Karl Hein (footballer)

Karl Jakob Hein (born 13 April 2002) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Arsenal and the Estonia national team.

Karl Hein
Hein in 2023
Personal information
Full name Karl Jakob Hein[1]
Date of birth (2002-04-13) 13 April 2002
Place of birth Põlva, Estonia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 31
Youth career
2010–2015 Loo
2015–2018 Nõmme United
2018–2019 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Nõmme United 5 (0)
2019– Arsenal 0 (0)
2022 → Reading (loan) 5 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Estonia U17 14 (0)
2019 Estonia U19 3 (0)
2019 Estonia U21 2 (0)
2020– Estonia 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Nõmme United

Hein began his youth career at JK Loo at the age of eight, before moving to the youth team of Nõmme United in 2015.[2] He made five senior appearances for Nõmme United in the Estonian third tier, Esiliiga B,[3] before joining the academy of English club Arsenal in May 2018.[4]

Arsenal

Hein signed his first professional contract with the club in May 2019.[5] He appeared in the Arsenal squad as an unused substitute for the first time on 29 October 2020, in the Europa League match against Dundalk.[6][7]

After playing for the Arsenal first-team in the 2021–22 pre-season, including his non-competitive debut against Hibernian, Hein signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal on 17 September 2021.[8]

On 10 November 2022, Hein made his debut for the Arsenal first-team in the EFL Cup third round against Brighton & Hove Albion at the Emirates Stadium, conceding a foul in the penalty area and the resulting spot-kick against Danny Welbeck as Arsenal lost 3-1.[9]

Loan to Reading

On 24 January 2022, Reading announced the signing of Hein on loan from Arsenal until the end of the 2021–22 season.[10][11]

International career

Hein was capped by Estonia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level.[12] He made his international debut for the Estonia national team on 5 September 2020, in a 0–1 loss against Georgia in the UEFA Nations League.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 9 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nõmme United 2018 Esiliiga B 5000———50
Arsenal
2018–19 Premier League 000000000000
2019–20 00000000—00
2020–21 000000000000
2021–22 000000——00
2022–23 00001000—10
2023–24 000000000000
Total 000010000010
Arsenal U21 2020–21 —————1[lower-alpha 1] 010
2021–22 —————1[lower-alpha 1]010
2022–23 —————1[lower-alpha 1]010
Total 000000300030
Reading (loan) 2021–22 Championship 500000——50
Career total 10000100030140
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

International
As of match played 13 October 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Estonia 202060
202160
202260
202370
Total250

Honours

International

Individual

References
  1. "Updated squad lists for 2019/20 Premier League". Premier League. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. "Saage tuttavaks: Karl Jakob Heina teekond Inglismaa tippklubisse" [Meet him: Karl Jakob Hain's journey to the top club in England]. Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). 28 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. "Karl Jakob Hein". Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. "Arsenal complete signing of Estonian youngster Karl Jakob Hein". Metro.co.uk. DMG Media. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. "Karl Hein signs first professional contract". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. "Arsenal-Dundalk | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  7. JeorgeBird (15 November 2020). "Karl Hein making an impact for club and country". Arseblog News – the Arsenal news site. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  8. "Karl Hein signs new long-term contract". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  9. "Report: Arsenal 1-3 Brighton & Hove Albion". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  10. "Arsenal Stopper Karl Hein makes Royals loan move". Reading F.C. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  11. "Arsenal's Hein joins Reading on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. "Karl Jakob Hein". jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  13. "Eesti parim Gruusia vastu – Karl Jakob Hein" [Estonia's best against Georgia – Karl Jakob Hein]. Soccernet.ee (in Estonian). 6 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  14. "Karl Hein". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  15. "Estonia v Latvia" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  16. "Eesti parimad jalgpallurid on Rauno Sappinen ja Kristina Bannikova (galerii)" [The best footballers in Estonia are Rauno Sappinen and Kristina Bannikova]. Soccernet.ee (in Estonian). 20 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  17. "Aasta meesjuuniori tiitli pälvis Karl Jakob Hein" [The male junior of the year title was awarded to Karl Jakob Hein] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 12 December 2021. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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