Tarmo Neemelo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tarmo Neemelo | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Paide, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nõmme Kalju | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lelle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2003 | Kuressaare | 80 | (24) |
| 2004–2006 | TVMK Tallinn | 58 | (54) |
| 2006–2007 | Helsingborgs | 5 | (0) |
| 2006 | → TVMK Tallinn (loan) | 17 | (7) |
| 2007 | → Sundsvall (loan) | 24 | (8) |
| 2008 | MYPA | 24 | (8) |
| 2009 | Zulte Waregem | 11 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Levadia Tallinn | 49 | (29) |
| 2011– | Nõmme Kalju | 154 | (80) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Estonia U17 | 1 | (0) | |
| Estonia U18 | 2 | (0) | |
| Estonia U19 | 3 | (0) | |
| Estonia U21 | 9 | (0) | |
| 2005–2012 | Estonia | 22 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 March 2016. | |||
Tarmo Neemelo (born 10 February 1982) is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for Nõmme Kalju. He plays the position of striker and is also a member of the Estonia national football team.
Club career
Tarmo Neemelo was born in Paide, Estonia. He began playing football in local club Lelle and was noticed by Flora Tallinn, one of the major clubs in Estonia. He did not manage to get into the first team and decided to move from Flora Tallinn to Kuressaare. He then moved to TVMK Tallinn in 2004.
In the 2005 season, for TVMK Tallinn, he scored 41 goals in 33 games, which put him in 12th place in the ESM Golden Shoe.
In 2006 he has moved to Sweden for the coming season, to potentially partner fellow striker Henrik Larsson at Helsingborgs IF. In the previous season, he scored 13 goals in 25 games for his club. He soon moved back to TVMK Tallinn though on a short loan spell to gain match practice. At the start of the 2007 Allsvenskan season, he was again loaned out to Superettan club GIF Sundsvall.
In February 2008, he signed a two-year contract with Finnish Veikkausliiga club MYPA. On 1 January 2009 joined to Belgian club Zulte Waregem, with teammate Eetu Muinonen, but he was often a substitute being a part of the starting eleven just twice. On 31 July 2009, Zulte Waregem officials released the Estonian forward by mutual consent, he returned to Levadia Tallinn.
When his contract ran out at Levadia after the 2010 season, he trained with Nõmme Kalju[1] and joined the club on 7 February 2011 on a two-year contract,[2] despite league rival Flora Tallinn's attempts to sign him as a replacement for Sander Post.[1] He finished the season as the club's top league goalscorer with 22 goals in 32 matches.[3]
International career
For Estonia, Neemelo is capped 22 times, scoring 1 goal.[4] He debuted internationally on 20 April 2005 against Norway in a friendly match. He scored his first and only goal on 28 May 2006 against Turkey also in a friendly match. That goal won the Silverball.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 18 November 2015.
| Club | Season | League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kuressaare | 2000 | Meistriliiga | 14 | 1 |
| 2001 | Meistriliiga | 23 | 2 | |
| 2002 | Esiliiga | 25 | 14 | |
| 2003 | Meistriliiga | 18 | 7 | |
| Total | 80 | 24 | ||
| TVMK Tallinn | 2004 | Meistriliiga | 25 | 13 |
| 2005 | Meistriliiga | 33 | 41 | |
| Total | 58 | 54 | ||
| Helsingborgs | 2006 | Allsvenskan | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | ||
| TVMK Tallinn (loan) | 2006 | Meistriliiga | 17 | 7 |
| Total | 17 | 7 | ||
| Sundsvall (loan) | 2007 | Superettan | 24 | 8 |
| Total | 24 | 8 | ||
| MYPA | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 8 |
| Total | 24 | 8 | ||
| Zulte Waregem | 2008–09 | Belgian Pro League | 10 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | ||
| Levadia Tallinn | 2009 | Meistriliiga | 17 | 9 |
| 2010 | Meistriliiga | 32 | 20 | |
| Total | 49 | 29 | ||
| Nõmme Kalju | 2011 | Meistriliiga | 32 | 22 |
| 2012 | Meistriliiga | 26 | 22 | |
| 2013 | Meistriliiga | 34 | 11 | |
| 2014 | Meistriliiga | 30 | 14 | |
| 2015 | Meistriliiga | 32 | 11 | |
| Total | 154 | 80 | ||
| Career total | 421 | 210 | ||
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 May 2006 | Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg, Germany |  Turkey | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
- TVMK Tallinn
- Levadia Tallinn
- Nõmme Kalju
Individual
References
- 1 2 "Tarmo Neemelo Florasse!" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ↑ "Kaua tehtud kaunikene – Tarmo Neemelo liitus Nõmme Kaljuga!" (7 February 2011) (in Estonian). Õhtuleht. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ↑ "Meistriliiga 2011 statistika – Väravalööjad" (in Estonian). soccernet.ee. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ↑ "Kõik Eesti internatsionaalid" [All Estonian internationals] (in Estonian). Eesti Jalgpalli Liit. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
External links
- Tarmo Neemelo at Estonian Football Association (Estonian)
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