Sergei Klavan

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Parnu
29 May 2028
Monday
Process

Marked for Sergei Klavan

89 Edition

The Parnu Chronicle

10 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Silver Hein keeps Parnu in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 12 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Sergei Klavan sends Parnu through

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

Match

Parnu are in real trouble now

Position 9, 2 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Market

Matteo Gentile asks to leave Parnu

“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 Parnu

Kirill Premudrov 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.

Player ratings

Sergei Klavan in the eights

A performance of 8.98 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

A bad afternoon for Parnu against Levadia

0‑2 to Levadia, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

No hiding place for Silver Sappinen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Silver Sappinen, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Karl Pikk

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

In brief

Back issues
61 Edition

The Parnu Chronicle

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Parnu are in real trouble now

Position 9, 13 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Parnu

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market

Frank Klavan has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Parnu they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Kirill Premudrov 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 Parnu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Marek Sappinen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marek Sappinen, and the manager let it.

Squad

Sergei Klavan signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sergei Klavan and Parnu agree another 3 years.

In brief

43 Edition

The Parnu Chronicle

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Markus Baranov 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 Parnu, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

5 matches without a win for Parnu

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Parnu are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Frank 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 Parnu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

A bad afternoon for Parnu against Paide

1‑2 to Paide, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

One of those days for Artur Mets

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.76, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

No hiding place for Silver Hein

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Silver Hein, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Frank Klavan leaves them behind him

Shots: 10. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Sergei Klavan

Every debut is a small story about the future: Sergei Klavan, 15 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

Squad

Naoya Takahashi 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.

In brief

32 Edition

The Parnu Chronicle

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Konstantin Dmitrijev out for 27 days

The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for Konstantin Dmitrijev, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Artur Mets stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Artur Mets and Parnu agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Parnu

Silver Hein 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.

Match

Parnu come up short against Tulevik

Tulevik left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Silver Sappinen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Silver Sappinen, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Artur Mets

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Parnu buy the years ahead of Martin Hein

He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

Market

Parnu sign Sergei Klavan, one for the future

Sergei Klavan is 15, and Parnu have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

Parnu sign Sergei Pikk, one for the future

Sergei Pikk is 16, and Parnu have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

In brief