Hannes Anier

Hannes Anier
Personal information
Full name Hannes Anier
Date of birth (1993-01-16) 16 January 1993
Place of birth Tallinn, Estonia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre Forward
Club information
Current team
 Flora
Youth career
Flora
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009–2011 Flora 27 (10)
2009–2011 → Flora II 42 (19)
2012–2013 OB 4 (0)
2014–2015 Erzgebirge Aue 0 (0)
2015– Flora 0 (0)
National team‡
2008 Estonia U16 3 (0)
2008–2009 Estonia U17 12 (1)
2010 Estonia U18 1 (0)
2010–2012 Estonia U19 13 (4)
2011–2014 Estonia U21 20 (4)
2014– Estonia U23 1 (0)
2014– Estonia 4 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 January 2015

Hannes Anier (born 16 January 1993) is an Estonian professional football striker who plays for Estonian Meistriliiga club Flora. Anier has also represented Estonia national football team.

Club career

Anier started his career at Flora Tallinn. He remained there until 2012, after which he was recruited by Danish Odense Boldklub signing a three-year contract. Anier did not manage to get enough playing time for the first team and the contract was ended in 2013. After leaving Denmark, Anier went on trial with Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle.,[1] Norwegian Tippeligaen side Strømsgodset IF[2][3] and HJK Helsinki[4][5] before signing with German 2. Bundesliga club Erzgebirge Aue on three-year deal until 2017.[6] Anier played his first game for FC Erzgebirge Aue on 24 July 2014 in a friendly match against Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart coming on as a substitute on 72. minute.[7][8][9] His contract was terminated prematurely in early February 2015, after Anier had never been played for the club's first team.[10]

International career

Anier made his national team debut against Iceland on 4 June 2014.[11] He scored his first goal on his second match against Tajikistan on 7 June 2014.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 June 2014 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn  Tajikistan 2–1 2–1 Friendly match

Personal

He is the younger brother of Henri Anier, who also is a professional footballer. They both joined German 2. Bundesliga club Erzgebirge Aue in summer 2014, only to leave the club after six months in early 2015, each with different destinations.

References

  1. ↑ Burns, Scott (22 September 2013). "Partick Thistle hand trial to brother of Motherwell striker Henri Anier". Scottish Daily Express (Northern and Shell Media Publications). Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/strmsgodset-tester-ny-spiss/5176070.html
  3. ↑ http://www.rha.no/sport/godset-tester-spiss-1.8330252
  4. ↑ http://www.hjk.fi/uutiset/Miehet-1917
  5. ↑ http://sport.postimees.ee/2629504/anier-viibib-soome-meistri-juures-testimisel
  6. ↑ "Aue verpflichtet die Brüder Anier" [Aue signs the Anier brothers] (in German). DFL. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  7. ↑ http://soccernet.ee/anier-mangis-bundesliga-klubi-vastu
  8. ↑ http://www.veilchenpower.de/news/archives/2739-Freundschaftsspiel-FC-Erzgebirge-Aue-VfB-Stuttgart-01.html
  9. ↑ http://soccernet.ee/anier-mangis-bundesliga-klubi-vastu
  10. ↑ "Veilchen trennen sich vorzeitig von Hannes Anier" [Veilchen split up with Hannes Anier] (in German). FC Erzgebirge Aue. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Island - Eesti". Estonian Football Association.
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