Dmitry Balashov will become the new director of the Lokomotiv Moscow academy. This was reported by legal betting.
Balashov was already working as a team manager at Lokomotiv. He held a similar position in the capital’s Dynamo. The manager was also general manager of Khimki and Arsenal Tula.
Last season, Lokomotiv’s youth team won the Youth Championship.
On Friday, December 1, Lokomotiv announced that Alexei Shchigolev resigned as academy director.
Having collected 25 points after the 16th week in the Russian Premier League (RPL), Lokomotiv shares the sixth place with CSKA and Rubin. On December 3, Demiryolcular will play against Zenit.
Collecting 32 points after 16 rounds in the RPL, Krasnodar rose from first place to second place in the rankings. Vladimir Ivich’s team lost 1:3 to Ural. Zenit came out on top thanks to a crushing 3:0 win against Sochi. Dinamo is in the top three. The blue-whites defeated CSKA with a score of 3-2.
Russian former player, formerly of Spartak -headed foreign club.