Stanislav Prins (formerly Stanislav Pedõk, born 6 June 1988) is a former

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n professional

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. In 2014 Prins was given a four-year ban for

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. He last played in Estonian

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for

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. He plays the position of

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and is 1.87 m tall. He also earned one cap in

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Career

Club career

Prins was born in

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. He started his career with Estonian first division team

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. He made 50 appearances for

before eventually moving to then 7-time Estonian champions,

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, where he was a backup for

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until the end of the 2009 season. In 2010, he became the first-choice and played in 27 league games. The next season, he fell down the pecking order and was shadowed by youngster

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for the first half of the season, but again regained his position when Meerits was bought by

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. On 28 February 2013, he joined another

side,

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, on loan until 1 July 2013.

International career

Pedõk made his first appearance for

in an unofficial match against Spanish

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, when he came on as a late substitute. A year later he was called up for a friendly against

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on 30 December 2009, but was an unused substitute. He then had to wait another two and a half years for a new opportunity, as he was called up for a friendly against

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. He then finally got his first official cap for the men's national team on 8 November 2012, when he came on as a 76th-minute substitute in that match to help the team win 2–1.

Honours

With

: * Estonian Top Division (2) –

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(3) – 2007–08, 2008–09,

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(3) – 2009, 2011, 2012

Personal

He has an older brother, Maksim Pedõk, who played for

in 2006.

References

External links

FC Flora profile
*
Soccernet.ee profile
*

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prins, Stanislav 1988 births Living people Footballers from Donetsk FC Flora players JK Narva Trans players Pärnu JK Vaprus players Estonian men's footballers Estonia men's international footballers Estonian people of Ukrainian descent Men's association football goalkeepers