Kaveh Rad

Central Defender - Levadia
10 Jan 2028
Monday
Process
75 Edition

The Levadia Post

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Flora come back empty-handed

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

Market

Taijo Sorga hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Levadia can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Bogdan Vaštšuk 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.

In brief

Back issues
67 Edition

The Levadia Post

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Levadia out of the cup

FCI Tallinn ended it 2-2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Squad

Kristen Lapa decides it from twelve yards

1 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Market

Taijo Sorga hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Levadia can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Markus Marin is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.23 with 13 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kaveh Rad

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

No place for Daniil Pareiko on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Levadia pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

In brief

49 Edition

The Levadia Post

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Taijo Sorga hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Levadia can pretend not to have heard.

Match

No end in sight to Levadia's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Levadia has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Markus Marin is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.23 with 13 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Market

Tulevik expected to open talks for Silver Sappinen

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Levadia will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Match

Levadia and FCI Tallinn take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Daniil Pareiko 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 Levadia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

43 Edition

The Levadia Post

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

6 matches without a win for Levadia

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Levadia are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Sergei Klavan: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Levadia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kaveh Rad

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

36 Edition

The Levadia Post

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for Levadia

Beaten 1-4 by Paide, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Daniil Pareiko

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kaveh Rad

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Inquest at Levadia

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

Squad

The month belongs to Markus Marin

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Levadia have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Loan watch

Mihkel Pikk wants to come home

“I did not go to Tammeka to sit and watch. I want to come back to Levadia and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

In brief

34 Edition

The Levadia Post

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Daniil Pareiko: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Levadia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Kaveh Rad signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kaveh Rad commits to Levadia for another 3 years.

Match

Levadia find a way past Tulevik

Tulevik made Levadia work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief

24 Edition

The Levadia Post

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Erik Kait says Levadia went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Kaveh Rad signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kaveh Rad commits to Levadia for another 3 years.

Squad

Somebody is after Nikita Dmitrijev’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Nikita Dmitrijev suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Levadia have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

23 Edition

The Levadia Post

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Mihkel Pikk asks to leave Levadia

“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

The manager makes an example of Erik Kait

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Marek Antonov out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Marek Antonov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief