Jan Kokla

Jan Kokla (born 29 May 1997) is an Estonian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Jan Kokla
Personal information
Full name Jan Kokla
Date of birth (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997
Place of birth Tallinn, Estonia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2007–2008 Oper Academy
2009–2013 Nõmme United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Nõmme United 19 (6)
2014–2016 Flora U21 51 (3)
2015–2017 Flora 21 (0)
Total 91 (9)
National team
2012 Estonia U16 2 (0)
2012–2013 Estonia U17 9 (1)
2014 Estonia U18 2 (0)
2014–2015 Estonia U19 11 (1)
2015–2016 Estonia U21 6 (1)
2016 Estonia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Kokla started playing football with Andres Oper's Academy before moving to Nõmme United. In 2014, he signed for Meistriliiga club Flora, spending the 2014 season in the reserve team Flora II. Kokla made his debut in the Meistriliiga on 13 July 2015, in a 4–0 away win against Tulevik, playing the full 90 minutes and picking up a yellow card.[1] He retired from football in 2017 due to mononucleosis.

International career

Kokla started his international youth career in 2012 with the Estonia U16 team and has captained the Estonia U19 team. He earned his first senior cap for Estonia on 1 June 2016, in a 2–0 friendly home win against Andorra, making a good first impression by producing an assist to opening goal scored by Dmitri Kruglov.[2]

Honours

Club
Flora

References
  1. "Viljandi JK Tulevik - Tallinna FC Flora". Estonian Football Association.
  2. "Eesti - Andorra". Estonian Football Association.
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