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Mattias Käit
Käit with Rapid București in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-29) 29 June 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Tallinn, Estonia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Rapid București
Number 4
Youth career
2006–2014 Levadia
2014–2017 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Fulham 0 (0)
2018Ross County (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2021 Domžale 42 (1)
2021 Bodø/Glimt 0 (0)
2022– Rapid București 83 (4)
International career
2012 Estonia U16 2 (0)
2013–2014 Estonia U17 16 (14)
2015 Estonia U19 2 (0)
2015–2016 Estonia U21 6 (1)
2016 Estonia U23 1 (2)
2016– Estonia 56 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024

Mattias Käit (born 29 June 1998) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as an midfielder for Liga I club Rapid București and the Estonia national team.

Club career

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Fulham

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Käit joined the Levadia youth academy in 2006, when Levadia and Kotkas Juunior merged. In July 2014, he joined Fulham academy.[2] Käit signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2015.[3] On 1 March 2017, he signed a contract extension which would keep him at Fulham until the summer of 2019.[4]

Ross County (loan)

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On 31 January 2018, Käit joined Scottish Premiership club Ross County on loan until the end of the season.[5][6] He made his debut for the club on 3 February 2018, in a 4–1 away win over Dundee.[7]

Domžale

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On 16 June 2019, Käit signed a three-year contract with Slovenian PrvaLiga side Domžale.[8] He made his debut for the club on 11 July 2019, in a 4–3 away win against Balzan in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[9] Käit left the club on 3 September 2021.[10]

Bodø/Glimt

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On 16 September 2021, Käit signed a contract with Norwegian champions Bodø/Glimt until the end of the year.[11]

Rapid București

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On 18 January 2022, Käit signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian club Rapid București until the summer of 2024.[12]

International career

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Käit has represented Estonia at under-16, under-17, under-19, under-21 and under-23 levels.

He made his senior international debut for Estonia on 6 January 2016, in a 1–1 draw against Sweden in a friendly.[13] Käit scored his first two international goals for Estonia on 7 October 2016, in a 4–0 home victory over Gibraltar in a qualification match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[14] On 3 September 2017, Käit scored the only goal of a home win over Cyprus in injury time.[15] The goal later earned him the Estonian Silverball award for the best goal scored for the national team in 2017.[16] He scored again in the successive qualifier on 7 October, a 6–0 away win over Gibraltar.[17] Käit was Estonia's highest goalscorer in the qualification with four goals.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 27 October 2024[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ross County (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Premiership 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Domžale 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga 15 1 1 0 4[b] 0 20 1
2020–21 22 0 4 0 0 0 26 0
2021–22 5 0 0 0 6[c] 1 11 1
Total 42 1 5 0 0 0 10 1 57 2
Bodø/Glimt 2021 Eliteserien 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rapid București 2021–22 Liga I 18 2 18 2
2022–23 31 2 3 0 34 2
2023–24 23 0 3 0 26 0
2024–25 11 0 0 0 11 0
Total 83 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 89 4
Career total 131 5 12 0 0 0 10 1 153 6

International

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As of match played 14 October 2024[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Estonia 2016 2 2
2017 10 2
2018 4 1
2019 10 0
2020 5 0
2021 8 3
2022 6 0
2023 9 0
2024 2 0
Total 56 8
Scores and results list Estonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Käit goal.[19]
List of international goals scored by Mattias Käit
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 October 2016 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 2  Gibraltar 1–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 3–0
3 3 September 2017 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 8  Cyprus 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 7 October 2017 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal 9  Gibraltar 2–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 30 May 2018 Rakvere linnastaadion, Rakvere, Estonia 15  Lithuania 2–0 2–0 2018 Baltic Cup
6 10 June 2021 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 34  Latvia 1–0 2–1 2020 Baltic Cup
7 2–0
8 2 September 2021 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 35  Belgium 1–0 2–5 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Bodø/Glimt

Estonia

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Mattias Kait". Premier League. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Levadia noormängija Mattias Käit siirdus Fulhami akadeemiasse" [Levadia youth player Mattias Käit moved to Fulham academy] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 10 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Fulhamiga profilepingu sõlminud Käit: sain uut energiat" [Käit after signing a professional contract with Fulham: I got new energy] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 3 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Kait's New Deal". Fulham F.C. 1 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Midfielder Mattias Kait checks in from Fulham FC". Ross County F.C. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Scottish Premiership ins and outs - January 2018". BBC Sport. 1 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Dundee 1-4 Ross County". BBC Sport. 3 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Uue koduklubi leidnud Mattias Käit käib Konstantin Vassiljevi jälgedes" [Mattias Käit is following in Konstantin Vassiljev's footsteps] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 16 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Käidi ja Purje koduklubid alustasid euromänge võidukalt" [Käit's and Purje's clubs off to victorious starts in European games] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 11 July 2019.
  10. ^ Kangur, Kristjan Jaak (3 September 2021). "Käit ja Domžale lõpetasid lepingu". Soccernet.ee - Jalgpall luubi all! (in Estonian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Bodø/Glimt henter Mattias Käit". eurosport.no (in Norwegian). 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  12. ^ "MATTIAS KÄIT ESTE NOUL MIJLOCAȘ AL RAPIDULUI". fcrapid.ro (in Romanian). 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Eesti tegi Abu Dhabis 1:1 viigi Rootsiga" [Estonia drew Sweden 1–1] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Eesti alistas MM-valikmängus Gibraltari 4:0" [Estonia defeated Gibraltar 4–0 in a WC qualifier] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 8 October 2016.
  15. ^ "Eesti alistas MM-valimängus lisaminuti väravast Küprose!" [Estonia defeated Cyprus in a WC qualifier in injury time!] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Hõbepalli võitis esmakordselt Mattias Käit" [Mattias Käit won the Silverball for the first time] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Eesti alistas võõrsil Gibraltari 6:0!" [Estonia defeated Gibraltar away 6–0] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 7 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Mattias Käit". Soccerway.
  19. ^ a b "Mattias Käit" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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