Erik Igonen

Goalkeeper - FCI Tallinn
31 Aug 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Erik Igonen

3 Edition

The FCI Tallinn Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

FCI Tallinn break the bank for Kristjan Kask

$340.0K. No player has ever cost FCI Tallinn more, and expectation arrives with him.

Transfer targets

Ken Baranov is a medical away from FCI Tallinn

The deal with Sillamae Kalev is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

The terraces

$340.0K for Kristjan Kask, and FCI Tallinn supporters approve

Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Kristjan Kask from Nomme Kalju for $340.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.

Squad

A falling-out at FCI Tallinn

Kristjan Kask and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

FCI Tallinn and Ivan Sanko are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Transfer targets

FCI Tallinn try to borrow Valeri Shantenkov

Narva Trans have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Squad

The formation has left Frank Liivak behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. FCI Tallinn will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Squad

A row about effort at FCI Tallinn

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Thomas Lisboa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Aleksander Iljin has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Aleksander Iljin keeps the shirt for now, at FCI Tallinn's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The FCI Tallinn Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

Andero Kaares due for a FCI Tallinn medical

Everything agreed with Flora, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad

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.

Squad

Words at FCI Tallinn training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aleksander Iljin 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

FCI Tallinn promote Erik Igonen from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Erik Igonen has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

One of our own: Sander Ojamaa joins the FCI Tallinn first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sander Ojamaa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Ken Ainsalu steps up from the FCI Tallinn academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ken Ainsalu 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.

In brief