Maksim Paskotši (born 19 January 2003) is an Estonian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Estonia national team.

Club career

Paskotši made his senior debut for

FC Flora FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is an Estonian professional football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium. Fo ...

on the 20 June 2020, starting as a central defender in the 4–2

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victory against

FC Elva FC Elva is a Football team, football club, based in Elva, Estonia, that competes in the Esiliiga, the second level of Estonian football league system, Estonian football. History Elva came close to rising to the top-division Meistriliiga for the f ...

. He joined English club

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for an undisclosed fee on 21 September 2020. On 19 August 2021, Paskotši made his debut for Tottenham by coming on as a substitute in the inaugural

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competition against

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, which ended in a 1–0 defeat. On 6 September 2023, Paskotši officially joined Swiss side

on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract. In the process, he became the club's first ever Estonian player. On 12 April 2025, he scored the opening goal in a 2–1 win away against Yverdon-Sport, his first for the Swiss record champions.

International career

Paskotši made his international debut for

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

on 24 March 2021 in a

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match against the

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. He was part of the Estonian side that won the 2020 Baltic Cup (played in 2021 due to restrictions caused by the

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). On 4 June 2024, he captained the national team in a friendly against

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. He scored his first international goal on 22 March 2025, in a 1–2 loss to

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in their opening game of the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Estonia * Baltic Cup:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paskotsi, Maksim 2003 births Living people Footballers from Tallinn Estonian men's footballers Estonian expatriate men's footballers Estonian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Estonia men's youth international footballers Estonia men's international footballers Men's association football central defenders FC Flora players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Grasshopper Club Zurich players Meistriliiga players Esiliiga players Swiss Super League players 21st-century Estonian sportsmen Esiliiga B players