Kirkeliis Lillemets

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Kirkeliis Lillemets
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-12-07) 7 December 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Estonia
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–2024 Tartu JK Tammeka (40)
2025– Bayer Leverkusen 0 (0)
2025– Bayer Leverkusen II 11 (5)
International career
Estonia 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2025

Kirkeliis Lillemets (born 7 December 2005) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

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Club career

Lillemets started her career with Estonian side Tartu JK Tammeka, where she scored forty league goals. Following her stint there, she signed for German side Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2025. [1] The same year, she suffered a knee injury while playing for the club. [2]

International career

Lillemets is an Estonia international. During April 2024, she played for the Estonia women's national football team for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying. [3]

References

  1. "Lillemets pääses esmakordselt Bundesligas Leverkuseni koosseisu" [Lillemets made it to Leverkusen's squad in the Bundesliga for the first time] (in Estonian). Eesti Rahvusringhääling. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  2. "Wirtzi ja ten Hagi seltsis põlve ravinud Lillemets meenutab südantmurdvat kevadet: debüüt Bundesligas oli nädalate küsimus" [Lillemets, who treated his knee with Wirtz and ten Hag, recalls a heartbreaking spring: his Bundesliga debut was a matter of weeks] (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  3. Kirkeliis Lillemets at WorldFootball.net