| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marko Meerits | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Tallinn, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Vitesse | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Flora Tallinn | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008 | FC Warrior Valga | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | FC Flora II Tallinn | 45 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | FC Flora Tallinn | 23 | (0) |
| 2011– | Vitesse | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Estonia U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | Estonia U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Estonia U19 | 22 | (0) |
| 2010– | Estonia U21 | 9 | (0) |
| 2010– | Estonia[2] | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Marko Meerits (born 26 April 1992 in Tallinn) is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Dutch Eredivisie, for Vitesse. He plays the position of goalkeeper.
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Meerits, who is known for his long goal kicks, made league debut in 2008, in Esiliiga as a second half substitute for FC Flora Tallinn's farm club FC Warrior Valga. He appeared two more times as a substitute in that season, while still playing for Flora's youth team.[3] For the next season he was moved to Flora's reserve team, where he was a first choice keeper, playing 29 matches.[3] In 2010 he was used as a back-up for first choice Stanislav Pedõk. His man of the match performance in 2011 Estonian Supercup against FC Levadia Tallinn, where he saved two penalties and converted one himself in the shootout,[4] earned him the starting place in the team, which he never gave away.
On 6 July 2011, Meerits signed a three-year deal with Dutch side Vitesse.[5][6] On 7 August 2011, Meerits made his first team debut against Ado Den Haag coming on as a 21st minute substute for injured Eloy Room. He managed to keep the clean sheet as the game finished 0-0.
As of 21 August 2011.
| Season | League | Team | First team | Reserve team | Cup[7] | Europe[8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | |||
| 2008 | 2 | FC Warrior Valga | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009[9] | 1 | FC Flora Tallinn | 0 | 0 | 29 | -51 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010[10] | 10 | -14 | 15 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 13 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 | Vitesse | 4 | — | — | |||||
In December 2010, Meerits was called up by Tarmo Rüütli for the Estonia squad to play China and Qatar.[11] On 18 December 2010, he was substituted in just a minute before the final whistle in the match against China, getting his first cap for Estonia alongside FC Flora Tallinn teammates Rauno Alliku and Markus Jürgenson.[12] In June 2011, he was called up again for friendly matches against Chile and Uruguay[13] and played full 90 minutes in a 0–4 loss against Chile.[14]
Winner:
Finalist:
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