Liliu Ainsalu

Central Midfielder - Sillamae Kalev
13 Sep 2026
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Process

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The Sillamae Kalev Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Vlasi Vassiljev damages knee ligaments — 134 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 134 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

A fracture rules Mihkel Kallaste out for 102 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Sillamae Kalev will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Vlasi Vassiljev asks to leave Sillamae Kalev

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Sillamae Kalev Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Ken Klavan sends Sillamae Kalev through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Ken Klavan obliged against Tulevik. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Sillamae Kalev.

Squad

Ken Klavan 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 Sillamae Kalev this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Yevhen Opanasenko 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

Joonas Teniste 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.

Market

Karl Liivak attracts admirers

The name of Karl Liivak has come up in conversations Sillamae Kalev were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Player ratings

Ken Klavan stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.94 on the card, and the Sillamae Kalev support went home talking about one name.

Squad

Joonas Hein stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Joonas Hein and Sillamae Kalev agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Nikita Kait told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Nikita Kait has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Sillamae Kalev.

Player ratings

Liliu Ainsalu runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief