Siim Luts (born 12 March 1989) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Paide Linnameeskond.
Club career Flora Luts began playing football at Flora youth academy in Paide. He made his Flora – and Meistriliiga – debut on 4 October 2008, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Sergei Mošnikov in a 1–1 draw against Tallinna Kalev at A. Le Coq Arena. Luts scored his first Meistriliiga goal on 1 November 2008, in a 4–2 home win over TVMK. In July 2009, he joined Tulevik on loan until the end of the season.
Luts became a regular starter for Flora in the 2010 season, in which he scored 6 goals in 31 games and won his first Meistriliiga title. He won his second Meistriliiga title in the 2011 season.
IFK Norrköping On 22 January 2013, Luts signed a two-year contract with Allsvenskan club IFK Norrköping. On 4 April 2013, his missed penalty in the shoout-out against Djurgårdens IF saw IFK Norrköping eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2012–13 Svenska Cupen. Luts made his debut in the Allsvenskan on 8 April 2013, in a 2–1 home victory over Gefle IF. He made 13 league appearances in the 2013 season. After missing first half of the season due to injury, Luts was released by the club in June 2014.
Levadia On 16 January 2015, Luts signed a one-year contract with Meistriliiga club Levadia. He made his debut for Levadia on 3 March 2015, against Santos in the Estonian Supercup, winning the match 5–0.
Bohemians 1905 On 25 July 2016, Luts signed a two-year contract with Czech First League club Bohemians 1905. He made his debut in the Czech First League on 31 July 2016, in a 0–3 home loss to Hradec Králové.
Teplice On 23 May 2018, it was announced that Luts would join Czech First League club Teplice after the 2017–18 season on a two-year deal.
Paide Linnameeskond On 19 July 2019, Luts signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Paide Linnameeskond.
International career Luts began his youth career in 2007 with the Estonia under-19 team. He also represented the under-21, and under-23 national sides.
Luts made his senior international debut for Estonia on 17 November 2010, replacing Tarmo Kink in the 76th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Liechtenstein in a friendly. His first goal for Estonia on 7 June 2014, in a 2–1 friendly victory over Tajikistan, brought him the Estonian Silverball award for the best goal scored for the national team in 2014.
On 28 March 2017, Luts scored his second international goal after just 58 seconds in a 3–0 friendly victory over Croatia.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupIncludes the Estonian Cup, Svenska Cupen and Czech CupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFlora Paide2005IV liiga64——0064Flora II2006Esiliiga27811——289200721410——224200826431——29520096000——6020103000——3020111000——10Total841652——8918Flora2008Meistriliiga4100002Appearances in Baltic League06120098110001Appearance in Estonian Supercup01012010316422Appearances in UEFA Europa League06One appearance in Estonian Supercup, five appearances in Baltic League04382011193312Appearances in UEFA Champions League05Two appearances in Baltic Champions Cup, one appearance in Estonian Supercup, two appearances in Baltic League02942012263412011335Total88141246015112119Tulevik (loan)2009Meistriliiga17530——205IFK Norrköping2013Allsvenskan13050——18020140000——00Total13050——180Levadia2015Meistriliiga2811202110331220161330040—173Total41142061105015Bohemians 19052016–17Czech First League23030——2602017–1811011——121Total34041——381Career total2835331712116134262
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsEstonia201020201120201240201370201451201540201630201762201881201900202020Total434
International goals As of 15 October 2018. Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Luts goal. + International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competitionNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition17 June 2014A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia201–12–1Friendly228 March 2017A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia291–03–0Friendly37 October 2017Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal321–06–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification415 October 2018A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia391–03–32018–19 UEFA Nations League C
Honours Club Flora Meistriliiga: 2010, 2011 Estonian Cup: 2010–11 Estonian Supercup: 2009, 2011, 2012
Levadia Estonian Supercup: 2015
Individual Estonian Silverball: 2014, 2018 Meistriliiga Player of the Month: July 2015, September 2015
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