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Kristen Viikmäe

Kristen Viikmäe

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Born in Tallinn, Viikmäe started his career with FC Flora Tallinn, and has since played for Tallinna Jalgpallikool, Tallinna Sadam, Vålerenga, Enköpings SK, Fredrikstad, Gefle IF and Jönköpings Södra IF. January 2010 he moved to Panegialios F.C., a third division team in Greece. He left the club in September because of salary problems. In January 2011 he joined JK Nõmme Kalju. On 9 October 2012, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory against FC Kuressaare, which secured JK Nõmme Kalju's first ever title. After the match, Viikmäe announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. He scored in his last match on 5 November 2012.

International career

During his Estonia national team career Viikmäe was capped 115 times and scored 15 goals. He made his debut on 26 January 1997 in a friendly against Lebanon, replacing Andres Oper in the second half. On 30 May 2006, at the age of 27 years and 109 days, Viikmäe became the youngest European footballer to reach 100 caps, which was beaten by German striker Lukas Podolski (27 years and 13 days) during Euro 2012. His testimonial match for the national team, as with all Estonians who are capped more than 100 times during their career, was held on 3 June 2013 against Belarus.

Post-retirement career

Viikmäe became the head of youth department at JK Nõmme Kalju after his retirement.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Estonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Viikmäe goal.

Club
Jönköpings Södra IF (2008–2009)
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Gefle IF (2006–2006)
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Fredrikstad FK (2005–2005)
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Nõmme Kalju FC (2011–2012)
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Vålerenga Fotball (2000–2003)
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Enköpings SK FK (2004–2004)
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Panegialios F.C. (2010–2010)
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FC Flora Tallinn (1996–2000)
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FC Flora Tallinn (2003–2003)
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FC Flora Tallinn (2004–2008)
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Estonia men's national football team (1997–2013)
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Estonia national beach soccer team (2013–)
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JK Tallinna Sadam (1995–1996)
National team
Estonia

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Estonian footballer (born 1979)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Kristen Viikmäe is an Estonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He now plays beach soccer.

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