Jump to content

Mattias Käit

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Valberg1 (talk | contribs) at 16:44, 16 September 2021. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Mattias Käit
Personal information
Full name Mattias Käit
Date of birth (1998-06-29) 29 June 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Tallinn, Estonia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bodø/Glimt
Youth career
2006–2013 Levadia
2014–2019 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Fulham 0 (0)
2018 → Ross County (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2021 Domžale 42 (1)
2021- Bodø/Glimt
International career‡
2012 Estonia U16 2 (0)
2013–2014 Estonia U17 16 (14)
2015 Estonia U19 2 (0)
2015–2016 Estonia U21 6 (1)
2016 Estonia U23 1 (2)
2016– Estonia 37 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2021

Mattias Käit (born 29 June 1998) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Norwegian side FK Bodø/Glimt and for the Estonia national team.

Club career

Fulham

Käit joined the Levadia youth academy in 2006, when Levadia and Kotkas Juunior merged. In July 2014, he joined Fulham academy.[2] Käit signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2015.[3] On 1 March 2017, he signed a contract extension which would keep him at Fulham until the summer of 2019.[4]

Ross County (loan)

On 31 January 2018, Käit joined Scottish Premiership club Ross County on loan until the end of the season.[5][6] He made his debut for the club on 3 February 2018, in a 4–1 away win over Dundee.[7]

Domžale

On 16 June 2019, Käit signed a three-year contract with Slovenian PrvaLiga side Domžale.[8] He made his debut for the club on 11 July 2019, in a 4–3 away win against Balzan in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[9] Käit left the club on 3 September 2021.[10]

Bodø/Glimt

On 16 September 2021, Käit signed a contract with Norwegian champions FK Bodø/Glimt to the end of the year.[11]

International career

Käit has represented Estonia at under-16, under-17, under-19, under-21 and under-23 levels.

He made his senior international debut for Estonia on 6 January 2016, in a 1–1 draw against Sweden in a friendly.[12] Käit scored his first two international goals for Estonia on 7 October 2016, in a 4–0 home victory over Gibraltar in a qualification match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[13] On 3 September 2017, Käit scored the only goal of a home win over Cyprus in injury time.[14] The goal later earned him the Estonian Silverball award for the best goal scored for the national team in 2017.[15] He scored again in the successive qualifier on 7 October, a 6–0 away win over Gibraltar.[16] Käit was Estonia's highest goalscorer in the qualification with four goals.

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 August 2019.[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 2015–16 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2016–17 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2017–18 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Fulham U21 2017–18 — — — — 3[a] 0 3 0
Ross County (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Premiership 6 0 0 0 0 0 — — 6 0
Domžale 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga 3 0 0 0 — 4[b] 0 — 7 0
Career total 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 16 0
  1. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 8 September 2021.[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Estonia
2016 2 2
2017 10 2
2018 4 1
2019 10 0
2020 5 0
2021 6 3
Total 37 8
Scores and results list Estonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Käit goal.
List of international goals scored by Mattias Käit[18]
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 October 2016 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 2  Gibraltar 1–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 3–0
3 3 September 2017 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 8  Cyprus 1–0 1–0
4 7 October 2017 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal 9  Gibraltar 2–0 6–0
5 30 May 2018 Rakvere linnastaadion, Rakvere, Estonia 15  Lithuania 2–0 2–0 2018 Baltic Cup
6 10 June 2021 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 34  Latvia 1–0 2–1 2020 Baltic Cup
7 2–0
8 2 September 2021 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 35  Belgium 1–0 2–5 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Mattias Kait". Premier League. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Levadia noormängija Mattias Käit siirdus Fulhami akadeemiasse" [Levadia youth player Mattias Käit moved to Fulham academy] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 10 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Fulhamiga profilepingu sõlminud Käit: sain uut energiat" [Käit after signing a professional contract with Fulham: I got new energy] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 3 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Kait's New Deal". Fulham F.C. 1 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Midfielder Mattias Kait checks in from Fulham FC". Ross County F.C. 31 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Scottish Premiership ins and outs - January 2018". BBC Sport. 1 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Dundee 1-4 Ross County". BBC Sport. 3 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Uue koduklubi leidnud Mattias Käit käib Konstantin Vassiljevi jälgedes" [Mattias Käit is following in Konstantin Vassiljev's footsteps] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 16 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Käidi ja Purje koduklubid alustasid euromänge võidukalt" [Käit's and Purje's clubs off to victorious starts in European games] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 11 July 2019.
  10. ^ Kangur, Kristjan Jaak (3 September 2021). "Käit ja Domžale lõpetasid lepingu". Soccernet.ee - Jalgpall luubi all! (in Estonian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Bodø/Glimt henter Mattias Käit". eurosport.no (in Norwegian). 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Eesti tegi Abu Dhabis 1:1 viigi Rootsiga" [Estonia drew Sweden 1–1] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 January 2016.
  13. ^ "Eesti alistas MM-valikmängus Gibraltari 4:0" [Estonia defeated Gibraltar 4–0 in a WC qualifier] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 8 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Eesti alistas MM-valimängus lisaminuti väravast Küprose!" [Estonia defeated Cyprus in a WC qualifier in injury time!] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Hõbepalli võitis esmakordselt Mattias Käit" [Mattias Käit won the Silverball for the first time] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Eesti alistas võõrsil Gibraltari 6:0!" [Estonia defeated Gibraltar away 6–0] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 7 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Mattias Käit". Soccerway.
  18. ^ a b "Mattias Käit" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Mattias_Käit&oldid=1044704209"