Liis Emajõe
{{short description|Estonian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Liis Emajõe
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Liis Emajõe
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|8|21}}
| birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia
| height = {{convert|1.63|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| currentclub =
| position = Striker
| collegeyears1 = 2012–2015
| college1 = Maine Black Bears
| years1 = 2008–2009 | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 28 | clubs1 = Lootos Põlva
| years2 = 2010–2013 | caps2 = | goals2 = | clubs2 = Flora Tallinn
| nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalteam1 = Estonia U19
| nationalyears2 = 2008–2014 | nationalcaps2 = 34 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | nationalteam2 = Estonia{{cite web |url=https://jalgpall.ee/koondis/koosseis/player/15471 |title=Liis Emajõe |website=jalgpall.ee |language=et |publisher=Estonian Football Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121150807/https://jalgpall.ee/koondis/koosseis/player/15471 |archive-date=2023-01-21}}
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Liis Emajõe (born 21 August 1991) is a retired Estonian football player and currently a women's soccer coach for the Maine Black Bears.{{Cite web|url=https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/usa-s-treenerina-tootav-liis-emajoe-uueks-aastaks-on-suured-lootused|title=USA-s treenerina töötav Liis Emajõe: uueks aastaks on suured lootused|first=Kristjan|last=Remmelkoor|date=January 3, 2018|website=Soccernet.ee}} She played as a striker for Flora Tallinn in the Naiste Meistriliiga,{{cite web|author=15. oktoober kell 14:00 Ajaxi staadionil |url=http://www.fcflora.ee/index.php?lang=est&main_id=452 |title=FC Flora |publisher=Fcflora.ee |date= |accessdate=2011-10-08}} as well as the Estonian national team.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=1905990/profile/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104034059/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=1905990/profile/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2012 |title=Liis Emajõe – |publisher=UEFA |date= |access-date=2011-10-08}} In 2010, she was named Estonian Female Young Footballer of the Year.
She scored Estonia's first goal in the 2013 Euro's qualification in a 2–1 loss against Belarus.{{cite web|url=http://wsoccernews.com/fullStory.php?action=viewStory&id=2790 |title=Wsoccernews.com |publisher=Wsoccernews.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-08}}
Her younger sister Riin Emajõe is also a football player.{{cite news|last=Järvela|first=Ott|title=Jalgpallur Liis Emajõe mängib ja õpib keset Ameerika unistust|url=http://www.ohtuleht.ee/498639|accessdate=8 December 2013|newspaper=Õhtuleht|date=6 November 2012|language=Estonian}}
References
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External links
- {{EFA|15471}}
- {{EFA2|179|old_id=15471}}
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Category:Estonian women's footballers
Category:21st-century Estonian sportswomen
Category:Estonia women's international footballers
Category:Maine Black Bears women's soccer players
Category:People from Põltsamaa
Category:Sportspeople from Jõgeva County
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Estonian expatriate women's footballers
Category:Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Category:Estonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:FC Flora (women) players
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