Markus Soomets

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Markus Soomets
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-02) 2 March 2000 (age 25) [1]
Place of birth Tartu, Estonia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Start
Number 14
Youth career
2011–2016 Santos
2018–2019 Sampdoria
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Santos II 3 (0)
2015–2018 Santos 56 (1)
2019 Tammeka 3 (2)
2019 Rende 4 (0)
2020–2024 Flora 108 (6)
2025 Den Bosch 16 (0)
2025– Start 0 (0)
International career
2015–2016 Estonia U17 18 (1)
2017–2018 Estonia U19 20 (0)
2019–2020 Estonia U21 10 (1)
2019 Estonia U23 1 (0)
2020– Estonia 15 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 December 2024

Markus Soomets (born 2 March 2000) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Norwegian club Start and the Estonia national team.

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Club career

On 17 January 2020, he returned from Italy to Estonia and signed a 3-year contract with Flora. [2]

On 18 December 2024, Soomets signed a contract with Den Bosch in the Netherlands, from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2026, with club option to extend for one more season. [3]

On 9 July 2025, Soomets signed a contract with IK Start in the Norwegian First Division. [4]

International career

He made his debut for Estonia national football team on 11 November 2020 in a friendly game against Italy. He played the full game. [5]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. "Markus Soomets" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  2. "Tere tulemast, Markus Soomets!" (Press release) (in Estonian). Flora. 17 January 2020.
  3. "FC Den Bosch versterkt zich met Markus Soomets (24)" [FC Den Bosch strengthens itself with Markus Soomets (24)] (in Dutch). FC Den Bosch. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  4. "Landslagsspiller signerer med IK Start" [National team player signs with IK Start] (in Norwegian). IK Start. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. "Italy v Estonia game report". ESPN. 11 November 2020.
  6. "Premium liiga kuu parimad tulevad Florast" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 12 April 2022.