Sergei Pareiko

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sergei Pareiko

| image = Sergei Pareiko2.jpg

| image_size = 250

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|01|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia

| height = {{height|m=1.93}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 1989–1990 | youthclubs1 = Puuma

| youthyears2 = 1990–1992 | youthclubs2 = Vigri

| years1 = 1992–1993 | caps1 = 5 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Vigri

| years2 = 1993–1997 | caps2 = 61 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Tallinna Sadam

| years3 = 1998–1999 | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Casale

| years4 = 1999–2000 | caps4 = 39 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Levadia

| years5 = 2001–2004 | caps5 = 51 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Rotor Volgograd

| years6 = 2005–2010 | caps6 = 114 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Tom Tomsk

| years7 = 2011–2013 | caps7 = 64 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = Wisła Kraków

| years8 = 2013–2014 | caps8 = 19 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = Volga Nizhny Novgorod

| years9 = 2015 | caps9 = 31 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = Levadia

| totalcaps = 407 | totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1993–1994 | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalteam1 = Estonia U18

| nationalyears2 = 1994–1997 | nationalcaps2 = 7 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalteam2 = Estonia U21

| nationalyears3 = 1996–2015 | nationalcaps3 = 65 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalteam3 = Estonia{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=726|title=Kõik Eesti internatsionaalid|publisher=Eesti Jalgpalli Liit|accessdate=16 December 2014|language=Estonian|trans-title=All Estonian internationals}}

}}

Sergei Pareiko (born 31 January 1977) is a retired Estonian footballer. Pareiko played as a goalkeeper in Estonian, Russian and Polish top tiers. He made a total of 65 appearances for the Estonia national football team.{{cite web|title=Sergei Pareiko|url=http://jalgpall.ee/koondis/1/koosseis/player/119|publisher=Estonian Football Association|accessdate=29 August 2017}}

He worked as the sporting director of Estonian football club Levadia from 2016 until July 2021.{{cite web | url=https://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/73652319/sergei-pareikost-sai-fc-levadia-spordidirektor | title=Sergei Pareikost sai FC Levadia spordidirektor }}{{cite web | url=https://sport.err.ee/1608294120/levadia-ja-sergei-pareiko-lopetasid-koostoo | title=Levadia ja Sergei Pareiko lõpetasid koostöö | date=31 July 2021 }}

Club career

In Estonia, Pareiko played for Tallinna Sadam and Levadia Maardu, before moving to Russia in 2001, when he signed with Rotor Volgograd. After Rotor were relegated, Pareiko moved to Tom Tomsk.

At the end of 2009 season Pareiko was named the Tom Tomsk Player of Year, sharing this title with Đorđe Jokić. In late 2010, speculation began to mount that Celtic were interested in Pareiko's services.{{cite web|url=http://sport.postimees.ee/?id=341678|title=Glasgow Celtic tunneb Pareiko vastu elavat huvi|website=postimees.ee|date=14 November 2010 }} Pareiko was left on the bench for Tomsk's last match of the season.{{cite web|url=http://sport.postimees.ee/?id=348834|title=Tomsk lõpetas Venemaa liiga kaheksandana, Pareiko viimases mängus pingil|website=postimees.ee|date=28 November 2010 }} He left the club on 25 December.{{cite web|url=http://sport.postimees.ee/?id=362307|title=Sergei Pareiko lahkus Tomski Tomist|website=postimees.ee|date=25 December 2010 }}

On 8 February 2011 Pareiko joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a one-and-a-half-year deal.{{cite web|url=http://www.wisla.krakow.pl/pl/aktualnosci/pareiko_bramkarzem_wisly/|title=Pareiko bramkarzem Wisły|publisher=wisla.krakow.pl|accessdate=18 February 2011}} He became the first choice goalkeeper and won the Ekstraklasa championship in his debut season. Pareiko finished third in voting for the Estonian Footballer of the Year in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://sport.postimees.ee/640262/vaata-kuidas-jagunesid-haaled-parima-jalgpalluri-valimisel/|title=Vaata, kuidas jagunesid hääled parima jalgpalluri valimisel|date=20 November 2011 |publisher=postimees.ee|accessdate=21 November 2011}}

International career

Pareiko made his international debut for the Estonia national team on 31 August 1996, in a 1998 World Cup qualifier against Belarus when the first choice keeper, Mart Poom, got injured in the 8th minute of the match. The match ended with 0–1 loss.{{cite web|title=5 PÄEVA MÄNGUNI: Sergei Pareiko debüüt 19 (!) aastat tagasi!|url=http://jalgpall.ee/koondis/uudised/5-paeva-manguni-sergei-pareiko-debuut-19-aastat-tagasi-n8616|publisher=Estonian Football Association|accessdate=29 August 2017}}

