Karol Mets — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

14

clubs played for

09/10

debut season

0.05

goals / match

FC Flora Tallinn

top club · 133 apps

Career highs

€1.30m

peak value · 2024

€450k

top transfer fee · 23/24

6

best season · 2012

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int'l / penalties

Born the same day

Ricardo Esgaio

Defender - Right-Back · Fatih Karagümrük

€1.50m

Willian Oliveira

Midfield - Defensive Midfield · Esporte Clube Vitória

€600k

Eric Indenge

Attack · Retired

Shares 1993-05-16 · 3 players total

508Appearances

24Goals

14Assists

82Yellow cards

3Red cards

146Full matches (90′)

Full name	Karol Mets
Date of birth	1993-05-16 (33 yrs)
Place of birth	Viljandi, Estonia
Citizenship	Estonia
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	left
Height	191.00 m
Current club	FC St. Pauli
Joined	2023-07-01
Contract expires	2026-06-30
Agent	Signature - ISCM AG

Aug 2025

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Nov 2024

Injury: unknown

24 games missed

Jul 2024

24/25 — FC St. Pauli

12 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2023

23/24 — FC St. Pauli

36 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2023

Transfer: FC Zürich → FC St. Pauli

23/24 · Transfer · €450k

Jun 2023

Transfer: FC St. Pauli → FC Zürich

22/23 · Return from loan

Jan 2023

Transfer: FC Zürich → FC St. Pauli

22/23 · Loan

Jul 2022

22/23 — FC St. Pauli, FC Zürich

37 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions

Jan 2022

Transfer: CSKA Sofia → FC Zürich

21/22 · Transfer · €200k

Sep 2021

Transfer: Al-Ettifaq → CSKA Sofia

21/22 · Transfer

Jul 2021

21/22 — CSKA Sofia, FC Zürich

26 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Oct 2020

Transfer: AIK → Al-Ettifaq

20/21 · Transfer · €385k

Jul 2020

20/21 — Al-Ettifaq FC

24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2020

2020 — AIK

20 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2019

19/20 — AIK

13 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2019

2019 — AIK

26 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 1 competition

Mar 2019

Transfer: NAC Breda → AIK

18/19 · Transfer · €300k

Jul 2018

18/19 — NAC Breda

16 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Dec 2017

Injury: unknown

6 games missed

Jul 2017

Transfer: Viking → NAC Breda

17/18 · Transfer · €100k

Jul 2017

17/18 — NAC Breda, NAC Breda U21

27 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2017

2017 — Viking FK

17 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2016

2016 — Viking FK

32 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2015

2015 — Viking FK

34 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 2015

Transfer: FC Flora → Viking

14/15 · Transfer · €170k

Jul 2014

14/15 — FC Flora Tallinn

3 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2014

2014 — FC Flora Tallinn

35 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2013

13/14 — FC Flora Tallinn

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2013

2013 — FC Flora Tallinn

32 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2012

12/13 — FC Flora Tallinn

5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2012

2012 — FC Flora Tallinn II, FC Flora Tallinn

34 matches · 6 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2011

11/12 — FC Flora Tallinn

5 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2011

2011 — FC Flora Tallinn II, FC Flora Tallinn, FC Flora Tallinn U19

36 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2011

Transfer: JK Viljandi II → FC Flora

10/11 · Transfer

Jul 2010

10/11 — FC Flora Tallinn

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2010

2010 — FC Warrior Valga

3 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2009

09/10 — JK Viljandi Tulevik II

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2009

2009 — FC Viljandi II

29 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 2009

Transfer: Viljandi U17 → JK Viljandi II

08/09 · Transfer

Jan 2007

Transfer: Viljandi Jug. → Viljandi U17

06/07 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €1.30m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

