Andrey Mendel

Andrey Mendel is one of Baltika's captains, alongside Andrade and Filin.

He started playing at six, at a sports school in Maryanskaya, and continued his training at a youth sports school in Krasnodar Krai. His senior career began in 2013 with Biolog-Novokubansk, where he played 11 matches. Torpedo Armavir followed. With them he won the Second League's South zone. After short spells at Druzhba Maykop and Chernomorets Novorossiysk came Afips, where he played 38 matches, scored once and finished second in the Second League. Over his career he made 122 appearances in the South zone.

Chernomorets brought him back in 2018, and he played 26 matches and scored three goals. In 2019 he moved up to Khimki, playing 23 matches and scoring once in a season that ended with silver in the First League. A loan at Volgar brought 31 matches and one goal.

His longest stay was at Fakel Voronezh, from 2021 to 2024. He played 76 matches, scored four goals, and was part of the side that took silver in the First League and reached the Premier League. Every move he made along the way was a free transfer.

He joined Baltika in the summer of 2024 as a free agent. In 2024/25 he played 23 matches as the club won the First League and returned to the Russian Premier League. He is a right-footed midfielder, 186 cm tall.