Mait Patrail (born 11 April 1988) is an Estonian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player for German club

TV Emsdetten TV Emsdetten is a handball club from Emsdetten, Germany. Currently, they compete in the 3. Liga. Accomplishments * 2. Handball-Bundesliga: 1 **: 2013 Team Current squad :''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 16 Ante Vukas * 2 ...

and the Estonian national team. He was won the Estonian player of the year award 6 times between 2006 an 2011.

Career

Patrail started playing handball at

Põlva Serviti Põlva Serviti is an Estonian professional Team handball, handball team from Põlva. They compete in Meistriliiga (handball), Meistriliiga and Baltic Handball League. History Founded in 1984, the club has won 19 national championships (1998, ...

, where he debuted for the senior tem in 2004-05. Here he won the 2007 and 2008 Estonian Handball League and the 2008 Baltic Handball League. In 2008 he joined Swiss team

Kadetten Schaffhausen Kadetten Schaffhausen is a Switzerland, Swiss professional handball team located in Schaffhausen. Their home matches are played at the :de:BBC-Arena, BBC Arena which has a capacity of 3,500. They compete in the Swiss First League of Handball and w ...

. Here he won the 2010 and 2011

Swiss Handball League The Swiss Handball League (SHL) is the name of the professional handball league of Switzerland. It is divided into two divisions: * Quickline Handball League * Nationalliga B Current season Teams for season 2024–25 * BSV Bern * GC Amicit ...

. In 2011 he joined German

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

team

TBV Lemgo TBV Lemgo is a handball club from Lemgo, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History The ascent to one of the best German handball clubs was slow but steady. In the year the Bundesliga was founded, the club was still in the O ...

. In April 2012 he was released of his contract and joined Qatari side

Al Sadd Al Sadd Sports Club () is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the capital city Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the top level of Qatari football, the Qatar Stars League. Locally, it i ...

, despite having a contract at Lemgo until 2013. In the summer of 2012 he returned to Germany and joined

TSV Hannover-Burgdorf TSV Hannover-Burgdorf is a handball club from Hannover, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History The team is known as DIE RECKEN. The origins of the club lie with the sports association Freie Turnerschaft Burgdorf, which ...

. In 2020 he joined league rivals

Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a professional handball club founded in 2002, based in Mannheim, Germany. The club competes in the German Handball-Bundesliga and continentally in EHF European League. Rhein-Neckar Löwen play their home games in SAP A ...

. A season later he joined the just promoted team

ASV Hamm-Westfalen ASV Hamm-Westfalen e.V. is a handball club from Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. They play in 2. Handball-Bundesliga, the second highest division of German handball, after relegation from the Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bun ...

. When the team was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga he left the team. He was then without contract until the end of November 2023, when he joined Bundesliga team

ThSV Eisenach ThSV Eisenach is a German handball club from Eisenach, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. They were promoted in the 2022-23 season. The team has previously been known as BSG Motor Eisenach. History BSG Motor Eisenach - 1954-1991 BSG ...

. Here he played until he end of the season. He then joined the second team of ASV Hamm-Westfalen in the Regionalliga. In November the same year he joined third league team

National team

At the 2008 Junior European Championship he was the tournament top scorer with 83 goals.

Private

His father, Maidu Patrail, is a former handball player, and his sister Janeli Patrail is also a handball player.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patrail, Mait 1988 births Living people People from Põlva Estonian male handball players Handball-Bundesliga players Rhein-Neckar Löwen players Expatriate handball players in Germany Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate handball players in Switzerland 21st-century Estonian sportsmen