Siim Luts

Siim Luts

Luts with Estonia in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Siim Luts
Date of birth	(1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 35) [1]
Place of birth	Paide, Estonia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Paide Linnameeskond
Number	19
Youth career
2002–2005	Flora
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005	Paide Flora	6	(4)
2006–2011	Flora II	84	(16)
2008–2012	Flora	88	(14)
2009	→ Tulevik (loan)	17	(5)
2013–2014	IFK Norrköping	13	(0)
2015–2016	Levadia	41	(14)
2016–2018	Bohemians 1905	34	(0)
2018–2019	Teplice	7	(0)
2019–	Paide Linnameeskond	109	(25)
International career‡
2007	Estonia U19	7	(0)
2009–2010	Estonia U21	13	(0)
2010–2012	Estonia U23	3	(1)
2010–2020	Estonia	43	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2022

Siim Luts (born 12 March 1989) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Paide Linnameeskond.

Club career

Flora

Luts began playing football at Flora youth academy in Paide. He made his Flora – and Meistriliiga – debut on 4 October 2008, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Sergei Mošnikov in a 1–1 draw against Tallinna Kalev at A. Le Coq Arena. Luts scored his first Meistriliiga goal on 1 November 2008, in a 4–2 home win over TVMK. In July 2009, he joined Tulevik on loan until the end of the season.

Luts became a regular starter for Flora in the 2010 season, in which he scored 6 goals in 31 games and won his first Meistriliiga title. ^[2] He won his second Meistriliiga title in the 2011 season. ^[3]

IFK Norrköping

On 22 January 2013, Luts signed a two-year contract with Allsvenskan club IFK Norrköping. ^[4] On 4 April 2013, his missed penalty in the shoout-out against Djurgårdens IF saw IFK Norrköping eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2012–13 Svenska Cupen. Luts made his debut in the Allsvenskan on 8 April 2013, in a 2–1 home victory over Gefle IF. ^[5] He made 13 league appearances in the 2013 season. After missing first half of the season due to injury, Luts was released by the club in June 2014. ^[6]

Levadia

On 16 January 2015, Luts signed a one-year contract with Meistriliiga club Levadia. ^{[7] [8]} He made his debut for Levadia on 3 March 2015, against Santos in the Estonian Supercup, winning the match 5–0. ^[9]

Bohemians 1905

On 25 July 2016, Luts signed a two-year contract with Czech First League club Bohemians 1905. ^[10] He made his debut in the Czech First League on 31 July 2016, in a 0–3 home loss to Hradec Králové. ^[11]

Teplice

On 23 May 2018, it was announced that Luts would join Czech First League club Teplice after the 2017–18 season on a two-year deal. ^[12]

Paide Linnameeskond

On 19 July 2019, Luts signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Paide Linnameeskond. ^[13]

International career

Luts began his youth career in 2007 with the Estonia under-19 team. He also represented the under-21, and under-23 national sides.

Luts made his senior international debut for Estonia on 17 November 2010, replacing Tarmo Kink in the 76th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Liechtenstein in a friendly. ^[14] His first goal for Estonia on 7 June 2014, in a 2–1 friendly victory over Tajikistan, brought him the Estonian Silverball award for the best goal scored for the national team in 2014. ^{[15] [16]}

On 28 March 2017, Luts scored his second international goal after just 58 seconds in a 3–0 friendly victory over Croatia. ^[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 May 2018. ^{[18] [19]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup [lower-alpha 1]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flora Paide	2005	IV liiga	6	4	—		—		0	0	6	4
Flora II	2006	Esiliiga	27	8	1	1	—		—		28	9
	2007		21	4	1	0	—		—		22	4
	2008		26	4	3	1	—		—		29	5
	2009		6	0	0	0	—		—		6	0
	2010		3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	2011		1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		84	16	5	2	—		—		89	18
Flora	2008	Meistriliiga	4	1	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	6	1
	2009		8	1	1	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	10	1
	2010		31	6	4	2	2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	6 [lower-alpha 5]	0	43	8
	2011		19	3	3	1	2 [lower-alpha 6]	0	5 [lower-alpha 7]	0	29	4
	2012		26	3	4	1	2 [lower-alpha 6]	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	1	33	5
	Total		88	14	12	4	6	0	15	1	121	19
Tulevik (loan)	2009	Meistriliiga	17	5	3	0	—		—		20	5
IFK Norrköping	2013	Allsvenskan	13	0	5	0	—		—		18	0
	2014		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		13	0	5	0	—		—		18	0
Levadia	2015	Meistriliiga	28	11	2	0	2 [lower-alpha 6]	1	1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	33	12
	2016		13	3	0	0	4 [lower-alpha 4]	0	—		17	3
	Total		41	14	2	0	6	1	1	0	50	15
Bohemians 1905	2016–17	Czech First League	23	0	3	0	—		—		26	0
	2017–18		11	0	1	1	—		—		12	1
	Total		34	0	4	1	—		—		38	1
Career total			283	53	31	7	12	1	16	1	342	62

