Oper with Roda JC in 2007
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andres Oper | ||
Date of birth | 7 November 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Tallinn, Estonia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Estonia (assistant manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1987–1993 | LMSK/Pantrid | ||
1994 | Lelle | ||
1994 | Flora | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1999 | Flora | 73 | (44) |
1996 | → Tervis (loan) | 9 | (3) |
1999–2003 | AaB | 117 | (28) |
2003–2005 | Torpedo Moscow | 53 | (8) |
2005–2009 | Roda JC | 103 | (32) |
2009 | Shanghai Shenhua | 6 | (0) |
2010 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | (1) |
2010–2011 | AEK Larnaca | 21 | (3) |
2012–2013 | Nea Salamina | 42 | (8) |
Total | 436 | (127) | |
National team | |||
1995 | Estonia U19 | 3 | (1) |
1995–1996 | Estonia U21 | 4 | (0) |
1995–2014 | Estonia | 134 | (38) |
Teams managed | |||
2015– | Accrington Stanley U16 | ||
2016– | Estonia (assistant) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Andres Oper (born 7 November 1977) is an Estonian football coach and former professional player. He is currently an assistant manager of the Estonia national football team.
Oper played as a striker for Lelle, Flora, Tervis, AaB, Torpedo Moscow, Roda JC, Shanghai Shenhua, ADO Den Haag, AEK Larnaca, Nea Salamina and the Estonia national football team. With 38 goals in 134 international appearances, Oper is Estonia's all-time record goalscorer. Oper was named Estonian Footballer of the Year three times, in 1999, 2002 and 2005, and won the Estonian Silverball award twice, in 2001 and 2005.
Oper was born in Tallinn. He graduated from the Tallinn Secondary School No. 37. He started playing football with Tallinna Jalgpallikool (English: Tallinn Football Academy) under Aivar Tiidus, before moving to Taivo Uibo's Uibo Poisid and then LMSK/Pantrid, coached by Aavo Sarap.
In 1995, Oper signed for Flora. He won his first Meistriliiga title in the 1994–95 season. Oper soon became a first team regular and one of the team's leading goalscorers. He won two more league titles in the 1997–98 and the 1998 seasons, as well as the 1997–98 Estonian Cup and the Estonian Supercup in 1998.