Nazar Rybalko

Nazar Rybalchenko is a goalkeeper for KAMAZ, and at 201 cm he is a physically imposing presence in goal. He came up through the club's own youth academy before making his debut for the first team in the Russian First League, giving KAMAZ a homegrown option to work alongside the more experienced goalkeepers on the books.

Rybalchenko wears the number 13 shirt and is one of three goalkeepers named in the club's squad, alongside Artur Anisimov and Evgeny Zamerets. His path has been a straightforward one by the standards of Russian lower-league football: rather than arriving through a transfer, he was developed internally, which means his progress has been tied entirely to the club rather than to a fee or a move between academies.

At 94 kg to go with his height, he has the frame typical of a modern goalkeeper, and his emergence in the First League marks the point at which the club's development work with him has started to pay off on the pitch. For now, his story is still that of a young goalkeeper establishing himself, with his time in KAMAZ colours only just beginning.