Karol Mets

Karol Mets
Personal information
Full name Karol Mets
Date of birth (1993-05-16) 16 May 1993
Place of birth Viljandi, Estonia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back / Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 NAC Breda
Number 5
Youth career
2003–2009 Tulevik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Tulevik II 51 (4)
2010 Warrior 4 (1)
2011–2012 Flora II 19 (3)
2011–2014 Flora 115 (7)
2015–2017 Viking 72 (0)
2017– NAC Breda 25 (0)
National team‡
2009 Estonia U17 8 (0)
2010 Estonia U18 1 (0)
2010–2012 Estonia U19 32 (0)
2012–2014 Estonia U21 20 (0)
2013– Estonia 45 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 July 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 December 2017

Karol Mets (born 16 May 1993) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays for Dutch club NAC Breda and the Estonia national team. Mets plays mainly as a centre back but can also play as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Tulevik

Mets came through the Tulevik youth system, and played for the club's reserve sides Tulevik II and Warrior.

Flora

In November 2010, Mets was included in Flora's first team squad for pre-season training.[1] He made his debut for Flora on 1 March 2011, against Levadia in the Estonian Supercup, winning the match 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out. Mets made his debut in the Meistriliiga on 2 April 2011, in a 1–0 away victory over Kuressaare, and soon established himself as Flora's first choice centre back alongside Karl Palatu. He won the Meistriliiga title in the 2011 season.[2]

Viking

On 5 December 2014, Mets signed a three-year contract with Norwegian club Viking for a fee of €300,000.[3] He made his debut in the Tippeligaen on 6 April 2015, in a 1–0 away loss to Mjøndalen.[4]

NAC Breda

On 31 July 2017, Mets signed a three-year contract with Eredivisie club NAC Breda for an undisclosed fee, rumored to be around €100,000.[5] He made his debut in the Eredivisie in a 1–4 away loss to Vitesse on 12 August 2017, when he came on as a half-time substitute for Arno Verschueren. Mets scored his first goal for NAC Breda on 20 September 2017, in a 3–4 loss to Achilles '29 in the first round of the KNVB Cup.[6]

International career

Mets began his youth career in 2009 with the Estonia under-17 team. He represented the under-19 team at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Estonia. Mets played in every group stage match, but failed to help the team progress to the semi-finals as Estonia lost all three games against Portugal, Greece and Spain. He also represented the under-21 national side.

Mets made his senior international debut for Estonia on 19 November 2013, in a 3–0 away win over Liechtenstein in a friendly.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 May 2018[8][9][10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tulevik II 2009Esiliiga28330—00313
2010II liiga23100——231
Total51430—00544
Warrior2010Esiliiga4100—0041
Flora II2011Esiliiga17100——171
20122200——22
Total19300——193
Flora2011Meistriliiga16131005[lower-alpha 2]0242
2012324302[lower-alpha 3]000374
2013322402[lower-alpha 4]0—382
201435032—00382
Total1157133405013710
Viking2015Tippeligaen28060——340
201629030——320
2017Eliteserien15020——170
Total720110——830
NAC Breda2017–18Eredivisie25011——261
Career total28615284405032319
  1. ↑ Includes the Estonian Cup, Norwegian Cup and KNVB Cup
  2. ↑ Two appearances in Baltic Champions Cup, two appearances in Commonwealth Cup, one appearance in Estonian Supercup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 1 December 2017[12][11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Estonia
201310
2014130
201590
2016130
201790
Total450

Honours

Club

Flora

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Flora alustab hooajaks ettevalmistumist detsembri keskel" [Flora will begin preparations for the coming season in mid-December]. Postimees (in Estonian). 29 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Flora alistas Viljandi ja tuli jalgpallis Eesti meistriks" [Flora defeated Viljandi and became Estonian football champions] (in Estonian). ERR. 1 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Karol Mets liitub Norra meistriliiga klubiga" [Karol Mets joins Norwegian top flight club]. Postimees (in Estonian). 5 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Karol Mets alustas esimest välismaa hooaega põhimehena" [Karol Mets began his first season abroad as a starter] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 6 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Asi kindel: Eesti jalgpallikoondislane siirdub Hollandi kõrgliigasse" [Confirmed: Estonian international moves to Dutch top flight]. Postimees (in Estonian). 31 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Mets lõi värava, aga klubi sai šokk-kaotuse" [Mets scored, but the club suffered a shock defeat]. Postimees (in Estonian). 20 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Eesti võitis Liechtensteini 3:0" [Estonia defeated Liechtenstein 3–0] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 19 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Karol Mets" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  9. ↑ "Karol Mets" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway.
  10. ↑ "Karol Mets". Soccerway.com.
  11. 1 2 "Mets, Karol". National-Football-Teams.com.
  12. ↑ "Karol Mets" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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