Siim Roops (born 4 March 1986 in
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast o ...
) is an
Estonia
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footballer
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.
Career
He started his career in
JK Tammeka Tartu
Tartu JK Tammeka, commonly known as Tartu Tammeka or simply Tammeka, is a football club, based in Tartu, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football.
Founded in 1989, the club has played in the Meistriliiga ...
.
[Weltfussball profile]
/ref> In 2007, he joined Valdres FK
Valdres Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club based in Fagernes, Valdres. The men's team currently plays in the Fifth Division, the sixth tier of the Norwegian football league system; whereas the women's team currently plays in the Third ...
from FC Flora Tallinn
FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a professional football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium.
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. He later returned to Estonia and Flora Tallinn. He joined JK Viljandi Tulevik
Viljandi JK Tulevik, commonly known as Viljandi Tulevik, or simply as Tulevik, is a football club based in Viljandi, Estonia, that competes in the Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Viljandi linnastaadion.
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on loan, and later rejoined JK Tammeka.[ In 2012, he signed for FK Jerv in Norway.
He plays the position of defender and is 1.82 m tall.
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International career
He made his national team debut for Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
on 3 February 2007 against Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...
, becoming 200th player to play for the country.
References
External links
Player profile
at JK Tammeka Tartu
Tartu JK Tammeka, commonly known as Tartu Tammeka or simply Tammeka, is a football club, based in Tartu, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football.
Founded in 1989, the club has played in the Meistriliiga ...
1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Tartu
Estonian footballers
Tartu JK Tammeka players
FC Flora players
Viljandi JK Tulevik players
FK Jerv players
Estonia international footballers
Estonian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Norway
Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Association football defenders
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