His second cap came 6 years later and he became the team's first choice keeper in 2009. On 17 November 2015, Pareiko made his last appearance for Estonia against Saint Kitts and Nevis. The game ended 3-0 for Estonia. Pareiko's national team career lasted 19 years, 2 months and 17 days, making him the longest serving Estonia national team member ahead of Andres Oper.{{cite web|title=Sergei Pareiko püstitas Eesti koondise rekordi|url=http://sport.ohtuleht.ee/704297/sergei-pareiko-pustitas-eesti-koondise-rekordi|publisher=Õhtuleht|accessdate=29 August 2017}}

Personal life

Pareiko was born in Tallinn, to a Russian mother and Belarusian father.{{cite web|url=http://ekstraklasa.tv/ekstraklasa/1,93142,9227260,Sergei_Pareiko_opowiada_dlaczego_wybral_Wisle.html|title=Sergei Pareiko opowiada dlaczego wybrał Wisłę|publisher=ekstraklasa.tv|accessdate=29 March 2012}} In the interview for Gazeta Krakowska he said "I am a citizen of Estonia, I have a passport of that country, but I am of Russian ethnicity".{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetakrakowska.pl/stronaglowna/390446,pareiko-rosyjski-estonczyk,id,t.html|title=Pareiko, rosyjski Estończyk|publisher=gazetakrakowska.pl|accessdate=15 October 2011}}

He married Victoria, in 2003, and they have one son named, Daniil. Daniil is also a goalkeeper under contract with Italian club SPAL who made his senior debut in the Italian Serie D in 2023.{{cite web|publisher=San Marzano|url=https://www.sanmarzanocalcio.it/il-san-marzano-rinforza-la-pattuglia-under-con-gli-arrivi-di-pareiko-cevers-e-mancini/|title=IL SAN MARZANO RINFORZA LA PATTUGLIA UNDER CON GLI ARRIVI DI PAREIKO, CEVERS E MANCINI|trans-title=SAN MARZANO STRENGTHENS THE UNDER PATROL WITH THE ARRIVALS OF PAREIKO, CEVERS AND MANCINI|date=19 August 2023|language=it}}

