Mustmaa and Paalberg called up again: Henn names squad for games against Norway and Cyprus

6 November 2025 11:38
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Jürgen Henn. Image credit to Liisi Troska

Estonia head coach Jürgen Henn has announced his squad for the national team’s final 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Norway and the year-ending friendly against Cyprus in Limassol.

Compared to the October international window, Flora duo Markus Poom and Danil Kuraksin are not included, while goalkeeper Matvei Igonen is also absent as his club Degerfors IF fights to stay in the Swedish top division with one round remaining. Defender Joonas Tamm also misses out due to injury, having been sidelined in recent weeks for his Romanian second-tier side.

Returning to the squad are centre-backs Erko Jonne Tõugjas (Flora) and Tanel Tammik (Levadia) – both chasing the Premium Liiga title – while goalkeeper Henri Perk, who just secured bronze with Nõmme Kalju, and veteran striker Henri Anier are also called up.

Meanwhile, Karel Mustmaa and Marten-Chris Paalberg, who made their debuts in the previous window, are again included.

Estonia will face Norway in Oslo on November 13, before closing out their 2024 campaign with a friendly against Cyprus in Limassol five days later.

Goalkeepers

  • Karl Jakob Hein (13.04.2002) – SV Werder Bremen (Germany) – 43 caps / 0 goals
  • Karl Andre Vallner (28.02.1998) – Tallinna FCI Levadia – 4 caps / 0 goals
  • Henri Perk (14.10.1999) – Nõmme Kalju FC – 0 caps / 0 goals

Defenders:

  • Karol Mets (16.05.1993) – FC St. Pauli (Germany) – 102 caps / 0 goals
  • Vlasi Sinjavski (27.11.1996) – Bohemians 1905 (Czech Republic) – 46 caps / 1 goal
  • Maksim Paskotši (19.01.2003) – KAA Gent (Belgium) – 40 caps / 1 goal
  • Märten Kuusk (05.04.1996) – GKS Katowice (Poland) – 40 caps / 0 goals
  • Rasmus Peetson (03.05.1995) – Tallinna FCI Levadia – 23 caps / 2 goals
  • Michael Schjönning-Larsen (02.02.2001) – Tallinna FCI Levadia – 16 caps / 0 goals
  • Joseph Saliste (10.04.1995) – Paide Linnameeskond – 10 caps / 0 goals
  • Erko Jonne Tõugjas (05.07.2003) – Tallinna FC Flora – 4 caps / 0 goals
  • Tanel Tammik (14.06.2002) – Tallinna FCI Levadia – 0 caps / 0 goals

Midfielders:

  • Mattias Käit (29.06.1998) – FC Thun (Switzerland) – 64 caps / 11 goals
  • Martin Miller (25.09.1997) – Paide Linnameeskond – 39 caps / 2 goals
  • Rocco Robert Shein (14.07.2003) – Fredrikstad FK (Norway) – 22 caps / 1 goal
  • Markus Soomets (02.03.2000) – IK Start (Norway) – 20 caps / 0 goals
  • Kevor Palumets (21.11.2002) – Železiarne Podbrezová (Slovakia) – 15 caps / 1 goal
  • Martin Vetkal (21.02.2004) – FC Dordrecht (Netherlands) – 13 caps / 1 goal
  • Patrik Kristal (12.11.2007) – FC Köln (Germany) – 8 caps / 0 goals

Forwards:

  • Henri Anier (17.12.1990) – Paide Linnameeskond – 104 caps / 23 goals
  • Rauno Sappinen (23.01.1996) – Tallinna FC Flora – 61 caps / 14 goals
  • Alex Matthias Tamm (24.07.2001) – Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) – 18 caps / 2 goals
  • Robi Saarma (20.05.2001) – FK Pardubice (Czech Republic) – 12 caps / 0 goals
  • Ioan Yakovlev (19.01.1998) – Panionios (Greece) – 11 caps / 1 goal
  • Karel Mustmaa (08.08.2005) – PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) – 2 caps / 0 goals
  • Marten-Chris Paalberg (08.10.2008) – Pärnu JK Vaprus – 1 cap / 0 goals

World Cup 2026 qualifying Group I

# Team GP W D L PTS
1 Norway 7 7 0 0 21
2 Italy 6 5 0 1 15
3 Israel 7 3 0 4 9
4 Estonia 8 1 1 6 4
5 Moldova 6 0 1 5 1

Source: https://jalgpall.ee/koondis/1/uudised/jarelvaadatav-jurgen-henn-teatas-koosseisu-mangudeks-norra-ja-n25373

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