Marko Kristal

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Marko Kristal
Personal information
Full name	Marko Kristal
Date of birth	June 2, 1973 (1973-06-02) (age 35)
Place of birth	Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988 1988-1989 1989 1989-1999 1999 2000 2001-2004	Lõvid/Flora Tallinn Noorus Tallinn Sport Tallinn FC Flora Tallinn IF Elfsborg FC Lahti FC Flora Tallinn	1 (0) 8 (1) 9 (0) 220 (56) 4 (0) 12 (1) 93 (9)
National team2
1992-2005	Estonia	143 (9)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:23, 02 July 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of July 2, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Marko Kristal (born June 2, 1973 in Tallinn) was a football midfielder with an outstanding career for the Estonian national team. Between 1992 and 2005 he was capped 143 times and scored 9 goals. In 2001, Marko Kristal became the youngest ever european to appear in 100 international matches. On April 20, 2005 he ended his international career with a substitution in a match against Norway.

He has mostly played for FC Flora Tallinn in his homecountry, although he has had spells with IF Elfsborg and FC Lahti.