Mati Lember

Mati Lember
Personal information
Full name Mati Lember
Date of birth (1985-07-21) 21 July 1985 (age 41)
Place of birth Tallinn, then part of Estonian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Estonia 2 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 December 2007

Mati Lember (born 21 July 1985) is a retired Estonian football player who played in different Estonian association football teams, with a small experience in the Estonia national football team between 2004 and 2007. He used to play in the position of defensive midfielder. He is 1.75 metres (5.7 ft) tall and weighs 72 kilograms (159 lb).

In 2017, he decided to retire from professional football at the age of 32.

Club career

Career statistics by season, club and competition
Season Club Competition Matches

played

 Goals Yellow

cards

 Red

cards

 Minutes

played

2001 Pärnu JK Trevis Esiliiga (2. league) 11 – 2 – 873'
FC Kuressaare Meistriliiga (1. league) 5 – – – 300'
2002 FC Valga Warrior Esiliiga (2. league) 19 1 – 1 1680'
2003 FC Valga Warrior Meistriliiga (1. league) 23 – 2 – 2070'
2004 Pärnu JK Trevis Esiliiga (2. league) 22 – 3 – 2000'
Flora Tallinn Meistriliiga (1. league) 7 – 1 – 452'
2005 Viljandi JK Tulevik Meistriliiga (1. league) 30 1 5 – 2602'
2006 Viljandi JK Tulevik Meistriliiga (1. league) 28 – 6 1 2446'
2007 Viljandi JK Tulevik Meistriliiga (1. league) 34 2 2 – 2482'
2008 Nõmme Kalju FC Meistriliiga (1. league) 14 1 – – 2514'
JK Tallinna Kalev Meistriliiga (1. league) 15 1 – –
2009 JK Tallinna Kalev Meistriliiga (1. league) 30 1 5 – 1822'
2010 HÜJK Emmaste II liiga löuna/lääs (3. league) 26 2 1 – 2025'
2011 HÜJK Emmaste II liiga löuna/lääs (3. league) 23 2 1 – 1879'
2012 HÜJK Emmaste II liiga löuna/lääs (3. league) 19 3 1 – 1331'
2013 HÜJK Emmaste Esiliiga B (3. league) 19 – 4 1 1110'
2014 HÜJK Emmaste Esiliiga B (3. league) 17 1 3 – 863'
2015 HÜJK Emmaste Esiliiga B (3. league) 25 4 7 – 1502'
2016 Viimsi JK Esiliiga B (3. league) 9 – – – 539'
TOTAL 376 19 43 3 28.490'

International career

During his national team career, he was capped 2 times. He debuted internationally in 2004. He also played for the Estonia national team U-21 more than 20 times.

References

  1. ↑ "Mati Lember's national team profile". Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Mati Lember | FootballTransfers.com". www.footballtransfers.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mati Lember (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Mängija". jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 September 2022.