FC St. Pauli 0.0%

FC Zürich 5.4%

CSKA Sofia 0.0%

AIK 30.0%

Viking FK 0.0%

FC Flora Tallinn 31.4%

FC Flora Tallinn II 12.0%

FC Flora Tallinn U19 2.1%

FC Warrior Valga 1.7%

FC Viljandi II 5.9%

Al-Ettifaq FC 0.0%

NAC Breda 10.9%

NAC Breda U21 0.7%

JK Viljandi Tulevik II 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
FC St. Pauli	3	22/23	24/25	65	0	0	0
FC Zürich	2	21/22	22/23	32	1	1	706
CSKA Sofia	1	21/22	21/22	14	0	0	0
AIK	3	19/20	2020	59	2	3	3,943
Viking FK	3	2015	2017	83	0	4	0
FC Flora Tallinn	9	10/11	2014	133	10	6	4,126
FC Flora Tallinn II	2	2011	2012	19	3	0	1,575
FC Flora Tallinn U19	1	2011	2011	3	1	0	270
FC Warrior Valga	1	2010	2010	3	1	0	225
FC Viljandi II	1	2009	2009	29	3	0	776
Al-Ettifaq FC	1	20/21	20/21	24	0	0	0
NAC Breda	2	17/18	18/19	42	2	0	1,438
NAC Breda U21	1	17/18	17/18	1	1	0	90
JK Viljandi Tulevik II	1	09/10	09/10	1	0	0	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
24/25	Bundesliga	FC St. Pauli	10	0	0	1	0	0
24/25	DFB-Pokal	FC St. Pauli	2	0	0	1	0	0
23/24	2. Bundesliga	FC St. Pauli	32	0	0	1	1	0
23/24	DFB-Pokal	FC St. Pauli	4	0	0	1	0	0
22/23	2. Bundesliga	FC St. Pauli	17	0	0	4	0	0
22/23	Champions League Qu.	FC Zürich	0	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	Europa League	FC Zürich	3	0	0	1	0	0
22/23	Europa League Qualifying	FC Zürich	3	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	Super League	FC Zürich	13	0	0	1	0	0
22/23	Swiss Cup	FC Zürich	1	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	Bulgarian Cup	CSKA Sofia	2	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	efbet Liga	CSKA Sofia	12	0	0	3	0	0
21/22	Super League	FC Zürich	12	1	1	2	0	706
2020	Allsvenskan	AIK	20	1	0	5	0	1,692
2019	Allsvenskan	AIK	26	1	3	6	0	2,251
2017	Eliteserien	Viking FK	15	0	0	3	0	0
2017	NM-Cup	Viking FK	2	0	0	0	0	0
2016	NM-Cup	Viking FK	3	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Tippeligaen	Viking FK	29	0	2	3	1	0
2015	NM-Cup	Viking FK	6	0	1	1	0	0
2015	Tippeligaen	Viking FK	28	0	1	6	0	0
2014	Premium Liiga	FC Flora Tallinn	35	0	3	5	0	0
2013	Premium Liiga	FC Flora Tallinn	32	2	2	8	0	1,440
2012	Esiliiga	FC Flora Tallinn II	2	2	0	1	0	90
2012	Meistriliiga	FC Flora Tallinn	32	4	0	3	1	705
2011	Esiliiga	FC Flora Tallinn II	17	1	0	5	0	1,485
2011	Meistriliiga	FC Flora Tallinn	16	1	0	1	0	1,366
2011	U19 Eliitliiga Esiliiga	FC Flora Tallinn U19	3	1	0	0	0	270
2010	Esiliiga	FC Warrior Valga	3	1	0	2	0	225
2009	Esiliiga	FC Viljandi II	28	3	0	5	0	776
2009	Relegation Estland	FC Viljandi II	1	0	0	1	0	0
20/21	King's Cup	Al-Ettifaq FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	Saudi Pro League	Al-Ettifaq FC	23	0	0	2	0	0
19/20	Champions League Qu.	AIK	4	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	Europa League Qualifying	AIK	4	0	0	1	0	0
19/20	Svenska Cupen	AIK	5	0	0	1	0	0
18/19	Eredivisie	NAC Breda	15	1	0	2	0	1,348
18/19	KNVB Beker	NAC Breda	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Eredivisie	NAC Breda	25	0	0	5	0	0
17/18	KNVB Beker	NAC Breda	1	1	0	1	0	90
17/18	U21 Cup Netherlands	NAC Breda U21	1	1	0	0	0	90
14/15	Eesti Karikas	FC Flora Tallinn	3	2	1	0	0	135
13/14	Eesti Karikas	FC Flora Tallinn	2	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	Europa League Qualifying	FC Flora Tallinn	2	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	Champions League Qu.	FC Flora Tallinn	2	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	Eesti Karikas	FC Flora Tallinn	3	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	Eesti Karikas	FC Flora Tallinn	5	1	0	0	0	480
11/12	Eesti Superkarikas	FC Flora Tallinn	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	Eesti Karikas	FC Flora Tallinn	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	Eesti Superkarikas	FC Flora Tallinn	1	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	Eesti Karikas	JK Viljandi Tulevik II	1	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
06/07	2007-01-01	Viljandi Jug.	Viljandi U17	Transfer	0	—
08/09	2009-01-01	Viljandi U17	JK Viljandi II	Transfer	0	—
10/11	2011-01-01	JK Viljandi II	FC Flora	Transfer	0	—
14/15	2015-01-01	FC Flora	Viking	Transfer	350000	€170k
17/18	2017-07-31	Viking	NAC Breda	Transfer	400000	€100k
18/19	2019-03-14	NAC Breda	AIK	Transfer	500000	€300k
20/21	2020-10-11	AIK	Al-Ettifaq	Transfer	900000	€385k
21/22	2021-09-06	Al-Ettifaq	CSKA Sofia	Transfer	600000	—
21/22	2022-01-07	CSKA Sofia	FC Zürich	Transfer	500000	€200k
22/23	2023-01-05	FC Zürich	FC St. Pauli	Loan	500000	—
22/23	2023-06-30	FC St. Pauli	FC Zürich	Return from loan	800000	—
23/24	2023-07-01	FC Zürich	FC St. Pauli	Transfer	800000	€450k

