Kaio Júnior

Defensive Midfielder - Free Agent
12 Jan 2033
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Kaio Júnior

298 Edition

The Radnik Surdulica Courier

12 Apr 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

David Stojanović in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Radnik Surdulica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Darko Stojanović falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Ibrahim Obansa

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

The Đorđe Jovanović talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Radnik Surdulica know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout

Leart Bekolli gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Leart Bekolli is on it.

The dugout

A door opens for Stefan Vidaković

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

Back issues
295 Edition

The Radnik Surdulica Courier

22 Mar 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Vukašin Bogdanović in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Radnik Surdulica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Radnik Surdulica training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Darko Stojanović is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Kaio Júnior out for 18 days

The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Kaio Júnior, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout

Szymon Skonieczny gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout

When it matters, Axel Urie plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market

Vukašin Bogdanović linked with a move away

The name of Vukašin Bogdanović keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Radnik Surdulica say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout

Stefan Vidaković knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Stefan Vidaković trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Match

Radnik Surdulica have something to play for

Position 5 on 55 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.

Boardroom

The Radnik Surdulica production line keeps running

55 graduates out of an academy now rated 7 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.

In brief

258 Edition

The Radnik Surdulica Courier

7 Jul 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The knee: Martin Novaković out for 47 days

47 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Radnik Surdulica lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad

Tempers go at Radnik Surdulica

Vukašin Bogdanović was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Ajia Yakub

Radnik Surdulica asked and Novi Pazar said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Igor Ivanović falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

Kaio Júnior has improved at 24, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Boardroom

Radnik Surdulica sign 7 boys into the academy

None of them will be seen by anybody outside the training ground for three years, most of them will never play a senior match, and one of them might change the club. That is the whole proposition, and it is why academies exist.

The dugout

Brayden Johnson knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Brayden Johnson trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

The Đorđe Jovanović story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Đorđe Jovanović signs something — a contract at Radnik Surdulica or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout

Axel Urie gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Axel Urie is on it.

In brief

238 Edition

The Radnik Surdulica Courier

17 Feb 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at Radnik Surdulica

David Stojanović and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Nemanja Matic stays at Partizan as time runs out

A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Radnik Surdulica will try again when the window opens; Partizan may not be selling by then.

Squad

Darko Stojanović falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

Uroš Ilić gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout

Darko Radonjic asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

The Đorđe Jovanović story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Đorđe Jovanović signs something — a contract at Radnik Surdulica or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout

Axel Urie gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Axel Urie is on it.

The dugout

A door opens for Stefan Vidaković

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Match

Radnik Surdulica in the hunt for Europe

Position 6, 50 points, and a run-in that decides whether next season has Thursday nights in it. Nobody is calling it a race yet, which is what people say during one.

In brief