Artur Pikk

Artur Pikk (born 5 March 1993) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for the Estonia national team.

Artur Pikk

Pikk playing for Estonia in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Artur Pikk
Date of birth	(1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Tartu, Estonia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
2005–2008	Velldoris
2008	Warrior
2009	Flora Rakvere
2009–2010	Levadia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2015	Levadia	109	(7)
2013	Levadia II	1	(1)
2009–2010	→ HaServ (loan)	35	(3)
2011–2012	→ Tammeka (loan)	39	(1)
2016–2017	BATE Borisov	20	(0)
2017–2018	Ružomberok	17	(0)
2018–2020	Miedź Legnica	50	(3)
2020	KuPS	8	(0)
2021	Diósgyőr	7	(0)
2021	RFS	6	(0)
2022	FCI Levadia	33	(1)
2023–2025	Odra Opole	40	(1)
International career‡
2009	Estonia U17	11	(0)
2010	Estonia U18	3	(0)
2010–2012	Estonia U19	13	(0)
2013–2014	Estonia U21	14	(0)
2014–	Estonia	62	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2024

Club career

Levadia

Levadia acquired Pikk's player rights in 2009.^[2] In 2011, he joined Tammeka on a one-and-a-half year loan. Pikk made his debut in the Meistriliiga on 2 April 2011, in a 1–1 home draw against Narva Trans. He made 39 appearances and scored one goal for Tammeka before returning to Levadia. Pikk made his debut for Levadia on 23 July 2012, in a 6–0 away win over Tallinna Kalev. He helped the team win the league title in the 2013 season. On 15 December 2013, Pikk signed a contract extension with Levadia until 2015.^[2] He helped the club to their second successive Meistriliiga title in the 2014 season.^[3]

BATE Borisov

On 23 February 2016, Pikk signed a three-year contract with Belarusian champions BATE Borisov.^[4] He won the 2016 Belarusian Super Cup on his debut for the club. Pikk helped BATE Borisov win their 11th successive Belarusian Premier League title in the 2016 season. On 30 August 2017, his contract was terminated.^[5]

Ružomberok

On 17 October 2017, Pikk signed with Fortuna Liga club Ružomberok until May 2018.^[6]

Miedź Legnica

On 11 July 2018, Pikk signed for Ekstraklasa club Miedź Legnica on a two-year deal.^[7]

KuPS

In late August 2020, Pikk joined Finnish Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) on a deal for the rest of the 2020 season.^[8]

International career

Pikk tackles Portugal's João Cancelo at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Pikk has represented Estonia at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels. He was named in the Estonia under-19 squad for the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Estonia. Pikk 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.

Pikk made his senior international debut for Estonia on 7 June 2014, in a 2–1 home win over Tajikistan in a friendly.^[9] He made his first start for Estonia on 12 October 2014, in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against England while performing his compulsory military service in the Estonian Defence Forces.^[10] The match ended in a 0–1 loss.^[11] Pikk scored his first international goal on 11 November 2015, in a 3–0 home win over Georgia in a friendly.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 November 2024^[13][14][15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Levadia	2012	Meistriliiga	16	3	2	0	1[b]	0	—		19	3
	2013	Meistriliiga	31	1	2	0	4[b]	0	1[c]	0	38	1
	2014	Meistriliiga	33	2	3	0	4[d]	0	1[c]	0	41	2
	2015	Meistriliiga	29	1	3	0	2[d]	0	1[c]	0	35	1
	Total		109	7	10	0	11	0	3	0	133	7
Levadia II	2013	Esiliiga	1	1	—		—		—		1	1
HaServ (loan)	2009	III liiga	16	1	1	0	—		4[e]	0	21	1
	2010	II liiga	19	2	3	0	—		4[e]	3	26	5
	Total		35	3	4	0	—		8	3	47	6
Tammeka (loan)	2011	Meistriliiga	27	1	2	0	—		—		29	1
	2012	Meistriliiga	12	0	0	0	—		—		12	0
	Total		39	1	2	0	—		—		41	1
Tammeka II (loan)	2011	II liiga	0	0	0	0	—		1[f]	1	1	1
BATE Borisov	2016	Belarusian Premier League	17	0	4	0	5[g]	0	1[h]	0	27	0
	2017	Belarusian Premier League	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		20	0	5	0	5	0	1	0	31	0
Ružomberok	2017–18	Slovak Super Liga	17	0	4	1	0	0	—		21	1
Miedź Legnica	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	21	1	3	0	—		—		24	1
	2019–20	I liga	28	2	2	0	—		1[i]	0	31	2
	Total		49	3	5	0	—		1	0	55	3
KuPS	2020	Veikkausliiga	8	0	—		3[b]	0	—		11	0
Diósgyőri	2020–21	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	7	0	1	0	—		—		8	0
RFS	2021	Virsliga	6	0	1	0	3[j]	0	—		10	0
Levadia	2022	Meistriliiga	33	1	1	0	3[k]	0	1[c]	0	38	1
Odra Opole	2022–23	I liga	11	1	—		—		—		11	1
	2023–24	I liga	17	0	1	0	—		1[i]	0	19	0
	2024–25	I liga	11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	Total		39	1	1	0	—		1	0	41	1
Career total			363	17	34	1	25	0	15	4	438	22

1. Includes the Estonian Cup, Belarusian Cup, Slovak Cup, Polish Cup, Magyar Kupa and Latvian Football Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in Estonian Supercup
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearances in Estonian Small Cup
6. Appearance in II liiga play-offs
7. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
8. Appearance in Belarusian Super Cup
9. Appearance in I liga promotion play-offs
10. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
11. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, Two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 8 September 2024^[16]

Pikk playing for Estonia against Germany in 2019

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Estonia
	2014	3	0
	2015	7	1
	2016	7	0
	2017	6	0
	2018	7	0
	2019	6	0
	2020	5	0
	2021	6	0
	2022	1	0
	2023	8	0
	2024	6	0
Total		62	1

As of match played 20 July 2019. Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pikk goal.^[16]

List of international goals scored by Artur Pikk

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 November 2015	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	9	Georgia	2–0	3–0	Friendly

Honours

HaServ

• Estonian Small Cup: 2009

Levadia

• Meistriliiga: 2013, 2014
• Estonian Cup: 2013–14
• Estonian Supercup: 2013, 2022

BATE Borisov

• Belarusian Premier League: 2016, 2017
• Belarusian Super Cup: 2016

RFS

• Latvian Higher League: 2021
• Latvian Football Cup: 2021

Estonia

• Baltic Cup: 2020,^[17] 2024^[18]