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
17/18	Knee injury	2017-12-01	2018-01-07	38	6
24/25	Patellar tendon problems	2024-11-22	2025-08-05	257	24
25/26	Fitness	2025-08-06		38	3

Current€1.30m

Peak€1.30m

Low€25k

Δ since start+€1.20m

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€1.30m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.30m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.30m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.30m
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€900k
Jan 1, 1970	€900k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€950k
Jan 1, 1970	€900k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	€275k
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€25k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k
Jan 1, 1970	€100k

No national team data.

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Nikita Baranov	2	0
Andre Frolov	2	1
Albert Prosa	2	0
Rauno Alliku	2	1
Henri Anier	1	0
Brent Lepistu	2	0
Kristoffer Haugen	2	0
Zakaria Beglarishvili	2	0
André Danielsen	1	0
Rauno Sappinen	2	1
Samuel Adegbenro	2	0
Irakli Logua	2	2
Sergei Zenjov	1	1
Taijo Teniste	1	0
Karl Mööl	2	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
2012	Meistriliiga	FC Flora Tallinn	4	32
2009	Esiliiga	FC Viljandi II	3	28
14/15	Eesti Karikas	FC Flora Tallinn	2	3

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
2014	Premium Liiga	FC Flora Tallinn	3	35
2019	Allsvenskan	AIK	3	26
2013	Premium Liiga	FC Flora Tallinn	2	32

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
22/23	2023-06-30	FC St. Pauli	FC Zürich	Return from loan	—	€800k
22/23	2023-01-05	FC Zürich	FC St. Pauli	Loan	—	€500k

