Igor Diveev

Where it came from : the pupil of Ufa;

Where did he go : CSKA (€ 1.5 million);

How the transfer value in Ufa has changed : from 0 to € 1.5 million

Diveyev’s transfer to CSKA became special for Ufa, because the club managed to earn money by selling its own pupil. Moreover, the defender got to the academy only at the age of 16. According to him, everything was decided by a chance meeting with Shamil Gazizov at the store. 

Further, Diveev’s career developed rapidly. In 2018, he showed himself at the international COTIF tournament as part of the youth national team of Russia and aroused interest from the London Arsenal. 

It didn’t come to moving to England, but only a year later the defender was in CSKA. Moreover, at that time, the 19-year-old football player spent only two matches in the Premier League as part of Ufa. 

This did not bother the head coach of the army and the former coach of the Bashkir team, Viktor Goncharenko, who immediately entrusted Igor with a place at the base. Since then, Diveev is an almost indispensable member of the defense line of CSKA. 

  • Igor Diveev
  • © Vitaliy Timkiv / RIA News

Danil Krugovoy 

Location : Zenit (€ 160 thousand)

Where : Zenit (€ 2 million)

How the transfer value in Ufa has changed : from € 400 thousand to € 1 million

Krugovaya is a typical example of a competent resale by “Ufa” of a young soccer player. A native of Gatchina since childhood, he studied at the Zenith Academy, but practically had no chance to break into the main team.

But in “Ufa” Danil got the opportunity to prove himself at the level of the Premier League and took advantage of it. Nine matches in the RPL were enough for Zenit to want to return the left back, whom he had released a year before for a nominal sum.

Moreover, Krugovoy, like Diveev, could go to CSKA, but in the end he chose his own team. Ufa not only received € 2 million per player, but also retained it for the rest of the current season on loan.  

Dmitry Stotsky 

Location : free agent

Where : Krasnodar (€ 2 million)

How the transfer value in Ufa has changed : from € 400 thousand to € 3 million 

In Ufa, Gazizov was able to competently sell football players, whom he once found in the lower leagues. For example, Stotsky did this way. If for the Circular "Ufa" still had to pay a certain amount, then Dmitry went to the club absolutely free. He signed a contract in 2015, being a free agent.

At that time, only fans of the Baltika FNL player knew about the football player. A native of Kaliningrad spent six years on the team.

In Ufa, Stotsky almost immediately became the main player. Without it, it was difficult for the fans to imagine the right flank of the team. At the same time, the footballer constantly progressed and in 2018 even made his debut as part of the Russian national team.

  • Dmitry Stotsky
  • © Alexey Filippov / RIA News

True, at that time he was already a player of Krasnodar, who paid € 2 million for a working winger.   

Alexander Zinchenko

Location : free agent 

To : Manchester City (€ 2 million)

How the transfer value in Ufa has changed : from € 800 thousand to € 4 million

Perhaps the loudest transfer in the history of Ufa by Gazizov was the sale of Ukrainian midfielder Alexander Zinchenko at Manchester City. 

The footballer arrived in Bashkortostan in 2015. At that time, his career prospects were in great doubt due to a conflict with his native Shakhtar. In the club from Donetsk, Zinchenko was accused of unilaterally breaking the current contract and fled to Russia. 

In the new country, Alexander had a hard time. At first, the future champion of England, according to him, even had to live in a garage. At the same time, he was watching at RPL clubs, but they did not want to conflict with Shakhtar. And the Ukrainian had to keep fit in the amateur leagues of Moscow. 

Ufa was not afraid to sign a contract with a talented soccer player and take part in the trial. As a result, in July 2016, Zinchenko moved to Manchester City, with whom he twice became the champion of England.  

“At that time, no one needed Zinchenko. It was watched by Zenit, Rubin, Spartak ... many who. Like the “Locomotive”, too. Everyone was afraid to take it because of problems with Shakhtar. He was not offered a contract there. In general, the matter is not even in Shakhtar. If one of the Russian clubs wanted Zina, he would have taken, no matter what. They just spoiled everything, but we were not afraid to take it, ”said Gazizov in an interview with the Championship. 

Dmitry Zhivoglyadov 

Location : Dynamo 

To : Lokomotiv (€ 2.5 million)

How the transfer value in Ufa has changed : from € 500 thousand to € 2.8 million

In the RPL, Zhivoglyadov, who is able to play on the right flank both in defense and in midfield, made his debut as part of his native Dynamo. The footballer defended the colors of blue and white in the 2015/16 season, which ended for the team with a flight to the FNL. 

However, Dmitry did not play in the second most powerful league in Russia, but moved to Ufa. Two seasons in Bashkortostan were enough for Russian top clubs to become interested in the young defender: Krasnodar, CSKA and Lokomotiv. 

However, before joining the railway workers' camp in June 2019 for € 2.5 million, Zhivoglyadov managed to play with Ufa in the Europa League.

  • Dmitry Zhivoglyadov
  • © Dmitry Mukhametkulov / RIA News

Andrey Lunev

Location : Saturn, free agent

Where : Zenit (€ 3.5 million)

How the transfer value in Ufa has changed : from € 50 thousand to € 2 million

The story of Lunev in Ufa turned out to be fabulous. It is difficult to call a goalkeeper a minion of fate, and he literally suffered all his achievements in football. 

Andrei began his career in his native Torpedo, but when black and white returned to the RPL for one season, he did not get a chance. It was especially difficult for the young goalkeeper after leaving Torpedo. He spent two years in the lower leagues and almost finished with football. 

Later Lunev admitted that at that moment he was experiencing serious financial problems and was forced to pay a number of loans. 

But the goalkeeper did not give up and fate gave him a chance in the form of “Ufa”. At first, in Bashkortostan he was only the third goalkeeper and almost went to the Tula Arsenal. 

Everything changed with the advent of Goncharenko, who unexpectedly trusted Lunev. He did not fail and in the first three matches in the RPL kept his goal intact, and in these games Ufa opposed Krasnodar, Spartak and Lokomotiv. Andrey managed to play with Zenit. 

And in the winter of 2017, Petersburgers bought Lunev’s contract from Ufa for € 3.5 million. 

Ivan Oblyakov

From : SDUSSHOR “Zenith” (€ 9 thousand)

To : CSKA (€ 4 million) 

How the transfer value in Ufa has changed : from € 600 thousand to € 1.7 million

Lunaev's transfer record “Ufa” broke just a year and a half later, for € 4 million by selling midfielder Ivan Oblyakov to CSKA. His football path was also difficult. The future footballer of the army was born in the small village of Vyndin Ostrov in the Leningrad Region. For the sake of classes at the Zenith school, he had to get to St. Petersburg for three hours, until the family moved to the Northern capital.

However, as in the case of Krugovoy, the talent of the pupil in the club was not immediately noticed. Moreover, unlike Danil Oblyakov did not even get into Zenit-2. 

Ufa quickly took advantage of the situation and invited a talented football player to watch. As a result, in July 2016, an 18-year-old midfielder signed a contract with a club from Bashkortostan. 

As part of “Ufa” Oblyakov held 54 matches in which he scored four goals and gave four assists. And two years later he moved to CSKA in the last hours of the transfer window for € 4 million.