Erik Paartalu

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Personal information
Erik Paartalu
Full name	Erik Endel Paartalu
Date of birth	May 3, 1985
Place of birth	,
Height	189cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Gretna
Youth clubs
	Northern Spirit FC New South Wales Institute of Sport
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-04 2004 2004-06 2006-present	Northern Spirit FC Northern Tigers Parramatta Eagles Gretna	1 (0) 17 (4) ? (?) 24(5)
National team²
2003	Australia under-17	? (?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 April 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 4 April 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Erik Endel Paartalu (born May 3, 1985) is an Australian football (soccer) player currently with Scottish Division One team Gretna.

1 Career
2 Footnotes
3 Further reference

[edit] Career

[edit] Northern Spirit

Paartalu began his career with Northern Spirit in the National Soccer League after stints with the Spirit youth team and the New South Wales Institute of Sport. His NSL career at the Spirit was however limited to a single appearance as a substitute on January 11, 2004 against the Melbourne Knights.^[1]

[edit] Northern Tigers

After the dissolution of the Northern Spirit Paartalu moved to the Northern Tigers in the New South Wales Winter Super League where he played 17 matches scoring four goals in the 2004 season.^[2]

[edit] Parramatta Eagles

During 2004 Paartalu moved to the Parramatta Eagles who were then playing in the New South Wales Premier League. He continued with the Eagles until the latter half of the 2006 season when he decided to take his chances on a career in England.

[edit] Gretna

After a trial with Doncaster in League One it was expected he would sign a contract until the departure of manager Dave Penney put an end to the deal.^[3] Arriving at Gretna in September Paartalu was signed on a short term contract after a trial. A number of impressive performances led to a two and a half year contract being signed in January 2006.^[4]

[edit] Footnotes

^ 2003/2004 NSL Season details. RSSF.com. Retrieved on April 5, 2007.
^ Australian Player Database – BI. OzFootball. Retrieved on April 4, 2007.
^ "Player profile at Gretna website", News and Star. Retrieved on April 5, 2007.
^ Roo Erik bouncing as he lines up new deal. Gretna F.C.. Retrieved on April 4, 2007.

[edit] Further reference

Erik Paartalu career stats at Soccerbase
Player profile at Gretna website. Gretna F.C.. Retrieved on April 4, 2007.

Gretna F.C. - Current Squad
1 Main \| 2 Mathieson \| 4 MacFarlane \| 5 Barr \| 6 Innes \| 7 Baldacchino \| 9 Grady \| 10 Skelton \| 11 McGill \| 12 Canning \| 13 Hogg \| 14 Jenkins \| 15 Graham \| 16 Bingham \| 17 Nicholls \| 19 McGuffie \| 23 O'Neil \| 24 Berkeley \| 25 Grainger \| 26 Fleming \| 27 Henderson \| 28 Barr \| 29 McMenamin \| 30 Paartalu \| 31 Małkowski \| Cowan \| Manager: Alexander