1. Includes the Estonian Cup, Svenska Cupen and Czech Cup
2. Appearances in Baltic League
3. Appearance in Estonian Supercup
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. One appearance in Estonian Supercup, five appearances in Baltic League
6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
7. Two appearances in Baltic Champions Cup, one appearance in Estonian Supercup, two appearances in Baltic League

International

As of 12 October 2020. ^[20]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Estonia
	2010	2	0
	2011	2	0
	2012	4	0
	2013	7	0
	2014	5	1
	2015	4	0
	2016	3	0
	2017	6	2
	2018	8	1
	2019	0	0
	2020	2	0
Total		43	4

International goals

As of 15 October 2018. Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Luts goal. ^[20]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 June 2014	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	20	Tajikistan	1–1	2–1	Friendly
2	28 March 2017	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	29	Croatia	1–0	3–0	Friendly
3	7 October 2017	Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal	32	Gibraltar	1–0	6–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	15 October 2018	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	39	Hungary	1–0	3–3	2018–19 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Club

Flora

• Meistriliiga: 2010, 2011
• Estonian Cup: 2010–11
• Estonian Supercup: 2009, 2011, 2012

Levadia

• Estonian Supercup: 2015

Individual

• Estonian Silverball: 2014, 2018

• Meistriliiga Player of the Month: July 2015, ^[21] September 2015 ^[22]

References

1. "Estonia - S. Luts - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
2. "FC Flora võitis Nõmme Kalju 3:0 ja tuli Eesti meistriks!" [FC Flora defeated Nõmme Kalju 3–0 and became Estonian champions!] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 30 October 2010.
3. "FC Flora kindlustas 2011. aasta meistritiitli" [FC Flora secured the 2011 league title] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 1 November 2011.
4. "Siim Luts sõlmis Norrköpinguga kahe aasta pikkuse lepingu" [Siim Luts signed a two-year contract with Norrköping] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 22 January 2013.
5. "Siim Luts tegi Rootsi kõrgliigas debüüdi" [Siim Luts made his debut in the Swedish top flight]. Postimees (in Estonian). 9 April 2013.
6. "Siim Luts lahkus Norrköpingust" [Siim Luts left Norrköping] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 1 July 2014.
7. "FC Levadia sõlmis lepingu Siim Lutsuga" [FC Levadia signed a contract with Siim Luts] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 16 January 2015.
8. "Eesti koondislane Siim Luts liitus FC Levadiaga" [Estonian international Siim Luts joined FC Levadia] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 16 January 2015.
9. "Superkarikas kuulub Tallinna FC Levadiale" [Supercup belongs to FC Levadia Tallinn] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 March 2015.
10. "Ametlik: Siim Luts liitub Tšehhi kõrgliiga klubiga Bohemians Praha" [Official: Siim Luts joins Czech top flight club Bohemians Prague] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 25 July 2016.
11. "Luts ei suutnud debüüdil koduklubi kaotusest päästa" [Luts couldn't save his club from a defeat on his debut] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 1 August 2016.
12. "Siim Luts vahetas Tšehhis klubi" [Siim Luts switched clubs in Czech Republic] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 23 May 2018.
13. "Siim Luts sõlmis lepingu Paidega". soccernet.ee. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
14. "Eesti ja Liechtenstein tegid 1:1 viigi" [Estonia drew Liechtenstein 1–1] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 17 November 2010.
15. "Eesti võttis tugeva lõpuga Tadžikistanilt 2:1 võidu!" [Estonia defeated Tajikistan 2–1 with a late surge!] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 7 June 2014.
16. "2014. aasta ilusaima värava Eesti koondise eest lõi Siim Luts" [The best goal scored for the Estonia national team in 2014 was scored by Siim Luts] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 2 January 2015.
17. "Siim Luts lõpetas Horvaatiat ehmatades peaaegu sajandi pikkuse tühimiku" [Croatia's scare by Siim Luts ended a nearly century long wait]. Delfi Sport. 29 March 2017.
18. "Siim Luts" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
19. "Siim Luts". Soccerway.com.
20. "Siim Luts" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
21. "Premium liiga kuu parimateks valiti Terehhov ja Luts" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 August 2015.
22. "Premium liiga kuu parimad tulevad Transist ja Levadiast" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 October 2015.

External links

• Siim Luts at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
• Siim Luts national team profile at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
• Siim Luts – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Siim Luts – UEFA competition record ( archive )