Honours

=Tallinna Sadam=

Estonian Cup: 1995–96, 1996–97
Estonian SuperCup: 1997

=Casale Calcio=

Coppa Italia Dilettanti: 1998–99

=Levadia Maardu=

Meistriliiga: 1999, 2000
Estonian Cup: 1999–00
Estonian SuperCup: 1999, 2000

=Wisła Kraków=

Ekstraklasa: 2010–11

=Individual=

Tom Tomsk Player of the Year: 2009

Statistics

File:Sergei Pareiko3.jpg

=Club career=

This statistic includes domestic league only

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!Season

!Club

!Country

!Level

!Apps

!Goals

2015

|align=center|FC Levadia

|align=center|Estonia

|align=center|I

|align=center|31

|align=center|0

bgcolor=#dddddd

|2013–14

|align=center|FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod

|align=center|Russia

|align=center|I

|align=center|19

|align=center|0

2012–13

|align=center|Wisła Kraków

|align=center|Poland

|align=center|I

|align=center|22

|align=center|0

bgcolor=#dddddd

|2011–12

|align=center|Wisła Kraków

|align=center|Poland

|align=center|I

|align=center|28

|align=center|0

2010–11

|align=center|Wisła Kraków

|align=center|Poland

|align=center|I

|align=center|14

|align=center|0

bgcolor=#dddddd

|2010

|align=center|FC Tom Tomsk

|align=center|Russia

|align=center|I

|align=center|26

|align=center|0

2009

|align=center|FC Tom Tomsk

|align=center|Russia

|align=center|I

|align=center|26

|align=center|0

bgcolor=#dddddd

|2008

|align=center|FC Tom Tomsk

|align=center|Russia

|align=center|I

|align=center|9

|align=center|0

2007

|align=center|FC Tom Tomsk

|align=center|Russia

|align=center|I

|align=center|14

|align=center|0

bgcolor=#dddddd

|2006

|align=center|FC Tom Tomsk

|align=center|Russia

|align=center|I

|align=center|23

|align=center|0

2005

|align=center|FC Tom Tomsk

|align=center|Russia

|align=center|I

|align=center|16

|align=center|0

bgcolor=#dddddd

|2004

|align=center|FC Rotor Volgograd

|align=center|Russia

|align=center|I

|align=center|6

|align=center|0

2003

|align=center|FC Rotor Volgograd

|align=center|Russia

|align=center|I

|align=center|30

|align=center|0

bgcolor=#dddddd

|2002

|align=center|FC Rotor Volgograd

|align=center|Russia

|align=center|I

|align=center|3

|align=center|0

2001

|align=center|FC Rotor Volgograd

|align=center|Russia

|align=center|I

|align=center|12

|align=center|0

bgcolor=#dddddd

|2000

|align=center|Levadia Maardu

|align=center|Estonia

|align=center|I

|align=center|24

|align=center|0

1999

|align=center|Levadia Maardu

|align=center|Estonia

|align=center|I

|align=center|15

|align=center|0

bgcolor=#dddddd

|1998–99

|align=center|A.S. Casale Calcio

|align=center|Italy

|align=center|V

|align=center|23

|align=center|0

1997–98

|align=center|Tallinna Sadam JK

|align=center|Estonia

|align=center|I

|align=center|11

|align=center|0

bgcolor=#dddddd

|1996–97

|align=center|Tallinna Sadam JK

|align=center|Estonia

|align=center|I

|align=center|21

|align=center|0

1995–96

|align=center|Tallinna Sadam JK

|align=center|Estonia

|align=center|I

|align=center|17

|align=center|0

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|1994–95

|align=center|Tallinna Sadam JK

|align=center|Estonia

|align=center|I

|align=center|10

|align=center|0

1993–94

|align=center|Tallinna Sadam JK

|align=center|Estonia

|align=center|I

|align=center|2

|align=center|0

bgcolor=#dddddd

|1992–93

|align=center|KSK Vigri Tallinn

|align=center|Estonia

|align=center|I

|align=center|5

|align=center|0

Last update: 17 November 2015

=International statistics=

colspan="7"\|International appearances
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#	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Footnotes
1	31 August 1996	{{fb\|BLR}}	0–1	Lost	1998 World Cup Qualification	Sub.
2	2 July 2002	{{fb\|KAZ}}	1–1	Drawn	Friendly
3	13 February 2003	{{fb\|ECU}}	1–2	Lost	Friendly
4	3 July 2003	{{fb\|LTU}}	1–5	Lost	2003 Baltic Cup
5	17 October 2007	{{fb\|MNE}}	0–1	Lost	Friendly	Sub
6	12 November 2008	{{fb\|LAT}}	1–1	Drawn	Friendly
7	11 February 2009	{{fb\|KAZ}}	2–0	Lost	Friendly
8	28 March 2009	{{fb\|ARM}}	2–2	Drawn	2010 World Cup Qualification
9	1 April 2009	{{fb\|ARM}}	1–0	Won	2010 World Cup Qualification
10	10 June 2009	{{fb\|POR}}	0–0	Drawn	Friendly	Sub
11	12 August 2009	{{fb\|BRA}}	0–1	Lost	Friendly
12	5 September 2009	{{fb\|TUR}}	4–2	Lost	2010 World Cup Qualification
13	9 September 2009	{{fb\|ESP}}	3–0	Lost	2010 World Cup Qualification
14	10 October 2009	{{fb\|BIH}}	2–0	Lost	2010 World Cup Qualification
15	15 October 2009	{{fb\|BEL}}	2–0	Won	2010 World Cup Qualification
16	14 November 2009	{{fb\|ALB}}	0–0	Drawn	Friendly
17	21 May 2010	{{fb\|FIN}}	2–0	Won	Friendly
18	26 May 2010	{{fb\|CRO}}	0–0	Drawn	Friendly
19	11 August 2010	{{fb\|FRO}}	2–1	Won	Euro 2012 Qualification
20	3 September 2010	{{fb\|ITA}}	2–1	Lost	Euro 2012 Qualification
21	8 October 2010	{{fb\|SRB}}	3–1	Won	Euro 2012 Qualification
22	12 October 2010	{{fb\|SLO}}	1–0	Lost	Euro 2012 Qualification
23	25 March 2011	{{fb\|URU}}	2–0	Won	Friendly
24	29 March 2011	{{fb\|SRB}}	1–1	Drawn	Euro 2012 Qualification
25	3 June 2011	{{fb\|ITA}}	3–0	Lost	Euro 2012 Qualification
26	7 June 2011	{{fb\|FRO}}	2–0	Lost	Euro 2012 Qualification
27	10 August 2011	{{fb\|TUR}}	3–0	Lost	Friendly
28	2 September 2011	{{fb\|SVN}}	1–2	Won	Euro 2012 Qualification
29	6 September 2011	{{fb\|NIR}}	4–1	Won	Euro 2012 Qualification
30	8 October 2011	{{fb\|NIR}}	1–2	Won	Euro 2012 Qualification