Andreas Vaikla

Andreas Vaikla

Vaikla with IFK Mariehamn in 2017
Personal information
Full name Andreas Raido Karuks Vaikla
Date of birth (1997-02-19) 19 February 1997[1]
Place of birth Toronto, Canada
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 IFK Mariehamn
Number 1
Youth career
Spartacus Soccer
Wexford Wolves
2013 North Scarborou SC
2013–2015 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 IFK Norrköping 13 (0)
2017– IFK Mariehamn 15 (0)
National team‡
2012 Estonia U16 1 (0)
2013 Estonia U17 1 (0)
2015 Estonia U19 10 (0)
2016– Estonia U21 4 (0)
2016– Estonia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 June 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:10, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Andreas Raido Karuks Vaikla (born 19 February 1997) is a Canadian-born Estonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for IFK Mariehamn and the Estonia national football team.

Club career

Early career

Vaikla started his football career with local clubs in Canada. In 2013, he received a call-up to the Estonia under-16 team, being eligible due to his Estonian parents. He was scouted by West Bromwich Albion in a match against Ireland, which led to him later joining the English club's academy the same year.

Norrköping

In 2015, he left West Bromwich Albion for Swedish side Norrköping, signing a senior contract until the end of the 2016 season.[2] Vaikla was a part of the Norrköping squad that won both the 2015 Allsvenskan in October and the 2015 Svenska Supercupen in November 2015, however only appearing as an unused substitute.

He made his senior debut for the club on 20 February 2016, a day after his 19th birthday, keeping a clean sheet in Norrköping's 4–0 Svenska Cupen win against Östersund.[3] He started all four cup games during early spring, and on April 22, Vaikla made his Allsvenskan debut, coming on as a substitute in the 19th minute against Falkenberg.[4] Due to injuries to first choice goalkeeper David Mitov Nilsson, Vaikla played 11 league matches and two Champions League qualification matches until he was replaced by Michael Langer in late Summer.

Mariehamn

On 31 January 2017, Vaikla signed a three-year contract with Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn.[5]

International career

On 14 March 2016, Vaikla received his first call-up to Estonia national football team by manager Magnus Pehrsson, for the friendly matches against Norway and Serbia.[6] He made his debut for the senior team on 1 June 2016, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 friendly home win against Andorra.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 June 2017.[8]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norrköping 2015 Allsvenskan 0000—00
2016 1305020200
Total 1305020200
Mariehamn 2017 Veikkausliiga 1504000190
Career total 2809020390

References

  1. ↑ "Andreas Raido Karuks Vaikla". EFA. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Nyförvärvet presenteras" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "IFK Norrköping 4–0 Östersunds FK". Svensk Fotboll. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Falkenbergs FF 2–1 Falkenbergs FF". Svensk Fotboll. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Andreas Vaikla IFK Mariehamnin maalille". veikkausliiga.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "IFK-spelare i landslaget". Norrköpings Tidningar. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Eesti - Andorra". Estonian Football Association.
  8. ↑ "A. Vaikla". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
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