Marko Meerits
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marko Meerits | ||
Date of birth | 26 April 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Tallinn, Estonia | ||
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Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Emmen | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
Flora | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008 | Warrior | 3 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Flora II | 45 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Flora | 23 | (0) |
2011–2014 | Vitesse Arnhem | 4 | (0) |
2013 | → Flora (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2014– | Emmen | 36 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Estonia U17 | 4 | (0) |
2009 | Estonia U18 | 1 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Estonia U19 | 22 | (0) |
2010– | Estonia U21 | 30 | (0) |
2010– | Estonia | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 November 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2015 |
Marko Meerits (born 26 April 1992) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch Eerste Divisie club Emmen and the Estonia national football team.
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Club career
Estonia
Meerits, who is known for his long goal kicks, made league debut in 2008, in Esiliiga as a second-half substitute for Flora's farm club Warrior Valga. He appeared two more times as a substitute in that season, while still playing for Flora's youth team.[2] For the next season he was moved to Flora II (Flora's reserve team), where he was a first choice keeper, playing 29 matches.[2] In 2010 he was used as a back-up for first choice Stanislav Pedõk. His man of the match performance in 2011 Estonian Supercup against FC Levadia Tallinn, where he saved two penalties and converted one himself in the shootout,[3] earned him the starting place in the team, which he never gave away.
Vitesse
On 6 July 2011, Meerits signed a three-year deal with Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem.[4][5] On 7 August 2011, Meerits made his first team debut against Ado Den Haag coming on as a 21st-minute substitute for injured Eloy Room. He managed to keep the clean sheet as the game finished 0–0.
Emmen
On 5 July 2014, Meerits signed a two-year deal with Dutch Eerste Divisie side Emmen.[6]
Statistics
As of 21 August 2011.
Season | League | Team | First team | Reserve team | Cup[7] | Europe[8] | ||||
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Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | |||
2008 | 2 | Valga Warrior | 3 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
2009[9] | 1 | Flora | 0 | 0 | 29 | −51 | 3 | −1 | 0 | 0 |
2010[10] | 10 | −14 | 15 | 3 | −1 | 1 | 0 | |||
2011 | 13 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2011–12 | 1 | Vitesse Arnhem | 4 | — | — |
International career
In December 2010, Meerits was called up by Tarmo Rüütli for the Estonia squad to play China and Qatar.[11] On 18 December 2010, he was substituted in just a minute before the final whistle in the match against China, getting his first cap for Estonia alongside FC Flora Tallinn teammates Rauno Alliku and Markus Jürgenson.[12] In June 2011, he was called up again for friendly matches against Chile and Uruguay[13] and played full 90 minutes in a 0–4 loss against Chile.[14][15]
Honours
Club
- Flora
- Meistriliiga: 2010
- Estonian Supercup: 2011
Individual
- Estonian Young Player of the Year: 2011, 2013
References
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External links
- Marko Meerits at Estonian Football Association (Estonian)
- Profile on Soccernet.ee
- Profile on UEFA.com
- Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
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- Articles with Estonian-language external links
- Articles with Dutch-language external links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Estonian footballers
- Estonian expatriate footballers
- Estonia under-21 international footballers
- Estonia international footballers
- FC Valga Warrior players
- FC Flora Tallinn players
- SBV Vitesse players
- FC Emmen players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Estonian expatriates in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Tallinn
- Estonian people of Latvian descent