Raio Piiroja

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Raio Piiroja
Personnel
birthday July 11, 1979
place of birth Pärnu ,  Estonian SSR
size 190 cm
position Defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1995-1997 JK Parnu 8 0(1)
1997-1999 SK Lelle 20 0(3)
1999-2004 FC Flora Tallinn 102 (17)
2000 →  JK Pärnu  (loan) 1 0(0)
2001 →  FC Valga Warrior  (loan) 1 0(0)
2003 →  Vålerenga IF  (loan) 11 0(1)
2004-2011 Fredrikstad FK 158 (12)
2011–2012 Vitesse Arnhem 2 0(0)
2012 FC Flora Tallinn 0 0(0)
2013 Chengdu Blades 18 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
Estonia Youth
Estonia U-21
1998-2015 Estonia 114 0(8)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 31, 2015

2 As of March 31, 2015

Raio Piiroja (born July 11, 1979 in Pärnu ) is an Estonian football player on the position of defender .

Career

Piiroja started his football career in 1995 with JK Pärnu Tervis (from 1997 the club was called SK Lelle) and played there until 1999. Between 1999 and 2004 he was under contract with FC Flora Tallinn and won the Estonian championship here in 2001 and 2002.

In 2003, the 1.90 m tall defender was loaned to Vålerenga IF in the Norwegian Tippeligaen for one year . The rental fee was 50,000 euros. Piiroja played eleven games and scored one goal during the season. For the 2004 season, Piiroja did not return to Tallinn, but stayed in Norway and signed a contract with Fredrikstad FK , also in the Tippeligaen. On August 22, 2004 Piiroja made his debut for Fredrikstad in the game against Odd Grenland . In 2006 he won the Norwegian Cup with Fredrikstad. In the cup final against Sandefjord Fotball , he contributed two goals to the 3-0 win.

For the 2011/12 season Piiroja moved to Vitesse Arnheim in the Dutch Eredivisie . He struggled with knee problems during the season and only made two short appearances (substitution in the 90th minute against SC Heerenveen and substitution in the 88th minute against De Graafschap ). His contract was not renewed after the Arnhem season.

In 2012 Piiroja returned to Flora Tallinn. In February 2013 he signed with the Chinese second division club Chengdu Blades .

For the Estonian national soccer team , Raio Piiroja played a total of 114 games until his farewell game against Iceland on March 31, 2015. He was named Estonian Footballer of the Year in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 .

Private

In the early summer of 2012, Piiroja was charged with tax evasion in Norway. He was accused of not properly taxing his earnings.

Web links

Footnotes & individual references

  1. ↑ Mission data only from the first division season 1995/96
  2. ↑ uefa.com, Piiroja sets sail for Norway , January 31, 2003, accessed March 17, 2013
  3. ↑ a b fcupdate.nl, Piiroja: "Als ik verder ga, ga ik naar Scandinavië" , May 4, 2012, accessed on March 17, 2013
  4. ^ Raio Piiroja in the database of transfermarkt.de , accessed on March 17, 2013
  5. ^ Estonia Public Broadcasting, Piiroja Signs With Chinese Club, Stepanov Retires , accessed March 17, 2013
  6. ↑ Baltische Rundschau, Estonian footballer accused of tax evasion  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , June 23, 2012, accessed March 17, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.baltische-rundschau.eu  
personal data
SURNAME Piiroja, Raio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Parnu