Matvei Igonen

Matvei Igonen
Personal information
Full name	Matvei Igonen
Date of birth	2 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Tallinn, Estonia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Botev Plovdiv
Number	32
Youth career
2004–2006	Ajax Lasnamäe
2007–2012	Infonet
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2015	Infonet II
2012–2017	FCI Tallinn
2018–2019	Lillestrøm 2
2018–2020	Lillestrøm
2019	→ Flora (loan)
2020–2021	Flora
2022–2023	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
2023–2024	Hebar Pazardzhik
2024–	Botev Plovdiv
International career‡
2011	Estonia U16
2012–2013	Estonia U17
2013–2014	Estonia U19
2014–2018	Estonia U21
2014	Estonia U23
2017–	Estonia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:05, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Matvei Igonen (born 2 October 1996) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bulgarian First League club Botev Plovdiv and the Estonia national team.

Club career

Igonen made his Meistriliiga debut on 16 March 2013, in a 1–1 draw against Flora.^[1]

On 5 January 2018, Igonen signed a three-year contract with Norwegian club Lillestrøm.^[2]

On 1 July 2019, Igonen joined Estonian club Flora on a half-year loan.^[3]

In July 2020 he signed a permanent deal with Flora until the end of 2021.^[4]

On 23 December 2021, Igonen joined Polish second division club Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała on a deal until June 2023.^[5]

In July 2023, he signed a contract with Bulgarian team Hebar Pazardzhik.^[6]

Igonen made his senior international debut for Estonia on 23 November 2017, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory over Vanuatu in a friendly.^[7]

FCI Tallinn

Flora^[8]

Botev Plovdiv

Individual

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^ "Ametlik: Igonen liitus Norra kõrgliigaklubiga" (in Estonian). soccernet.ee. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
^ "Ametlik: Norra kõrgliigas varuväravavahi rolli täitnud Igonen naaseb Eesti kõrgliigasse" (in Estonian). soccernet.ee. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
^ "Tere tulemast tagasi, Matvei Igonen!". fcflora.ee (in Estonian). 22 July 2020.
^ "Flora esivaht Igonen siirdub Poola. Agent Novikov: alagrupiturniir on väga hea müügiplats!". soccernet.ee (in Estonian). 15 December 2022.
^ "Матвей Игонен е петото ново попълнение на Хебър" (in Bulgarian). hebarfc.com. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "Eesti koondis alistas Vanuatu 1:0" [Estonia defeated Vanuatu 1–0] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 23 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Matvei Igonen". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
^ "Купа на България 2023/24 - статистика Пети кръг (Финал)" (in Bulgarian). bulgarian-football.com. 15 May 2024. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ "Fännide lemmik 2020 - Rauno Sappinen (milline sai sümboolne koosseis?)". Soccernet.ee. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

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