Maksim Paskotši
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maksim Paskotši[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Tallinn, Estonia[2] | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Grasshoppers | ||
| Number | 48 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2013 | SK Everest Tallinn | ||
| 2014–2017 | Tallinna Kalev | ||
| 2018–2020 | Flora | ||
| 2020–2023 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Flora | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | Grasshoppers | 28 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Estonia U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Estonia U17 | 11 | (1) |
| 2021– | Estonia | 31 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:16, 11 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Maksim Paskotši (born 19 January 2003) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss Super League club Grasshoppers and the Estonia national team.[3]
Club career
[edit]Paskotši made his senior debut for FC Flora on the 20 June 2020, starting as a central defender in the 4–2 Estonian Cup victory against FC Elva.[2] He joined English club Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee on 21 September 2020.[4] On 19 August 2021, Paskotši made his debut for Tottenham by coming on as a substitute in the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League competition against Paços de Ferreira, which ended in a 1–0 defeat.[5]
On 6 September 2023, Paskotši officially joined Swiss side Grasshoppers on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract.[6][7] In the process, he became the club's first ever Estonian player.[6]
International career
[edit]Paskotši made his international debut for Estonia on 24 March 2021 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Czech Republic.[2]
He was part of the Estonian side that won the 2020 Baltic Cup (played in 2021 due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic).[citation needed]
Career statistics
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. (August 2024) |
Club
[edit]- As of 6 September 2023[2]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Flora | 2020 | Meistriliiga | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur U21 | 2021–22 | Premier League 2 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 2023–24 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Grasshopper | 2023–24 | Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Estonian Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy
- ^ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa Conference League
International
[edit]- As of 11 October 2024[2]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 2021 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Estonia
References
[edit]- ^ "Updated squad lists for 2020/21 Premier League". Premier League. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Maksim Paskotši at Soccerway
- ^ Maksim Paskotši at WorldFootball.net
- ^ McCarthy, Robert (22 September 2020). "Tottenham swoop to sign impressive young Estonian centre-back". TEAMtalk. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Paços de Ferreira 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. 19 August 2021.
- ^ a b "GC Zurich signs centre-back Maksim Paskotši". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Schweizer Fussball-News - Basel holt Rüegg – Estnischer Innenverteidiger für GC". SRF (in Swiss High German). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Mängud".
External links
[edit]- Maksim Paskotši at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
- Maksim Paskotši national team profile at the Estonian Football Association (archive) (in Estonian)
- 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