Valter Neeris
{{short description|Estonian footballer}}
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|name = Valter Neeris
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1915|3|21|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Tallinn, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire{{Cite web |title=Neeris, Valter |url=http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Valter_Neeris |access-date=11 May 2021 |website=Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL) |language=et}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1942|12|30|1915|3|21|df=yes}}
|death_place = Velikiye Luki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
|nationalteam1 = Estonia
|nationalyears1 = 1934–1940
|nationalcaps1 = 34
|nationalgoals1 = 0
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Valter Neeris (21 March 1915 – 30 December 1942) was an Estonian footballer. He played in 34 matches for the Estonia national football team from 1934 to 1940.{{Cite web |title=Valter Neeris |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/47107/Valter_Neeris.html |access-date=11 May 2021 |website=National Football Teams}} He was also named in Estonia's squad for the Group 1 qualification tournament for the 1938 FIFA World Cup.{{Cite web |title=World Cup 1938 - Qualifying |url=http://rsssf.com/tables/38qual.html |access-date=11 May 2021 |website=RSSSF}}
Neeris was conscripted into the Red Army during World War II and killed in action during the Battle of Velikiye Luki in 1942.
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Category:Estonian men's footballers
Category:Estonia men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Footballers from Tallinn
Category:Soviet military personnel killed in World War II
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