Last 36 matches for FC St. Pauli while Karol Mets was at the club (joined 2023-07-01). The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

Date	Comp	Home	Score	Away	Availability
2024-05-19	`L2`	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Available
2024-05-12	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	3–1	VfL Osnabrück	Available
2024-05-03	`L2`	Hamburger SV	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Available
2024-04-26	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	1–0	Hansa Rostock	Available
2024-04-21	`L2`	Hannover 96	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Available
2024-04-14	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	3–4	SV 07 Elversberg	Available
2024-04-06	`L2`	Karlsruher SC	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Available
2024-03-31	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	2–1	SC Paderborn 07	Available
2024-03-16	`L2`	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	FC St. Pauli	Available
2024-03-10	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	2–0	Hertha BSC	Available
2024-03-01	`L2`	FC Schalke 04	3–1	FC St. Pauli	Available
2024-02-23	`L2`	Holstein Kiel	3–4	FC St. Pauli	Available
2024-02-18	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Available
2024-02-10	`L2`	1. FC Magdeburg	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Available
2024-02-03	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	3–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Available
2024-01-30	`L1`	FC St. Pauli	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Available
2024-01-27	`L2`	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Available
2024-01-20	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Available
2023-12-17	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	1–1	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Available
2023-12-09	`L2`	VfL Osnabrück	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Available
2023-12-05	`L1`	FC 08 Homburg	1–4	FC St. Pauli	Available
2023-12-01	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	2–2	Hamburger SV	Available
2023-11-25	`L2`	Hansa Rostock	2–3	FC St. Pauli	Available
2023-11-10	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	0–0	Hannover 96	Available
2023-11-03	`L2`	SV 07 Elversberg	0–2	FC St. Pauli	Available
2023-10-28	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	2–1	Karlsruher SC	Available
2023-10-21	`L2`	SC Paderborn 07	2–2	FC St. Pauli	Available
2023-10-07	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	5–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Available
2023-09-30	`L2`	Hertha BSC	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Available
2023-09-23	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	3–1	FC Schalke 04	Available
2023-09-17	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	5–1	Holstein Kiel	Available
2023-09-01	`L2`	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Available
2023-08-27	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	0–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Available
2023-08-19	`L2`	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–0	FC St. Pauli	Available
2023-08-05	`L2`	FC St. Pauli	0–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Available
2023-07-29	`L2`	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Available

Teams faced most often by Karol Mets's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
FC Thun	8	3	3	2	14	11	+3	38%
FC Luzern	8	3	2	3	11	11	0	38%
FC Sion	8	5	0	3	13	8	+5	63%
FC St. Gallen	8	2	3	3	12	11	+1	25%
BSC Young Boys	8	1	1	6	6	17	-11	13%
Grasshopper Club Zürich	8	7	1	0	18	6	+12	88%
FC Basel 1893	8	0	1	7	5	21	-16	0%
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS	4	2	2	0	7	5	+2	50%
FC Emmen	4	0	1	3	2	7	-5	0%
FC Vaduz	4	2	2	0	11	5	+6	50%
FC Lugano	4	0	1	3	0	5	-5	0%
De Graafschap	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	50%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
09/10	Senior debut season
11/12	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	RC	Cards / 90′
24/25	12	0	2	0	0
23/24	36	0	2	1	0
22/23	37	0	6	0	0
21/22	26	706	5	0	0.64
2020	20	1,692	5	0	0.27
2019	26	2,251	6	0	0.24
2017	17	0	3	0	0
2016	32	0	3	1	0
2015	34	0	7	0	0
2014	35	0	5	0	0
2013	32	1,440	8	0	0.5
2012	34	795	4	1	0.57
2011	36	3,121	6	0	0.17
2010	3	225	2	0	0.8
2009	29	776	6	0	0.7
20/21	24	0	2	0	0
19/20	13	0	2	0	0
18/19	16	1,348	2	0	0.13
17/18	27	180	6	0	3