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title: "Õigus hangs up his boots"
date: 2025-01-15T15:33:37Z
lang: en
author: "Morten Palu"
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# Õigus hangs up his boots
![](https://i0.wp.com/balticfootballnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/406459536_837609378374620_8719579451530381583_n-e1736953719823.jpg?resize=891%2C594&ssl=1)Photo: Allan Mehik

Karl Rudolf Õigus (with the ball).

**Former [FCI Levadia Tallinn](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=1034) and [FC Kuressaare](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=937) player Karl Rudolf Õigus has announced his retirement at 26 years of age.**

**Õigus** started his career in his home city of Tartu, playing for **Tartu Santos** and captaining the team in Esiliiga, before moving to **FCI Levadia** in the summer of 2018. After spending five years at the club, the midfielder won the Estonian championship title, the Estonian Cup and Super Cup, before moving to **FC Kuressaare** in 2023, where he became a staple in the squad for the following two years.

Õigus stated in an interview to Soccernet.ee that he is retiring due to better work opportunities in his life:

> _“Let’s say, to understand my decision, you would have had to be next to me for the past ten years and kept an eye on my mindset. It’s a long process. But to conclude it shortly… I’ve always liked to develop myself outside of football._  
>   
> _It just so happened, that I was playing football at Kuressaare, who are one of the only teams to train on evenings. Compared to Levadia, I suddenly had the entire day to myself and thought, how can I put my spare time into good use. So I went to study at a university. By chance, the course I’m studying, ended up being something that really like. The more I studied, the more I started liking it._  
>   
> _Now I’m at a point, where I want to find a job in that field. I feel, that I have better chances of it happening, when I’ll sacrifice something. Currently I’m sacrificing football.”_

**Õigus’** all time statistics in **[Premium Liiga](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=1224)** reached 137 games, scoring 11 times and assisting on 20 occasions.

Source: [https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/intervjuu-uue-kutsumuse-leidnud-oigus-tegi-kaanulise-vutirannakuga-lopparve-tunnen-et-saavutasin-maksimumi](https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/intervjuu-uue-kutsumuse-leidnud-oigus-tegi-kaanulise-vutirannakuga-lopparve-tunnen-et-saavutasin-maksimumi)