Armi Pärt

Armi Pärt
Personal information
Born (1991-06-18) 18 June 1991
Tallinn, Estonia
Nationality Estonian
Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight 106 kilograms (234 lb)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club CB Villa de Aranda
Number 6
Senior clubs
2008-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-
HC Kehra
Besiktas
Rækker Mølle
CB Villa de Aranda
National team
2012- Estonia 20 (2)[1]

Armi Pärt (born 18 June 1991) is an Estonian handballer, playing in Liga ASOBAL for CB Villa de Aranda.[2] He is also a member of Estonian national team.

Club career

HC Kehra

Armi Pärt started his handball career in HC Kehra. Club what is located in a tiny Kehra city (population only 3060 people) gave him an opportunity to play for the first team when Pärt was 17. In his first season they made "the double" in Estonia as winning both- the league and the Cup.

With Pärt on the line, HC Kehra won the league again in 2012[3] and cup in 2011. In Baltic League where are top clubs from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Finland, HC Kehra and Armi Pärt won the league in a row in 2011 and 2012.[4] In the summer of 2013 Armi signed a one-year contract with Turkish Champions.[5]

Besiktas J.K.

Pärt moved to Besiktas[6] for the 2013-2014 season from HC Kehra and made his debut for the new club in "The Annual Doboj International Champions Handball Tournament". Next step was EHF Champions League Qualification tournament[7] against HT Tatran Prešov and A.E.K Athens. Despite good game and goals against Prešov and AEK, Pärt and Besiktas lost both of the games and went to play EHF Cup 2 round.

Second round draw gave Besiktas chance to play against Switzerland club Pfadi Winterthur. Draw[8] from the first game was a waking clock for the Turkish and Istanbul club won the second game with three goals and moved forward to the 3rd round. Last opponent in Besiktas Europe adventure was Hungarian Csurgói KK, who won a two-game fight with 9 goals.

In Turkish Handball Super League regular season, Besiktas showed really good form and won 24 games out of 26. One game ended with draw and one Besiktas lost. Armi Pärt scored 52 goals from 26 games. In play-offs Besiktas great form continued and they won in final Ankara İl Özel İdare SK with games 3:0. That victory was Besiktas sixth in a row and overall tenth.[9] With play-offs Armi finished his season scoring 60 goals.

Besiktas and Pärt also won Turkish Handball Cup. In the final they won 33:27 Nilüfer Belediyespor [10] [11]

Rækker Mølle

In the beginning of August 2014 the strong Estonian Pivot signed a contract with Danish first division club Rækker Mølle. By his own words, he was looking for new experience in his career and chance to develop in different handball environment.[12]

CB Villa de Aranda

After a season in Denmark, Pärt moved to Liga ASOBAL. He signed a three year contract with spanish side CB Villa de Aranda. He made his debut[13] for the club in a league game against CB Cangas on 5 September 2015. He scored his first goal [14] for the club against SD Teucro on 31 October 2015.

International career

Pärt is a member of Estonian national team and he made his debut in 31.10.2012[15] against Ireland. He has played for Estonia 10 times.

Honours

References

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  2. Madis Kalvet (1970-01-01). Sport.postimees.ee Sport, Käsipall - Postimees.ee http://sport.postimees.ee/3224157/eesti-kasipallikoondislane-siirdus-hispaania-korgliigasse- Sport, Käsipall - Postimees.ee Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2015-06-13. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "HC Kehra on nüüd 10kordne Eesti meister | Sõnumitooja". Sonumitooja.ee. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  4. Madis Kalvet. "Käsipalli Balti liiga võitis Kehra - Sport, Käsipall - Postimees.ee". Sport.postimees.ee. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  5. "Kehra joonemängija Armi Pärt siirdub Türgi meisterklubisse - Sport". Sport.delfi.ee. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  6. "Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü". Bjk.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  7. "EHF Champions League 2013/14 - Armi+P%C3%A4rt". Ehfcl.com. 1991-06-18. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  8. "Armi Pärdi koduklubi tegi šveitslastega viigi | Sport | ERR". Sport. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  9. "Beşiktaş J.K. Official Web Site". Bjk.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  10. "Spor Haberleri". Spor.Haberler.Com. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  11. "FOTO: Eesti käsipallikoondislane krooniti Türgi karikavõitjaks! | Õhtuleht". Ohtuleht.ee. 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  12. "Türgi käsipallimeister Armi Pärt siirdus Taani | Õhtuleht". Ohtuleht.ee. 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  13. http://asobal.es/estadistico/accion_por_accion.php?id_partido=2547
  14. http://asobal.es/estadistico/accion_por_accion.php?id_partido=2615
  15. "VIDEO ja FOTOD: Käsipallikoondis purustas iirlased 31 väravaga! - Sport". Sport.delfi.ee. Retrieved 2015-02-28.

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