Mattias Käit

Mattias Käit (born 29 June 1998) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga I club Rapid București and the Estonia national team.

Mattias Käit
Käit with Rapid București in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-29) 29 June 1998
Place of birth Tallinn, Estonia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rapid București
Number 4
Youth career
2006–2014 Levadia
2014–2019 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Fulham 0 (0)
2018 → Ross County (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2021 Domžale 42 (1)
2021–2022 Bodø/Glimt 0 (0)
2022– Rapid București 61 (4)
International career‡
2012 Estonia U16 2 (0)
2013–2014 Estonia U17 16 (14)
2015 Estonia U19 2 (0)
2015–2016 Estonia U21 6 (1)
2016 Estonia U23 1 (2)
2016– Estonia 53 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 October 2023

Club career

Fulham

Käit joined the Levadia youth academy in 2006, when Levadia and Kotkas Juunior merged. In July 2014, he joined Fulham academy.[2] Käit signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2015.[3] On 1 March 2017, he signed a contract extension which would keep him at Fulham until the summer of 2019.[4]

Ross County (loan)

On 31 January 2018, Käit joined Scottish Premiership club Ross County on loan until the end of the season.[5][6] He made his debut for the club on 3 February 2018, in a 4–1 away win over Dundee.[7]

Domžale

On 16 June 2019, Käit signed a three-year contract with Slovenian PrvaLiga side Domžale.[8] He made his debut for the club on 11 July 2019, in a 4–3 away win against Balzan in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[9] Käit left the club on 3 September 2021.[10]

Bodø/Glimt

On 16 September 2021, Käit signed a contract with Norwegian champions Bodø/Glimt until the end of the year.[11]

Rapid București

On 18 January 2022, Käit signed a two-and-a-half year contract with Romanian club Rapid București until the summer of 2024.[12]

International career

Käit has represented Estonia at under-16, under-17, under-19, under-21 and under-23 levels.

He made his senior international debut for Estonia on 6 January 2016, in a 1–1 draw against Sweden in a friendly.[13] Käit scored his first two international goals for Estonia on 7 October 2016, in a 4–0 home victory over Gibraltar in a qualification match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[14] On 3 September 2017, Käit scored the only goal of a home win over Cyprus in injury time.[15] The goal later earned him the Estonian Silverball award for the best goal scored for the national team in 2017.[16] He scored again in the successive qualifier on 7 October, a 6–0 away win over Gibraltar.[17] Käit was Estonia's highest goalscorer in the qualification with four goals.

Career statistics

Club
As of 20 October 2023[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ross County (loan)2017–18 Scottish Premiership 600000—60
Domžale 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga 15110—4[lower-alpha 1]0201
2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga 22040—00260
2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga 5000—6[lower-alpha 2]1111
Total 4215000101572
Bodø/Glimt 2021 Eliteserien 0010—0010
Rapid București 2021–22 Liga I 182———182
2022–23 Liga I 31230——342
2023–24 Liga I 12010——130
Total 614400000654
Career total 1095100001011296
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 17 October 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Estonia 201622
2017102
201841
2019100
202050
202183
202260
202380
Total538
Scores and results list Estonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Käit goal.[19]
List of international goals scored by Mattias Käit
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 October 2016Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia2 Gibraltar1–04–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 3–0
3 3 September 2017Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia8 Cyprus1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 7 October 2017Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal9 Gibraltar2–06–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 30 May 2018Rakvere linnastaadion, Rakvere, Estonia15 Lithuania2–02–02018 Baltic Cup
6 10 June 2021Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia34 Latvia1–02–12020 Baltic Cup
7 2–0
8 2 September 2021Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia35 Belgium1–02–52022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

Estonia

Individual

References
  1. "Mattias Kait". Premier League. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. "Levadia noormängija Mattias Käit siirdus Fulhami akadeemiasse" [Levadia youth player Mattias Käit moved to Fulham academy] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 10 July 2014.
  3. "Fulhamiga profilepingu sõlminud Käit: sain uut energiat" [Käit after signing a professional contract with Fulham: I got new energy] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 3 July 2015.
  4. "Kait's New Deal". Fulham F.C. 1 March 2017.
  5. "Midfielder Mattias Kait checks in from Fulham FC". Ross County F.C. 31 January 2018.
  6. "Scottish Premiership ins and outs - January 2018". BBC Sport. 1 February 2018.
  7. "Dundee 1-4 Ross County". BBC Sport. 3 February 2018.
  8. "Uue koduklubi leidnud Mattias Käit käib Konstantin Vassiljevi jälgedes" [Mattias Käit is following in Konstantin Vassiljev's footsteps] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 16 June 2019.
  9. "Käidi ja Purje koduklubid alustasid euromänge võidukalt" [Käit's and Purje's clubs off to victorious starts in European games] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 11 July 2019.
  10. Kangur, Kristjan Jaak (3 September 2021). "Käit ja Domžale lõpetasid lepingu". Soccernet.ee - Jalgpall luubi all! (in Estonian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  11. "Bodø/Glimt henter Mattias Käit". eurosport.no (in Norwegian). 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  12. "MATTIAS KÄIT ESTE NOUL MIJLOCAȘ AL RAPIDULUI". fcrapid.ro (in Romanian). 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  13. "Eesti tegi Abu Dhabis 1:1 viigi Rootsiga" [Estonia drew Sweden 1–1] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 January 2016.
  14. "Eesti alistas MM-valikmängus Gibraltari 4:0" [Estonia defeated Gibraltar 4–0 in a WC qualifier] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 8 October 2016.
  15. "Eesti alistas MM-valimängus lisaminuti väravast Küprose!" [Estonia defeated Cyprus in a WC qualifier in injury time!] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 September 2017.
  16. "Hõbepalli võitis esmakordselt Mattias Käit" [Mattias Käit won the Silverball for the first time] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 January 2018.
  17. "Eesti alistas võõrsil Gibraltari 6:0!" [Estonia defeated Gibraltar away 6–0] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 7 October 2017.
  18. "Mattias Käit". Soccerway.
  19. "Mattias Käit" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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