Paide U20

9 Jan 2027
Saturday
Process
23 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Nikita Baranov out for 56 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Paide will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Paide say no — this time

The offer from Flora for Oskar Hõim was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Words exchanged at Paide

Daniel Cabral and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market

Tulevik join the queue for Pa Modou Sohna

Add another name to the list: Tulevik have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Pa Modou Sohna. The answer from Paide has not changed — yet.

Transfer targets

Nomme Kalju tell Paide: Kristjan Kask 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.

Squad

Words at Paide training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gerdo Juhkam 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.

In brief

Back issues
22 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nikita Baranov breaks a bone — 64 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 64 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Tempers go at Paide

Daniel Cabral 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

A row about effort at Paide

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

In brief

21 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nikita Baranov breaks a bone — 72 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 72 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

A row about effort at Paide

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

Squad

Words exchanged at Paide

Victor Hugo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

In brief

  • Squad 5 new faces, and Paide are still learning each other
  • The dugout Daniel Cabral knocks on the manager’s door
  • The dugout The manager comes out for Martin Miller
20 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nikita Baranov breaks a bone — 80 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 80 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Momodou Jobarteh stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Momodou Jobarteh and Paide agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Paide promote Rauno Antonov from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rauno Antonov 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.

In brief

19 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Nikita Baranov out for 87 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Paide will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Andrade slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Andrade is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

Squad

A row about effort at Paide

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

In brief

18 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Nikita Baranov out for 94 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Paide will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Tempers go at Paide

Daniel Cabral 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

Kristofer Piht signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kristofer Piht commits to Paide for another 2 years.

In brief

  • Squad Words at Paide training over how hard people work
  • The dugout A promise honoured at Paide
17 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nikita Baranov breaks a bone — 101 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 101 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Daniel Cabral 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 Paide this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Gerdo Juhkam pulls a muscle — 17 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 17 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

In brief

16 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nikita Baranov breaks a bone — 109 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 109 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

A falling-out at Paide

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

Squad

Siim Luts 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

15 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nikita Baranov breaks a bone — 116 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 116 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Words exchanged at Paide

Daniel Cabral and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market

Karol Hein steps up from the Paide academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Karol Hein 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.

Market

One of our own: Sander Sappinen joins the Paide first team

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

Loan watch

Andrade has seen enough of Parnu

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Paide, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Siim Luts 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

14 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nikita Baranov breaks a bone — 123 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 123 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Enrique Esono 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 Paide this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Momodou Jobarteh has seen enough of Spartaks

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Paide, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

13 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Paide

Enrique Esono 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

7 new faces, and Paide are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Squad

Words at Paide training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siim Luts 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.

In brief

12 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Words exchanged at Paide

Michael Lilander and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Words at Paide training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siim Luts 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

The Bubacarr Trawally story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Bubacarr Trawally signs something — a contract at Paide or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

11 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

One of our own: Sander Teniste joins the Paide first team

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

Loan watch

Andrade wants to come home

“I did not go to Parnu to sit and watch. I want to come back to Paide and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad

Words exchanged at Paide

Daniel Luts and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

4 Paide players away with their countries

The training ground goes quiet for a fortnight. 4 men have gone off to be somebody else’s players, and the manager is left with the ones nobody has called.

Squad

Henrik Ojamaa goes off with his country

A call-up flatters the player and the club that produced him in the same breath. Paide would like him back in one piece and know they will not be consulted.

Squad

Nikita Baranov goes off with his country

A call-up flatters the player and the club that produced him in the same breath. Paide would like him back in one piece and know they will not be consulted.

In brief

10 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Paide

Daniel Cabral 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.

Loan watch

Momodou Jobarteh wants to come home

“I did not go to Spartaks to sit and watch. I want to come back to Paide and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad

Words at Paide training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siim Luts 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.

In brief

9 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Daniel Cabral 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 Paide this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Paide

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad

A row about effort at Paide

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

In brief

8 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A falling-out at Paide

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

Squad

Henrik Ojamaa out for 16 days

The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Henrik Ojamaa, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Rauno Kallaste signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rauno Kallaste commits to Paide for another 3 years.

