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Brent Lepistu
Estonian footballer
Brent Lepistu (born 26 March 1993) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays for Premium Liiga club FCI Levadia as a midfielder.
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Lepistu with Estonia U19 at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1993-03-26) 26 March 1993 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Tallinn, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FCI Levadia | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2011 | Flora | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | Flora III | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2016 | Flora U21 | 89 | (6) |
| 2013–2017 | Flora | 113 | (12) |
| 2009–2010 | → Elva (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2009 | → Warrior (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Kristiansund | 15 | (0) |
| 2019 | FC Lahti | 9 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | FCI Levadia | 90 | (8) |
| 2023 | Mioveni | 8 | (0) |
| 2023– | FCI Levadia | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Estonia U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2008 | Estonia U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Estonia U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Estonia U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Estonia U19 | 12 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Estonia U21 | 21 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Estonia U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 2014–2019 | Estonia | 13 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2019 | |||
Flora
Lepistu came through the Flora youth system. He moved to Esiliiga club Warrior on loan for the 2009 season. On 17 April 2013, Lepistu made his debut for Flora's first team in a 6–0 away win over Pärnu Linnameeskond in the Estonian Cup quarter-finals. He made his debut in the Meistriliiga on 21 May 2013, in a 6–0 victory over Kuressaare at A. Le Coq Arena. Lepistu won his first Meistriliiga title in the 2015 season.[1] In February 2017, Lepistu was named club captain by manager Arno Pijpers.[2] He won his second Meistriliiga title in the 2017 season.[3]
Kristiansund
On 20 December 2017, Lepistu signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Norwegian Eliteserien club Kristiansund.[4]
FC Lahti
On 31 July 2019, Lepistu signed a half-year contract with Finnish Veikkausliiga club FC Lahti.[5]
Lepistu began his youth career in 2009 with the Estonia under-17 team. He represented the under-19 team at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Estonia. Lepistu played in every group stage match, but failed to help the team progress to the semi-finals as Estonia lost all three games against Portugal, Greece and Spain. He also represented the under-21, and under-23 national sides.
Lepistu made his senior international debut for Estonia on 27 December 2014, in a 0–3 away loss to Qatar in a friendly.[6]
In 2022, Lepistu began dating tennis player Anett Kontaveit.[7]
International
- As of match played 26 March 2019
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | |||
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
Club
- Flora U21
- Flora
- Meistriliiga: 2015, 2017
- Estonian Cup: 2012–13, 2015–16
- Estonian Supercup: 2014, 2016
- Levadia
- Estonia
- Baltic Cup runner-up: 2018
Individual
- Meistriliiga Player of the Month: October 2017,[8] October 2020,[9]
- Meistriliiga Goal of the Month: May 2017[10]
- "Tallinna FC Flora - Eesti meister 2015" [FC Flora Tallinn - Estonian champions 2015] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 24 October 2015.
- "Tallinna Flora uus kapten: mul on selleks rolliks kõik omadused olemas" [Flora Tallinn's new captain: I have what it takes] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 21 February 2017.
- "FC Flora kindlustas meistritiitli" [FC Flora secured league title] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 28 October 2017.
- "Flora kapten siirdus Norra kõrgliigasse" [Flora's captain moved to Norwegian top flight] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 20 December 2017.
- "Ametlik: Lepistu siirdus Soome kõrgliigasse" (in Estonian). soccernet.ee. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- "Eesti kaotas Katarile 0:3" [Estonia lost to Qatar 0–3] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 27 December 2014.
- Jain, Parag (7 October 2022). "Anett Kontaveit makes relationship with footballer Brent Lepistu public following defeat in Tallinn Open finals". www.sportskeeda.com.
- "Premium liiga kuu parimad tulevad FC Florast" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 November 2017.
- "Premium liiga kuu parimate auhinnad teenisid Lepistu ja Koppel" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 4 November 2020.
- "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Pijpers ja Kotenko" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 8 June 2017.
- Brent Lepistu at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
- Brent Lepistu – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Brent Lepistu at Soccerway
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