Mihkel Ainsalu

Mihkel Ainsalu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Tartu, Estonia
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Levadia
Number	11
Youth career
2006–2007	Oper academy
2008–2012	Nõmme Kalju
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Nõmme Kalju II	56	(12)
2013–2014	Nõmme Kalju	13	(0)
2014–2020	Flora	126	(19)
2020	Lviv	11	(0)
2021	Helsingør	6	(0)
2021–2022	Legion	13	(3)
2022	Levadia	5	(0)
2022–2023	Telstar	12	(1)
2023–	Levadia	70	(14)
International career^‡
2011	Estonia U16	1	(0)
2013	Estonia U17	1	(1)
2014	Estonia U19	13	(0)
2014–2018	Estonia U21	27	(0)
2016	Estonia U23	1	(0)
2017–	Estonia	16	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2024

Mihkel Ainsalu (born 8 March 1996) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Meistriliiga club Levadia.

Club career

On 24 January 2023, Ainsalu's contract with Telstar was terminated by mutual consent,^[1] and he rejoined Levadia.^[2]

International career

Ainsalu made his senior international debut for Estonia on 23 November 2017 in a 1–0 away win over Vanuatu in a friendly.^[3]

Honours

Club

Nõmme Kalju II

• Esiliiga B: 2013

Flora

• Meistriliiga: 2015, 2017, 2019
• Estonian Cup: 2015–16
• Estonian Supercup: 2016

References

1. "Kõike paremat, Mihkel!" (in Dutch). Telstar. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
2. Ilves, Kris (9 February 2023). "Levadia registreeris klubisse uue äärekaitsja ja keskpoolkaitsja". Soccernet.ee.
3. "Eesti koondis alistas Vanuatu 1:0" [Estonia defeated Vanuatu 1–0] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 23 November 2017.

External links

• Mihkel Ainsalu at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
• Mihkel Ainsalu national team profile at the Estonian Football Association (archive) (in Estonian)
• Mihkel Ainsalu – UEFA competition record (archive)