In brief

7 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A falling-out at Paide

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

Squad

Siim Luts 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.

The dugout

Henri Anier knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Henri Anier trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

6 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Paide close the window on a squad of their own making

13 in and 5 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market

So close: Bubacarr Trawally’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Suduva moved on, Bubacarr Trawally reports back to Paide, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Transfer targets

Paide rebuffed over Vladislav Zhuravlev

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Isloch have kept their man, and Paide go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Enrique Esono 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 Paide this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at Paide

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

Squad

International break empties Paide

4 call-ups is a compliment to the squad and a headache for the man running it. He will get them back in a fortnight, tired, in various states of repair.

In brief

5 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Tulevik come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Tempers go at Paide

Michael Lilander 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.

Market

Suduva join the queue for Bubacarr Trawally

Add another name to the list: Suduva have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Bubacarr Trawally. The answer from Paide has not changed — yet.

Transfer targets

Paide baulk at the price for Sander Tovstik

Flora wanted more than $21.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Transfer targets

Paide rebuffed over Vlasi Baranov

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sillamae Kalev have kept their man, and Paide go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Paide

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad

The formation has left Enrique Esono behind

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

Squad

Competition arrives for Martin Miller

A new face in his position and a shirt he thought he owned suddenly up for discussion. Paide have promised nothing, which is what clubs promise at this stage.

Market

Paide bring in Enrique Esono on loan

A season-long audition: Nomme Kalju still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Paide's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.

In brief

4 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Paide bow out of the cup

Nomme Kalju go through and Paide go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Market

Paide turn down Flora for Nikita Baranov

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

Transfer targets

No deal for Rommi Siht at that price

Paide offered $21.0K; Nomme Kalju said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets

Paide rebuffed over Brent Kait

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sillamae Kalev have kept their man, and Paide go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Eyes on Andrade again

The phone has started ringing about Andrade again, and this time the name on the line is Parnu. Paide are listening politely and promising nothing.

Player ratings

The game went through Siim Luts — 7.01

Marked 7.01 on 9 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Konstantin Baranov left the room before anybody could ask which.

Squad

Siim Luts 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.

The dugout

Ramon Smirnov 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

3 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Momodou Jobarteh says no to Auckland City

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Momodou Jobarteh had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market

Terms done: Pa Modou Sohna is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Levadia waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Paide is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Squad

Words exchanged at Paide

Daniel Cabral and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

In brief

2 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Henrik Ojamaa says no to Neftekhimik

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Henrik Ojamaa had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market

Paide say no — this time

The offer from FCI Tallinn for Andrade was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Daniel Cabral signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Cabral commits to Paide for another 3 years.

Transfer targets

Paide bid $90.0K for Idalécio Dias

The offer went to Nomme Kalju this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad

Daniel Cabral 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 Paide this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Silver Teniste

Paide asked and Sillamae Kalev said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

One of our own: Marek Sorga joins the Paide first team

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

Market

Martin Tamm steps up from the Paide academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Martin Tamm 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.

The dugout

Daniel Cabral knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Daniel Cabral trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

1 Edition

The Paide Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Paide say no — this time

The offer from Fylkir for Momodou Jobarteh was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Eyes on Henrik Ojamaa again

The phone has started ringing about Henrik Ojamaa again, and this time the name on the line is Neftekhimik. Paide are listening politely and promising nothing.

Boardroom

Mattias Sapp signs for Flora while still at Paide

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Mattias Sapp has agreed terms with Flora for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad

Martin Miller signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Martin Miller commits to Paide for another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Paide

Daniel Cabral 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.

Market

Nobody at Paide has picked up the phone to Ebrima Jarju

49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Squad

Words at Paide training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siim Luts 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.

Squad

Paide are still strangers to each other

6 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout

Daniel Cabral knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Daniel Cabral trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief