Markus Jürgenson

Markus Jürgenson (born 9 September 1987) is an Estonian professional footballer who last played as a right back for Estonian club FCI Levadia.

Markus Jürgenson

Jürgenson with Estonia in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Markus Jürgenson
Date of birth	(1987-09-09) 9 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Tõravere, Estonia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
2002–2005	Tammeka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004	Tammeka II	14	(10)
2003–2006	Tammeka	66	(6)
2007	TVMK II	11	(1)
2006–2008	TVMK	53	(8)
2009–2011	Flora II	6	(1)
2008–2016	Flora	252	(37)
2017	VPS	23	(2)
2018–2022	FCI Levadia	105	(13)
International career‡
2006–2008	Estonia U21	6	(0)
2010	Estonia U23	1	(0)
2010–2018	Estonia	11	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 December 2019

Club career

Tammeka

Jürgenson came through the youth system at Tammeka. He made his debut in the Meistriliiga on 16 March 2005, in a 2–2 home draw against Merkuur.

TVMK

In December 2006, Jürgenson signed a three-year contract with TVMK.^[1]

Flora

On 16 November 2008, Jürgenson signed with Flora.^[2] He won his first Meistriliiga title in the 2010 season. Jürgenson won two more league titles in 2011 and 2015. On 8 November 2016, Flora announced Jürgenson's contract would not be extended for the next season. During his eight seasons with the club, Jürgenson had become a fans' favourite, having won three Meistriliiga titles, four Estonian Cups and five Estonian Supercups, amassing a total of 328 appearances and scoring 56 goals, including 252 appearances and 37 goals in the Meistriliiga.^[3]

VPS

On 10 February 2017, Jürgenson signed with Finnish club VPS on a one-year contract, with option of another.^[4]

FCI Levadia

On 19 January 2018, Jürgenson returned to Estonia and joined FCI Levadia on a one-year deal with an option to extend the contract for another year.^[5] In November 2022 Jürgenson announced his departure from Levadia after five seasons and five titles with the club: 1 League title, 2 cups and 2 supercups.^[6]

International career

Jürgenson began his international career for Estonia with the under-21 national team in 2006. In December 2010, he was called up by manager Tarmo Rüütli for Estonia friendlies against China PR and Qatar.^[7] Jürgenson made his senior international debut for Estonia on 18 December, playing full 90 minutes in a 0–3 away loss to China PR.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 December 2018.^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tammeka II	2004	V liiga	14	10	—		—		—		14	10
Tammeka	2003	Esiliiga	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	2005	Meistriliiga	32	1	—		—		—		32	1
	2006	Meistriliiga	30	5	2	2	—		—		32	7
	Total		66	6	2	2	—		—		68	8
TVMK II	2007	Esiliiga	11	1	—		—		—		11	1
TVMK	2007	Meistriliiga	20	3	3	0	1[b]	0	4[c]	0	28	3
	2008	Meistriliiga	33	5	1	0	2[d]	0	4[c]	0	40	5
	Total		53	8	4	0	3	0	8	0	68	8
Flora II	2009	Esiliiga	5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
	2011	Esiliiga	1	1	0	0	—		—		1	1
	Total		6	1	0	0	—		—		6	1
Flora	2009	Meistriliiga	26	2	5	1	2[d]	0	3[e]	0	36	3
	2010	Meistriliiga	33	2	6	1	2[d]	0	7[f]	0	48	3
	2011	Meistriliiga	34	4	6	5	2[g]	0	5[h]	0	47	9
	2012	Meistriliiga	33	4	5	1	1[g]	0	1[i]	1	40	6
	2013	Meistriliiga	32	3	7	2	2[d]	0	—		41	5
	2014	Meistriliiga	30	9	4	2	—		1[i]	0	35	11
	2015	Meistriliiga	32	8	4	2	2[d]	0	—		38	10
	2016	Meistriliiga	32	5	5	4	2[g]	0	0	0	39	9
	Total		252	37	42	18	13	0	17	1	324	56
VPS	2017	Veikkausliiga	23	2	3	0	1[d]	0	—		27	2
FCI Levadia	2018	Meistriliiga	34	1	4	0	2[d]	0	1[i]	0	41	1
Career total			459	66	55	20	19	0	26	1	559	87

1. Includes the Estonian Cup and Finnish Cup
2. Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup
3. Appearances in Baltic League
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
5. One appearance in Estonian Supercup, two appearances in Baltic League
6. One appearance in Estonian Supercup, six appearances in Baltic League
7. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
8. Two appearances in Baltic Champions Cup, one appearance in Estonian Supercup, two appearances in Baltic League
9. Appearance in Estonian Supercup

International

As of 7 December 2018.^[10]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Estonia
	2010	2	0
	2014	2	0
	2015	2	0
	2016	3	0
	2018	2	0
Total		11	0

Honours

Club

Flora

• Meistriliiga: 2010, 2011, 2015
• Estonian Cup: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2015–16
• Estonian Supercup: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016

FCI Levadia

• Estonian Cup: 2017–18
• Estonian Supercup: 2018