadze became the most expensive Georgian player of all time, more expensive than the likes of Kakhaber Kaladze, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and Giorgi Kinkladze. He became the third-most expensive Metz sale of all time, too, earning the club more … Read more
Heidenheim’s first-ever Bundesliga season can only be described as remarkable. The German minnows were not expecting promotion last year, but finished ahead of giants like Hamburg SV and Fortuna Düsseldorf, winning the 2. Bundesliga. Life in the Bundesliga was always going to be too difficult for the small club from Baden-Württemberg — except that it isn’t. … Read more