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Mattias Käit
Käit with Rapid București in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-29) 29 June 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Tallinn, Estonia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Thun
Number 14
Youth career
2006–2014 Levadia
2014–2017 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Fulham 0 (0)
2018 → Ross County (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2021 Domžale 42 (1)
2021 Bodø/Glimt 0 (0)
2022–2025 Rapid București 99 (6)
2025– Thun 29 (2)
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 64 (11)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 October 2025

Mattias Käit (born 29 June 1998) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Super League club Thun and the Estonia national team.

Club career

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Fulham

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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)

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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

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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

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

Rapid București

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

FC Thun

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On 15 July 2025, Käit parted ways with Rapid Bucureşti and signed a two-year deal with Swiss club FC Thun.[13] He helped Thun win their first ever first division title, the 2025–26 Swiss Super League.[14]

International career

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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.[15] 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.[16] On 3 September 2017, Käit scored the only goal of a home win over Cyprus in injury time.[17] The goal later earned him the Estonian Silverball award for the best goal scored for the national team in 2017.[18] He scored again in the successive qualifier on 7 October, a 6–0 away win over Gibraltar.[19] Käit was Estonia's highest goalscorer in the qualification with four goals.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 2 May 2026[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ross County (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Premiership 6 0 0 0 0 0 — 6 0
Domžale 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga 15 1 1 0 — 4[b] 0 20 1
2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga 22 0 4 0 — 0 0 26 0
2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga 5 0 0 0 — 6[c] 1 11 1
Total 42 1 5 0 0 0 10 1 57 2
Bodø/Glimt 2021 Eliteserien 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 1 0
Rapid București 2021–22 Liga I 18 2 — — — 18 2
2022–23 Liga I 31 2 2 0 — — 33 2
2023–24 Liga I 23 0 3 0 — — 26 0
2024–25 Liga I 27 2 3 0 — — 30 2
Total 99 6 8 0 — — 107 6
Thun 2025–26 Swiss Super League 26 2 1 0 — — 27 2
Career total 173 9 15 0 0 0 10 1 198 10

International

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As of match played 14 October 2025[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Estonia 2016 2 2
2017 10 2
2018 4 1
2019 10 0
2020 5 0
2021 8 3
2022 6 0
2023 9 0
2024 2 0
2025 8 3
Total 64 11
Scores and results list Estonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Käit goal.[21]
List of international goals scored by Mattias Käit
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 October 2016 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 2  Gibraltar 1–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 3–0
3 3 September 2017 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 8  Cyprus 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 7 October 2017 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal 9  Gibraltar 2–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 30 May 2018 Rakvere linnastaadion, Rakvere, Estonia 15  Lithuania 2–0 2–0 2018 Baltic Cup
6 10 June 2021 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 34  Latvia 1–0 2–1 2020 Baltic Cup
7 2–0
8 2 September 2021 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 35  Belgium 1–0 2–5 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 25 March 2025 Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova 58  Moldova 3–1 3–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 6 June 2025 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 59  Israel 1–0 1–3 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 14 October 2025 Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 64  Moldova 1–0 1–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Bodø/Glimt

Thun

Estonia

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Mattias Kait". Premier League. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 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. ^ "Willkommen, Mattias Käit". fcthun.ch (in German). 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Der Thuner Meistertitel ist "unglaublich und unbeschreiblich"". www.sarganserlaender.ch.
  15. ^ "Eesti tegi Abu Dhabis 1:1 viigi Rootsiga" [Estonia drew Sweden 1–1] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Eesti alistas MM-valikmängus Gibraltari 4:0" [Estonia defeated Gibraltar 4–0 in a WC qualifier] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 8 October 2016.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "Hõbepalli võitis esmakordselt Mattias Käit" [Mattias Käit won the Silverball for the first time] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 January 2018.
  19. ^ "Eesti alistas võõrsil Gibraltari 6:0!" [Estonia defeated Gibraltar away 6–0] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 7 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Mattias Käit". Soccerway.
  21. ^ a b "Mattias Käit" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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