Sander Post (born 10 September 1984 in

Viljandi Viljandi (, , , , ) is a Populated places in Estonia, town and Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,255 in 2024. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major ...

) is an Estonian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

coach and former player who played as a

centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

Club career

Early career

Post made his first-team debut for

FC Elva FC Elva is a Football team, football club, based in Elva, Estonia, that competes in the Esiliiga, the second level of Estonian football league system, Estonian football. History Elva came close to rising to the top-division Meistriliiga for the f ...

at the age of 16 in 2001, as a defender. After two seasons in Elva, he moved to JK Viljandi Tulevik. At the age of 19, Sander started his professional career with

FC Flora Tallinn FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is an Estonian professional Association football, football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league system, Estonian footb ...

, Estonia's biggest club, in 2004. In the same season he had short spell with JK Tervis Pärnu, where he made 19 appearances, scoring 8 goals.

Stint in Denmark

On 16 June 2005, Post signed for Danish 1st Division club

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six ...

on a one-year loan deal, but failed to make impact there and only played in one league match.

Back to Flora

In summer 2006, Post returned to

Flora Flora (: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous (ecology), indigenous) native plant, native plants. The corresponding term for animals is ''fauna'', and for f ...

. Until 2008 had he played mostly as a

, but was moved to play as a striker, because the team lacked attacking players due to injury crysis. The tall Estonian accommodated his new role well, scoring 19 goals in 20 games, before moving abroad again.

Go Ahead Eagles

On 21 August 2008, Post signed for Dutch side

Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer in the province of Overijssel. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in th ...

on a one-year loan deal for initial fee of

€ The euro sign () is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone. The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996. It consists of a stylized letter E (or epsilon), crossed by t ...

60,000 with a buy clause of

200,000. Only one day later he scored his first goal for Go Ahead Eagles in his debut match in

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

and for Go Ahead Eagles, in the 72nd minute in a 1–1 draw against

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

. The loan deal was extended for another season in summer 2009.

Back to FC Flora

In 2010, Post arrived back to Flora in the middle of the season. He scored 24 goals with 17 games in 2010 Meistriliiga and became the world's most effective Top Division Goal Scorer with 1,412 goals per game. He started his 2011 Meistriliiga season well with a goal against JK Nõmme Kalju.

Aalesunds FK

On 31 March 2011, Post signed a three-year contract with Norwegian club

Aalesunds FK Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from the town of Ålesund (town), Ålesund, that competes in the Norwegian first division, the second tier of the Norwegi ...

. AaFK was looking for a replacement for their striker Tor Hogne Aarøy (204 cm) who had left the club for a career in Japan. He made his debut for Aalesund on 1 April 2011, in a 2–0 loss versus

Vålerenga Fotball Vålerenga Fotball () is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from Oslo, and a part of the multi-sport club Vålerengens IF. The club currently competes in the Eliteserien after being promoted from the Norwegian First ...

, the day after he had signed. On 16 May 2011 he scored his first league goal for Aalesund, in a 2–1 win versus

Strømsgodset IF Strømsgodset IF is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Gulskogen in Drammen. It has sections for association football, handball and bandy, but is best known for the top-level football section known as Strømsgodset Toppfotball, which plays in Elit ...

. The contract was mutually terminated on 1 February 2013 due to lack of play time.

Flora again

Post rejoined

on 11 February 2013, when he signed a contract until the end of the 2014 season with the club. He made his return in an Estonian Cup match against FC Reaal, in which he scored 8 goals in an 18-0 win for Flora.

International career

He made his national team debut on 2 December 2004 against

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

in a 2004 King's Cup. More than five years later, on 21 May 2010, he made the second appearance for the team in a friendly match against

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

, in which he scored his first international goal.

International goals

Career stats

Club

Honours

* Meistriliiga Footballer of the Season 2010

References

External links

*
Go Ahead Eagles profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Post, Sander 1984 births Living people Footballers from Viljandi Estonian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Men's association football defenders Estonia men's international footballers Viljandi JK Tulevik players FC Flora players Vejle Boldklub players FC Elva players Go Ahead Eagles players Aalesunds FK players Meistriliiga players Eerste Divisie players Danish 1st Division players Eliteserien players Estonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Estonian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Estonian football managers Meistriliiga managers 21st-century Estonian sportsmen