Paide Linnameeskond have announced, that the club’s goalkeeping coach will be the former JK Tallinna Kalev goalkeeper Oskari Jussi Forsman (36).
Forsman, who was Kalev’s first-choice goalkeeper for two seasons, leading them to a 3rd place finish in 2023, securing UEFA Europa Conference League preliminary round matches for the club, where Kalev faced Armenian team Urartu, losing 4-1 on aggregate. Forsman was also a goalkeeping coach in Kalev’s youth system.
During his player career, Forsman played 149 games in the Finnish Veikkausliga, representing clubs such as Inter Turku, Rovaniemi Palloseura, Kemi Palloseura, FC Lahti, IFK Mariehamn, and Turu Pallosuera. He has won the Finnish title with Inter Turku in 2008 and a Finnish Cup with Rovaniemi in 2013.
Oskari Forsman:
“If a club, who has such ambitious targets, had interest in me, it was a very good thing to know. I missed the thought of being a part of the beautiful game again and I took Paide’s offer as a personal challenge to myself. Although I had an opportunity to keep playing at a professional level, I felt that developing Paide’s young shot stoppers is the right step and exactly what I want to do as the next step of my career. The board’s professionalism deeply impressed me. The club’s structure and targets, of which I had only heard about before, also my new role and tasks, are extremely impressive. My personal target is to create the best goalkeeper development system in the Baltics, in Finland and even the whole of Scandinavia. To bring that plan to life, a lot of people’s contribution is needed, but I believe, that together we will achieve that!”