Ats Purje

Ats Purje
Personal information
Full name Ats Purje
Date of birth (1985-08-03) 3 August 1985
Place of birth Tallinn, Estonia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker, winger
Club information
Current team
 Nõmme Kalju
Number 9
Youth career
2003 Levadia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2007 Levadia 86 (33)
2008–2009 Inter Turku 40 (11)
2010–2011 AEP 26 (5)
2011 Ethnikos Achna 6 (1)
2012–2014 KuPS 76 (19)
2015- Nõmme Kalju 33 (16)
National team‡
Estonia U-19 5 (1)
Estonia U-21 7 (0)
2006– Estonia 56 (8)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 November 2015

Ats Purje (born 3 August 1985) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Estonian Meistriliiga club Nõmme Kalju and the Estonia national football team.

Club career

Levadia

In 2003, at the age of 17, Purje started his professional career with Levadia. In 2007, he was sent to Levadia's reserve team, after refusing to sign a contract extension with the club.

Inter Turku

On 27 December 2007, he signed a 2-year contract with Finnish Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.[1][2] On 9 February 2008, Purje scored his first goal in his first game for Inter Turku against Tallinna Kalev in a friendly match.[3] He scored his first Veikkausliiga goal also in his first Veikkausliiga match on 27 April 2008, in a 3–1 victory against RoPS.[4]

AEP

On 1 June 2010, he signed a 1-year deal with Cypriot team AEP, with an option to extend it by another year.[5] He made his league debut on 29 August, where he scored the team's only goal.[6]

KuPS

Purje joined KuPS in 2012. He was the team's top goalscorer in 2012 and 2014 seasons.

Nõmme Kalju

Purje joined Nõmme Kalju in 2015 after breakdowns in contract negotiations with KuPS. His contract was for 3 seasons. He scored his first goal on his debut on the 3rd minute in a friendly match against Ventspils.

International career

For Estonia national football team, Purje is capped 56 times, scoring 8 goals. He made his national team debut on 11 October 2006, in an UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match against Russia.[7] He scored his first goal on 20 August 2008, in a friendly match against Malta.[8][9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 November 2015.[10]
Club Season League
DivisionAppsGoals
Levadia 2003 Meistriliiga 114
2004 178
2005 124
2006 3010
2007 167
Total 8633
Inter Turku 2008 Veikkausliiga 197
2009 213
Total 4010
AEP 2010–11 Cypriot First Division 265
Total 265
Ethnikos Achna 2011–12 Cypriot First Division 61
Total 61
KuPS 2012 Veikkausliiga 276
2013 204
2014 299
Total 7619
Nõmme Kalju 2015 Meistriliiga 3316
Total 3316
Career total 26784

International

As of 18 November 2015.[10]
Team Year Apps Goals
Estonia
200610
200710
200881
200960
201092
201191
201270
201330
201431
201593
Total 56 8

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 August 2008 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia  Malta 1–1 2–1 Friendly[11]
2 3 March 2010 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia 1–1 1–2 Friendly[12]
3 7 September 2010 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia  Uzbekistan 1–0 3–3Friendly[13]
4 3 September 2011 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying[14]
5 8 September 2014 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia  Slovenia 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying[15]
6 9 June 2015 Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland  Finland 1–0 2–0 Friendly[16]
7 2–0
8 11 November 2015Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia  Georgia 1–0 3–0 Friendly[17]

Honours

Club

Levadia
Inter Turku
Nõmme Kalju

Individual

References

External links

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