Indrek Zelinski

Indrek Zelinski

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Flora

In 1993, Zelinski signed for Flora. He saw limited playing time during the 1993–94 season, but scored a hat-trick in the championship play-off match against Norma, earning his first trophy. Zelinski spent his first seasons in Flora mostly playing for Flora affiliated teams Lelle, Tervis Pärnu and Kuressaare. He became a Flora's first team regular in the 1995–96 season. Zelinski won his second Meistriliiga title with Flora in the 1997–98 season and a third one in the following 1998 season. On 29 July 1999, Flora reached an agreement with English side Blackpool for the transfer of Zelinski, but the move was foiled by work permit issues.

Lahti (loan)

On 2 December 1999, Zelinski joined Finnish Veikkausliiga side Lahti on loan. Zelinski returned to Flora after the one-year loan spell in October 2000.

AaB

On 17 July 2001, Zelinski joined Danish Superliga side AaB on loan until 9 December 2001 for a fee of EEK 1.3 million. The move was made permanent on 4 August 2001 for a fee of EEK 4 million. At Aab, Zelinski formed a strike partnership with fellow Estonian international Andres Oper. Zelinski scored 13 goals in the 2001–02 season and was the team's top goalscorer in the league. Despite that, we was dropped by the new manager Poul Erik Andreasen, and subsequently loaned to Landskrona BoIS and Frem.

Levadia

In January 2005, Zelinski returned to Estonia as a free agent and signed a two-year contract with Levadia. He was Levadia's top…

International career

Zelinski made his international debut for the Estonia national team on 7 May 1994 in a 0–4 away defeat against United States in a friendly. He scored his first goal for Estonia on 13 November 1996 in a 6–1 away win against Andorra. Three days later, on 16 November 1996, Zelinski scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in a friendly. Zelinski was named Estonian Footballer of the Year in 2001, and won the Estonian Silverball award three times, in 2000, 2003 and 2007. He ended his international career with a testimonial match on 21 May 2010, after a 2–0 home win against Finland, having made 103 appearances and scoring 27 goals.

Club
Aalborg Boldspilklub (2001–2003)
Club
FC Levadia II Tallinn (2005–2009)
Club
Pärnu JK Tervis (1994–1996)
Club
Boldklubben Frem (2003–2005)
Club
FC Lahti (2000–2000)
Club
FC Kuressaare (1999–1999)
Club
FCI Levadia Tallinn (2005–2009)
Club
FC Flora Tallinn (1993–2001)
Club
Landskrona BoIS (2003–2003)
Club
FC Lelle (1993–1995)
Club
AaB Fodbold (2001–2005)
Club
Estonia national under-21 football team (1994–1996)
Club
Estonia men's national football team (1994–2010)
Club
FCI Levadia Tallinn (2013–2013)
Club
Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi (1992–1993)
Club
Pärnu JK Tervis (1992–1992)
National team
Estonia

Personal

Early life

Born in Pärnu, Zelinski started playing football in 1985 for his hometown club Pärnu Kalev's youth team under the coach Märt Siigur.

Personal life

Zelinski has a daughter, Johanna-Lisa (born 2000), with his girlfriend Sigrit Järvamägi who is a two-time Estonian Women's Cup winner with Flora women's team.

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Estonian footballer and coach (born 1974)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Indrek Zelinski is an Estonian football coach and former professional player.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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