Siim Luts (born 12 March 1989) is an Estonian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Paide Linnameeskond Paide Linnameeskond is a professional football club based in Paide, Estonia that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Paide linnastaadion. Founded in 2004, the club has played in the Meist ...

Club career

Flora

Luts began playing football at

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youth academy in

Paide Paide is a town in Estonia and the capital of Järva County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia. Etymology Paide's German name ''Weißenstein'' (originally ''Wittenstein'' or ''Wittensten'' in Low German) means "white stone". This name was de ...

. He made his Flora – and

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– debut on 4 October 2008, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute for

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in a 1–1 draw against Tallinna Kalev at

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. Luts scored his first Meistriliiga goal on 1 November 2008, in a 4–2 home win over TVMK. In July 2009, he joined Tulevik on loan until the end of the season. Luts became a regular starter for Flora in the 2010 season, in which he scored 6 goals in 31 games and won his first Meistriliiga title. He won his second Meistriliiga title in the 2011 season.

IFK Norrköping

On 22 January 2013, Luts signed a two-year contract with Allsvenskan club

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. On 4 April 2013, his missed penalty in the shoout-out against

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saw IFK Norrköping eliminated in the quarter-finals of the

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. Luts made his debut in the Allsvenskan on 8 April 2013, in a 2–1 home victory over

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. He made 13 league appearances in the 2013 season. After missing first half of the season due to injury, Luts was released by the club in June 2014.

Levadia

On 16 January 2015, Luts signed a one-year contract with Meistriliiga club Levadia. He made his debut for Levadia on 3 March 2015, against Santos in the

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, winning the match 5–0.

Bohemians 1905

On 25 July 2016, Luts signed a two-year contract with

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club

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. He made his debut in the Czech First League on 31 July 2016, in a 0–3 home loss to

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Teplice

On 23 May 2018, it was announced that Luts would join Czech First League club

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after the 2017–18 season on a two-year deal.

Paide Linnameeskond

On 19 July 2019, Luts signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Paide Linnameeskond.

International career

Luts began his youth career in 2007 with the Estonia under-19 team. He also represented the under-21, and under-23 national sides. Luts made his senior international debut for

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on 17 November 2010, replacing

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in the 76th minute of a 1–1 home draw against

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in a friendly. His first goal for Estonia on 7 June 2014, in a 2–1 friendly victory over

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, brought him the

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award for the best goal scored for the national team in 2014. On 28 March 2017, Luts scored his second international goal after just 58 seconds in a 3–0 friendly victory over

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''As of 15 October 2018. Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Luts goal.''

Honours

Club

;Flora *

: 2010, 2011 *

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: 2009, 2011, 2012 ;Levadia *

: 2015

Individual

: 2014, 2018 *

Player of the Month: July 2015, September 2015

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luts, Siim 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Paide Estonian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Paide Linnameeskond players Esiliiga players Meistriliiga players FC Flora players Viljandi JK Tulevik players FCI Levadia Tallinn players Allsvenskan players IFK Norrköping players Czech First League players Bohemians 1905 players FK Teplice players Estonia men's youth international footballers Estonia men's under-21 international footballers Estonia men's international footballers Estonian expatriate men's footballers Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Estonian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic