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Karl Jakob Hein

カール・ヤコブ・ハイン　/　かーる・やこぶ・はいん

Association football player from Estonia

April 13, 2002 (age 24)　・　Põlva, Põlva County, Estonia

Põlva County
association football player

My Take

What strikes me about Karl Jakob Hein is how quietly a goalkeeper from tiny Põlva, Estonia, climbed into the Arsenal system. Keeping for Estonia's national team while learning on loan in Germany at Werder Bremen is exactly the unglamorous grind I respect in shot-stoppers. The reported permanent move to Bremen in July 2026 reads, to me, like a player choosing regular minutes over a famous badge on the bench. For a country Estonia's size, having a keeper at this level is a genuine point of pride, and I'll be watching whether Bremen makes him a long-term number one.

Overview

Karl Jakob Hein is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen, on loan from Premier League club Arsenal, and the Estonia national team. Hein will complete a permanent move to SV Werder Bremen in July 2026.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Karl Jakob Hein
Name (Japanese): カール・ヤコブ・ハイン
Reading: かーる・やこぶ・はいん
Born: April 13, 2002 (age 24)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Horse
Origin: Põlva, Põlva County, Estonia
Blood type: Private
Height: 2 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3

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