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Andres Oper

Andres Oper
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Oper with Roda JC in 2007
Personal information
Full name Andres Oper
Date of birth (1977-11-07) 7 November 1977 (age 39)
Place of birth Tallinn, Estonia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
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.


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