Marek Lemsalu

Marek Lemsalu

Personal information
Full name	Marek Lemsalu
Date of birth	24 November 1972 (1972-11-24) (age 38)
Place of birth	Pärnu, Estonia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Central defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1988–1989	Pärnu KEK	29	(2)
1989–1990	Sport Tallinn	26	(0)
1989	Eesti Tööstus	1	(0)
1990–1991	MEK Pärnu	39	(4)
1992–1999	FC Flora Tallinn	119	(17)
1996–1997	Mainz 05	16	(0)
1998	FC Kuressaare	1	(0)
1999	Strømsgodset IF	8	(0)
2000	JK Viljandi Tulevik	20	(6)
2001	IK Start	29	(2)
2002–2005	Bryne FK	110	(10)
2006–2008	FC Levadia Tallinn	90	(15)
Total		488	(56)
National team‡
1992–2007	Estonia	86	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2007

Marek Lemsalu (born 24 November 1972 in Pärnu) is a former Estonian professional footballer, who played in Estonian Meistriliiga, for FC Levadia Tallinn. He played the position of defender and is 1.91 m tall and weighs 93 kg.

Club career

His club career has been spent in Tulevik Viljandi, FC Flora Tallinn, FSV Mainz 05, Strømsgodset, Start before he joined Bryne in 2002. He was a stalwart in the Bryne defense, rarely missing a game.

In 2006 he joined the Estonian Meistriliiga team FC Levadia Tallinn.

With Levadia, he became the winner of the league in 2006, 2007, 2008. On 15 November 2008 he played his last game as a professional football player.

International career

During his national team career he was capped 83 times and scored 3 goals. He debuted internationally in 1992.

Honours

Individual

• Estonian Footballer of the Year: 1996
• Meistriliiga Footballer of the Season: 2006

Personal

His daughter Liis Lemsalu is the winner of the fourth season of Eesti otsib superstaari (Estonian version of Idol series).

External links

• Club bio

Awards
Preceded by Incumbent	Meistriliiga Footballer of the Season 2006	Succeeded by Juha Hakola

Persondata
Name	Lemsalu, Marek
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	24 November 1972
Place of birth	Pärnu, Estonia
Date of death
Place of death