Ats Purje

Ats Purje

Purje with Nõmme Kalju in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Ats Purje
Date of birth	3 August 1985
Place of birth	Tallinn, Estonia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Nõmme Kalju
Number	9
Youth career
	TJK Legion
	S.C. Real
	Narva Trans
	Levadia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	S.C. Real	34	(21)
2002	Maardu	8	(7)
2003	M.C. Tallinn	12	(8)
2003–2004	Levadia-Juunior	6	(5)
2003–2007	Levadia II	29	(8)
2003–2007	Levadia	86	(33)
2008–2009	Inter Turku	40	(10)
2010–2011	AEP Paphos	26	(5)
2011	Ethnikos Achna	6	(1)
2012–2014	KuPS	76	(19)
2015–	Nõmme Kalju	61	(30)
National team^‡
2002–2003	Estonia U-19	6	(3)
2003	Estonia U-20	1	(0)
2004–2006	Estonia U-21	8	(0)
2006–	Estonia	60	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 November 2016.

Ats Purje (born 3 August 1985) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Estonian Meistriliiga club Nõmme Kalju and the Estonia national football team.

Club career

Levadia

Purje made his Meistriliiga debut for Levadia in 2003. He won his first Meistriliiga title in the 2004 season, and two more in 2006 and 2007.

Inter Turku

On 27 December 2007, Purje signed a two-year contract with Finnish Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.^[1][2] He made his debut in the Veikkausliiga on 27 April 2008, against RoPS, and scored a goal in their 3–1 win.^[3] Purje won his first 2008 Veikkausliiga season with the club.

AEP Paphos

On 1 June 2010, Purje signed a one-year deal with Cypriot club AEP Paphos, with an option to extend it for another year.^[4] He made Cypriot First Division debut on 29 August 2010, and scored in a 1–2 defeat against Ethnikos Achna.^[5]

Ethnikos Achna

On 8 June 2011, Purje signed for Ethnikos Achna.

KuPS

On 3 April 2012, Purje signed for Finnish side KuPS. He was the team's top goalscorer in 2012 and 2014 seasons.^[6]

Nõmme Kalju

On 9 February 2015, Purje returned to Estonia and signed a three-year contract with Nõmme Kalju.^[7]

International career

Purje made his debut for the Estonia national football team on 11 October 2006, in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match against Russia.^[8] He scored his first goal for Estonia on 20 August 2008, in a 2–1 friendly home win against Malta.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 November 2016.^[10][11]

Club	Season	League			Cup[lower-alpha 1]		League Cup[lower-alpha 2]		Europe		Other[lower-alpha 3]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
S.C. Real	2001	IV liiga	17	4			—		—				17	4
	2002	III liiga	17	17			—		—				17	17
	Total		34	21			0	0	0	0			34	21
Maardu	2002	Esiliiga	8	7			—		—				8	7
M.C. Tallinn	2003	Esiliiga	12	8			—		—				12	8
Levadia-Juunior	2003	II liiga	5	3			—		—				5	3
	2004		1	2			—		—				1	2
	Total		6	5			0	0	0	0			6	5
Levadia II	2003	Meistriliiga	6	1			—		—				6	1
	2004	Esiliiga	12	2			—		—				12	2
	2005		4	2			—		—				4	2
	2007		7	3			—		—				7	3
	Total		29	8			0	0	0	0			29	8
Levadia	2003	Meistriliiga	11	4			—		1	0			12	4
	2004		17	8			—		1	0			18	8
	2005		12	4			—		2	0	1	0	15	4
	2006		30	10			—		5	2			35	12
	2007		16	7			—		0	0			16	7
	Total		86	33			0	0	9	2	1	0	96	35
Inter Turku	2008	Veikkausliiga	19	7					—				19	7
	2009		21	3	2	0	6	0	2	0			31	3
	Total		40	10	2	0	6	0	2	0			50	10
AEP Paphos	2010–11	Cypriot First Division	26	5			—		—				26	5
Ethnikos Achna	2011–12	Cypriot First Division	6	1			—		—				6	1
PK-37	2013	Kakkonen	1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
KuPS	2012	Veikkausliiga	27	6	4	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	36	8
	2013		20	4	2	0	8	5	—		0	0	30	9
	2014		29	9	3	4	5	2	—		0	0	37	15
	2015		0	0	0	0	2	0	—		0	0	2	0
	Total		76	19	9	5	15	7	5	1	0	0	105	32
Nõmme Kalju	2015	Meistriliiga	33	16	3	1	—		4	1	0	0	40	18
	2016		28	14	1	0	—		5	0	0	0	34	14
	Total		61	30	4	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	74	32
Career total			385	147	15	6	21	7	25	4	1	0	447	164

1. Includes the Estonian Cup, Finnish Cup and Cypriot Cup
2. Includes the Finnish League Cup
3. Includes the Estonian Supercup

International

As of 28 November 2016.^[10][11]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Estonia
	2006	1	0
	2007	1	0
	2008	8	1
	2009	6	0
	2010	9	2
	2011	9	1
	2012	7	0
	2013	3	0
	2014	3	1
	2015	9	3
	2016	4	0
Total		60	8

International goals

Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Purje goal.

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 August 2008	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	9	Malta	1–1	2–1	Friendly
2	3 March 2010	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	17	Georgia	1–1	1–2	Friendly
3	7 September 2010	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	22	Uzbekistan	1–0	3–3	Friendly
4	2 September 2011	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia	29	Slovenia	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5	8 September 2014	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	46	Slovenia	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
6	9 June 2015	Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland	49	Finland	1–0	2–0	Friendly
7					2–0
8	11 November 2015	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	55	Georgia	1–0	3–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Levadia

• Meistriliiga: 2004, 2006, 2007
• Estonian Cup: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07

Inter Turku

• Veikkausliiga: 2008
• Finnish Cup: 2009
• Finnish League Cup: 2008

Nõmme Kalju

• Estonian Cup: 2014–15

Individual

• Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: May 2008

References

1. "Ats Purje mängib uuest hooajast Turu Interis" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 27 December 2007.
2. "Virolainen Ats Purje Interiin". FC Inter.
3. "Ats Purje iloitsi ensimmäisestä maalistaan". FC Inter.
4. ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕ ΔΙΕΘΝΗ ΕΣΘΟΝΟ (in Greek). Paphos FC. 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
5. "Purje alustas Küprose kõrgliigas väravaga" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 29 August 2010.
6. "Purje karjäär jätkub Soome kõrgliigas" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 3 April 2012.
7. "Nõmme Kalju sõlmis lepingu Ats Purjega" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 9 February 2015.
8. "Venemaa - Eesti 2:0" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
9. "Eesti - Malta 2:1" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
10. "Purje, Ats" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
11. "A. Purje - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.com.

External links

• Ats Purje at Estonian Football Association (Estonian)
• Ats Purje at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ats Purje at FC Levadia
• Ats Purje at FC Inter