Marek Baranov

Right Back - Sillamae Kalev
18 Jun 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Marek Baranov

4 Edition

The Sillamae Kalev Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The small margins put Sillamae Kalev out

Out, 2‑6 to Flora, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Market

Sillamae Kalev turn down FCI Tallinn for Rauno Hein

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

The terraces

Sillamae Kalev are taken apart by Flora — and the town wants answers

It finished 2-6. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.

Market

Sergei Teniste puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sillamae Kalev, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Flora watching Mihkel Igonen

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Sillamae Kalev have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

8 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Sillamae Kalev and Flora in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Squad

Marek Baranov 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

Marek Baranov 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.

Squad

Nikita Antipov 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.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Sillamae Kalev Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

7 goals for Ken Kait

The match ball belongs to Ken Kait, whose 7 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Match

Cup progress for Sillamae Kalev

A 7‑5 win over Tulevik, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Match

Ken Kait wins it after the whistle should have gone

95 minutes played. Ken Kait found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Tulevik went from a point to nothing inside one movement.

Market

Narva Trans come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Sillamae Kalev did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Player ratings

A debut Karol Baranov will not forget — 7.74

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 0 on the scoresheet, 7.74 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Squad

Ken Zenjov keeps Sillamae Kalev in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Ken Kait

Marked 9.90 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Tempers go at Sillamae Kalev

Marek Baranov 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.

The terraces

Sillamae Kalev supporters have found a favourite in Karol Baranov

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Karol Baranov has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief

1 Edition

The Sillamae Kalev Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Erik Tamm 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Sillamae Kalev

Brent Teniste 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.

Squad

Words at Sillamae Kalev training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Erik Sappinen 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.

Market

Levadia join the queue for Marek Kallaste

Add another name to the list: Levadia have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Marek Kallaste. The answer from Sillamae Kalev has not changed — yet.

Squad

Brent Teniste knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sillamae Kalev, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Sergei Teniste is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Sillamae Kalev has been clear about where Sergei Teniste stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief