Karol Mets

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Karol Mets
Karol Mets (2) .jpg
Personnel
birthday May 16, 1993
place of birth Viljandi ,  Estonia
size 190 cm
position Defender
Juniors
Years station
0000-2009 JK Tulevik Viljandi
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2009-2010 JK Tulevik Viljandi II 51 0(4)
2010 →  FC Valga Warrior  (loan) 4 0(1)
2011-2014 FC Flora Tallinn 114 (11)
2011–2012 FC Flora Tallinn II 19 0(3)
2015-2017 Viking Stavanger 72 0(0)
2017– NAC Breda 33 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2009 Estonia U-17 8 0(0)
2010 Estonia U18 1 0(0)
2010–2012 Estonia U-19 31 0(0)
2012-2014 Estonia U-21 20 0(0)
2013– Estonia 52 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: October 27, 2018

2 As of October 27, 2018

Karol Mets (born May 16, 1993 in Viljandi ) is an Estonian football player who has been playing for NAC Breda in the Dutch Eredivisie since 2017 . With the Estonian U-19 Juniors he took part in the European Championships in his home country in 2012 .

Career

society

Karol Mets, who started his football career with JK Tulevik from Viljandi , also practiced the Japanese martial art judo . For the club from the sixth largest city in Estonia, he played in youth until 2009, before he was accepted into the reserve team of JK Tulevik , which at that time competed in the Esiliiga . In 2010 he played four times on loan for league rivals FC Valga Warrior . A year later he was under contract with the Estonian record champions FC Flora Tallinn . Initially active for the 2nd team in Tallinn , the tall defender secured a regular place in the middle of the 2011 season and won the championship for the first time in his career. With the capital club, he subsequently won other titles, including the Cup and Supercup . In 2012 and 2013 he played in trial training at several clubs in other European countries, including Brescia Calcio , FC Midtjylland and FC Copenhagen . In December 2014, Mets moved to Norwegian first division club Viking Stavanger for a fee of 1.5 million crowns . On July 31, 2017 he moved to the Dutch club NAC Breda in the Eredivisie.

National team

Karol Mets made his debut for Estonia in the U-17 in May 2005 against Latvia. A year later and after eight international matches in the U-17 age group, the central defender was used once in the U-18 against Finland. In the same year Mets also debuted in the following U-19 selection against Portugal. With this he took in 2012 at the European Championship this age group in part, which also took part as the first Estonian national football team ever at a FIFA tournament; Mets played minutes in all three group matches against Portugal, Greece and Spain. After three defeats in the preliminary round, however, he was eliminated with the team. From 2012 he played in Estonia's U-21s after his debut against Russia . In the U-19 and U-21, Mets acted as team captain in some games . In November 2013, national coach Tarmo Rüütli appointed him for the first time to the senior national team for the international matches against Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein . He made his debut in the second of the two international matches against Liechtenstein in which Mets was on the starting line-up.

successes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arno Pijpers teatas koondise koosseisu finaalturniiriks. jalgpall.ee, June 30, 2012, accessed November 16, 2013 (Estonian).
  2. ↑ a b c Mets: töö, töö yes veelkord töö. soccernet.ee, August 6, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 (Estonian).
  3. ↑ Karol Mets testimisel Series B clubs. soccernet.ee, November 15, 2012, accessed November 16, 2013 (Estonian).
  4. ↑ Copenhagen uurib Metsa põhjalikult. soccernet.ee, July 31, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 (Estonian).
  5. ↑ Viking Punger ut millionbeløp for estisk midtstopper. aftenbladet.no, December 5, 2014, accessed December 6, 2014 (Norwegian).
  6. ↑ Eesti lõpetas EM-i kaotusega. soccernet.ee, July 9, 2012, accessed November 16, 2013 (Estonian).
  7. ↑ Mets koondisekutsest: algul ei uskunudki! soccernet.ee, November 7, 2013, accessed November 16, 2013 (Estonian).
  8. ↑ Eesti võitis Liechtensteini 3: 0. jalgpall.ee, November 19, 2013, accessed February 27, 2014 (Estonian).

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personal data
SURNAME Mets, Karol
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Viljandi , Estonia