Erik Paartalu

Infobox Football biography
playername= Erik Paartalu
fullname = Erik Endel Paartalu


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|5|3
cityofbirth = Sydney
countryofbirth = Australia
height = height|m=1.92
currentclub = Greenock Morton
clubnumber =
contractend = 2010
position = Central Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Northern Spirit FC
NSWIS
years = 2003-2004
2004
2004-2006
2006-2008
2008
2008-present
clubs = Northern Spirit FC
Northern Tigers
Parramatta Eagles
Gretna
→ Stirling Albion "(loan)"
Greenock Morton
caps(goals) = 01 (0)
17 (4)
26 (5)
05 (1)
14 (1)
nationalyears = 2003
nationalteam = flagicon|Australia Australia U-17
nationalcaps(goals) =
ntupdate = 16 January 2008
pcupdate = October 4 2008

Erik Endel Paartalu (born May 3, 1986) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Estonian descent, currently with Scottish First Division team Morton.

Club career

NSL

Paartalu began his career with Northern Spirit in the National Soccer League after stints with the Spirit youth team and the New South Wales Institute of Sport. His NSL career at the Spirit was however limited to a single appearance as a substitute on January 11, 2004 against the Melbourne Knights. [cite web| title=2003/2004 NSL Season details| url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/aus04.html| work=RSSF.com| accessdate=April 5| accessyear=2007]

After the dissolution of the Northern Spirit Paartalu moved to the Northern Tigers in the New South Wales Winter Super League where he played 17 matches scoring four goals in the 2004 season. [cite web| title=Australian Player Database – BI| url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/P/PA.html| work=OzFootball| accessdate=April 4| accessyear=2007]

During 2004 Paartalu moved to the Parramatta Eagles who were then playing in the New South Wales Premier League. He continued with the Eagles until the latter half of the 2006 season when he decided to take his chances on a career in England.

cotland

After a trial with Doncaster in League One it was expected he would sign a contract until the departure of manager Dave Penney put an end to the deal. [cite news| title=Roo Erik bouncing as he lines up new deal| url=http://www3.newsandstar.co.uk/unknown/viewarticle.aspx?id=444887| publisher=News and Star| date=2006-12-12| accessdate=2007-04-05] Arriving at Gretna in September Paartalu was signed on a short term contract after a trial. A number of impressive performances led to a two and a half year contract being signed in January 2007. He was made redundant along with several other players in March 2008.

Paartalu joined Stirling Albion on January 1, 2008 on a loan deal from Gretna until the end of the 2007/2008 season. [cite web| title=Stirling in bold move for McCann| url=http://sport.scotsman.com/spl?articleid=3631514| work=Scotsman| accessdate=January 1| accessyear=2008] [cite web| title=Loan move for Paartalu| url=http://www.gretnafootballclub.co.uk/news/2008/01/03/loan-move-for-paartalu/| work=Gretna F.C.| accessdate=January 3| accessyear=2008] Paartalu made his debut for the Binos against Hamilton Academical F.C. on January 5, 2008 at New Douglas Park. [cite web| title=Stirling Albion.com Match Report| url=http://www.stirlingalbion.com/Hamilton050108.html| work=Robin Bairner, stirlingalbion.com reporter| accessdate=January 6| accessyear=2008]

Paartalu joined Greenock Morton on March 29, 2008 [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morton/7324998.stm|title=Paartalu completes Morton switch |date=3 April|accessdate=2008|publisher=BBC Sport] after being released by SPL side Gretna due to them entering administration. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/7312756.stm|title= Gretna make 22 players redundant|date=3 April|accessdate=2008|publisher=BBC Sport] After helping Morton stay in the First Division, Paartalu signed a two-year deal at the end of April 2008 to keep him at Cappielow until 2010. [citeweb|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morton/7376564.stm|title=Paartalu signs new deal at Morton|publisher=BBC Sport|date=2008-04-30|accessdate=2008-09-04]

References

External links

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