Siim Roops (born 4 March 1986 in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

) is an

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 ...

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Career

He started his career in

JK Tammeka Tartu Tartu Jalgpallikool Tammeka, commonly known as Tartu Tammeka or simply Tammeka, is an Estonia, Estonian professional Association football, football club based in Tartu that competes in Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league sy ...

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/ref> In 2007, he joined Valdres FK from

FC Flora Tallinn FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is an Estonian professional Association football, football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league system, Estonian footb ...

. He later returned to Estonia and Flora Tallinn. He joined JK Viljandi Tulevik on loan, and later rejoined JK Tammeka. In 2012, he signed for

FK Jerv Fotballklubben Jerv is a Norwegian Association football, football club from Grimstad. ''Jerv'' is the Norwegian name for wolverine. They currently play in the Norwegian Second Division, 2. divisjon, the third tier of Norwegian football. History ...

in Norway. In 2014, he moved to Santos Tartu in

. He subsequently joined FC Otepää in 2019, where he currently remains an active player. He plays the position of defender and is 1.82 m tall.

International career

He made his national team debut for

on 3 February 2007 against

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, becoming 200th player to play for the country.

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1986 births Living people Footballers from Tartu Estonian men's footballers Tartu JK Tammeka players FC Flora players Viljandi JK Tulevik players FK Jerv players Estonia men's international footballers Estonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Men's association football defenders 21st-century Estonian sportsmen {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub