Former head coach of Rostov Sergei Balakhnin in an interview vprognosis He stated that he welcomed the appointment of Marko Nikolic to the capital’s CSKA.
According to him, the Serbian specialist has the capacity to lead the team to new successes.
“He showed himself well at Lokomotiv. “From all indicators it is clear that he is a knowledgeable person, a good specialist who can solve serious problems,” Balakhnin said.
Ordu club announced on June 4 that CSKA and Nikolic had reached an agreement. The expert player signed a contract with the red-blue team on June 6. CSKA took sixth place in the Russian Premier League in the completed season. On June 3, Vladimir Fedotov, who had been leading the army team since 2022, left his post as head coach of CSKA.
Nikolic coached Shabab Al-Ahli from the UAE in the 2023/24 season. The team won two trophies under his leadership: the country’s Super Cup in 2023 and the Qatar and UAE Super Cup in 2024, as well as a silver medal in the championship.
The Serbian specialist worked at Lokomotiv Moscow from May 2020 to October 2021. Under his leadership, the “railway workers” won the Russian Cup in the 2020/21 season.
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