Career
Early career
Margus Metstak started his career at the age of 18 with Tallinn Pedagogical Institute for whom he played in Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Championships until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. However, he improved and went on to play professionally for Soviet Union top-flight team Kalev Tallinn. In 1982, only his second year as a professional, the team reached the semi-finals of the Soviet Basketball Cup and took the bronze medal.
In quarter-finals they beat ASK Group (a software company) Kyiv 2-0 (90:75, 100:91) and went on to play in the semi-finals against Latvian BK VEF Rīgeorgia
Foreign clubs
Metstak played briefly for Korisliiga team NMKY Lahti in late 1990, before returning to Estonia in January 1991. Following the big triumph, he went back to Finland for a season, before making a brief move to Luxembourg"s team Amicale Basket.
After being one of the main figures of Estonia national basketball team"s successful EuroBasket 1993 in Germany, Margus Metstak received offers to play in Basketball Bundesliga for Turn- und Sportverein Speyer and Paderborn Baskets, respectively. Foreign the 2001-2002 season, at the age of 40, he earned his last contract from abroad, joining Polish side Czarni Słupsk.
Last years
After the spell with the Polish team, the then 41-year-old center moved to TTÜ/A. Le Coq.
Metstak played the last few years of his career with his hometown club, British Columbia Pirita, as a semi-professional. He has been working as a coach for TTÜ/Kalev and re-established British Columbia Tallinna Kalev. Metstak"s national career started in 1981, when he represented Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic national team
In 1991, when Estonia regained their independence from Soviet Union, he was a regular center for the Estonia national basketball team
1993 European Championships
Margus Metstak was on the squad for both the EuroBasket 1993 and EuroBasket 2001 competitions, the only times Estonia has qualified for that tournament. In the knock-out stages they lost to Russia, beat Bosnia and Herzegovina and were beaten in the 5th-place game by Spain.
This meant that Estonia would not qualify to the 1994 International Basketball Federation World Championship. 2001 European Championships
In 2001, 40-year-old Metstak scored 8.3 points and took 6 rebounds per game, when Estonia finished in the disappointing last place.
Margus Metstak is to date the oldest basketballer to play at the EuroBasket.