Enar Jääger
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| Enar Jääger | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Enar Jääger | |
| Date of birth | November 18, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Kohila, Estonian SSR, USSR | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  Aalesunds FK |
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| Number | 16 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1994–2000 | FC Flora Tallinn | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000 2001 2001–2002 2003–2004 2005–2006 2007– |
→ Tervis Pärnu (loan) FC Flora Tallinn FC Valga FC Flora Tallinn FC Torpedo Moscow Aalesunds FK |
25 (0) 1 (0) 34 (1) 47 (2) 35 (0) 19 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002– |  Estonia |
53 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Enar Jääger (born November 18, 1984 in Kohila) is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in the Norwegian Tippeligaen, for Aalesunds FK. He is a versatile defender, starting off at FC Flora Tallinn as centre-back, and receiving praise from Guus Hiddink, who was quoted saying he would buy him to his club if he only had more height. He is also a member of the Estonia national football team.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
Enar Jääger was born in Kohila, Estonia. He began playing football in local club FC Flora Kehtna. In season 2000 he had short spell with JK Tervis Pärnu. At the age of 16, Enar started his professional career with FC Flora Tallinn, Estonia's biggest club, in 2001. He played there only one league game. A year later he joined with FC Valga, but after two seasons he moved back to FC Flora Tallinn.
[edit] FC Torpedo Moscow
On February 3, 2005, Jääger signed a 3-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Torpedo Moscow.[1] Twelve days later he played his first game for FC Torpedo Moscow against FC Metalurh Donetsk.[2] In Russia often played as right-back, but even in front of the defence as a defensive midfielder. His club FC Torpedo Moscow were relegated from the Russian Premier League at the end of the 2006 season, and he then moved to Norway.
[edit] Aalesunds FK
On March 7, 2007, he signed a 2 and a half-year contract with Norwegian Tippeligaen club Aalesunds FK.[3] He played his first Norwegian Tippeligaen match on May 16, 2007, in a 3-0 victory against Strømsgodset IF.[4] Jääger scored his first Tippeligean goal on April 20, 2008, in a 5-0 victory against HamKam.[5]
[edit] International career
For Estonia, Jääger is capped 53 times. He made his national team debut on October 12, 2002 against New Zealand in a Friendly match.[6]
[edit] Career stats
| Season | Club | Country | Level | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Aalesunds FK | |
I | ||
| 2007 | Aalesunds FK | |
I | 19 | 0 |
| 2006 | FC Torpedo Moscow |  |
I | 22 | 0 |
| 2005 | FC Torpedo Moscow | |
I | 13 | 0 |
| 2004 | FC Flora Tallinn | |
I | 25 | 1 |
| 2003 | FC Flora Tallinn | |
I | 22 | 1 |
| 2002 | FC Valga Warrior | |
II | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | FC Valga Warrior | |
II | 21 | 1 |
| 2001 | FC Flora Tallinn | |
I | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | JK Tervis Pärnu | |
II | 25 | 0 |
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
- FC Valga
- Estonian Second Division: 2002
- Runners Up: 2001
- Estonian Second Division: 2002
- FC Flora Tallinn
- Estonian Top Division: 2003
- Estonian Cup
- Runners Up: 2003
- Estonian SuperCup: 2003, 2004
[edit] References
- ^ Enar Jääger sõlmis lepingu Moskva Torpeedoga - Soccernet.ee
- ^ Jääger ja Stepanov mängisid, Oper puhkas - ETV Sport
- ^ Enar Jääger Norra kõrgliigasse - Soccernet.ee
- ^ Raio Piirojalt 2 väravat, Enar Jääger debüteeris Norra liigas - FC Flora
- ^ Andres Oper on tagasi! - SL Õhtuleht
- ^ Jalgpallur Enar Jääger teel Moskva Torpedo ridadesse - ETV Sport
[edit] External links
- (Norwegian) Profile at Aalesunds FK official site
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