The FCI Tallinn Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Pa Modou Sohna will not be coming to FCI Tallinn
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Paide is saying, and nobody at FCI Tallinn is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Aleksander Iljin signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Aleksander Iljin and FCI Tallinn agree another 4 years.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Artjom Škinjov will join FCI Tallinn for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Artjom Škinjov has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means FCI Tallinn have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ruslan Teverov 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Nomme Kalju tell FCI Tallinn: Idalécio Dias is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Karol Antonov steps up from the FCI Tallinn academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Karol Antonov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Markus Mets steps up from the FCI Tallinn academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Markus Mets has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Sander Hein joins the FCI Tallinn first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sander Hein is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Rauno Hein joins the FCI Tallinn first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rauno Hein is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Aleksander Iljin
- Squad Artur Malievskiy has outgrown this division
- Squad Too much change too quickly at FCI Tallinn