Sergei Pareiko
Estonian association football player (born 1977)
Sergei Pareiko (born 31 January 1977) is an Estonian former professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper in Estonian, Russian and Polish top tiers. He made a total of 65 appearances for the Estonia national team.
He worked as the sporting director of Estonian football club Levadia from 2016 until 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. Pareiko was left on the bench for Tomsk's last match of the season. He left the club on 25 December.
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