Tarmo Kink

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Tarmo Kink
Personal information
Full name Tarmo Kink
Date of birth October 6, 1985 (1985-10-06) (age 22)
Place of birth    Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Winger, Forward
Club information
Current club Flag of Estonia FC Levadia Tallinn
Number 15
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–2003
2002
2003–2006
2006–
SC Real
Narva Trans (loan)
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Levadia Tallinn
16 (46)
24 (4)
2 (0)
59 (24)   
National team2
2004– Flag of Estonia Estonia 23 (2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of June 7, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of June 4, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Tarmo Kink (born October 6, 1985 in Tallinn) is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for FC Levadia Tallinn. He is an attacking left-footed winger or striker and is also a member of the Estonia national football team.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

In 2001, Kink started his career with SC Real Tallinn, scoring there impressive 30 goals in 10 games. In season 2003 he had short loan with Meistriliiga club FC Narva Trans. In 2003, he returned back to Real. At the age of 17, after two seasons in Real, Kink moved abroad.

[edit] Spartak Moscow

In 2003, he signed a 5-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow.[1] On February 6, 2003, Kink played his first game for FC Spartak Moscow against Ðtðelkovo in a friendly match.[2] He played his first Russian Premier League match on August 23, 2003, in a 2-0 defeat against FC Rubin Kazan.[3] Kink mostly played for Spartak's reserves in Russia, although he did make two league appearances, as well as coming on as a sub in the UEFA Cup third round defeat to RCD Mallorca. In 2006, after failing to break into the first team at Spartak, Kink returned to Estonia.[4] Kink remains friends with the Russia international footballer Roman Shishkin, his teammate from the Spartak days.[5]

[edit] FC Levadia Tallinn

On July 6, 2006, he signed a 2-year contract with Meistriliiga club FC Levadia Tallinn.[6] Three days later, Kink played his first Meistriliiga game for FC Levadia Tallinn against FC Flora Tallinn.[7] He scored his first Meistriliiga goal for Levadia Tallinn on July 23, 2006, in a 3-1 victory over FC TVMK Tallinn.[8]

[edit] International career

For Estonia national football team, Kink is capped 23 times, scoring 2 goal. He made his national team debut on March 31, 2004 against Northern Ireland in a friendly match.[9] He scored his first national team goal on May 27, 2008, in a 1-1 draw against Georgia in a friendly match.[10] Only 8 days later Kink scored already his second goal against Faroe Islands in a friendly match.[11]

[edit] International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored
1 2008-05-27 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia 1-1 Friendly match 1
2 2008-06-04 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Flag of the Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 4-3 Friendly match 1

[edit] Career stats

Season Club Country Level Apps Goals
2008 FC Levadia Tallinn Flag of Estonia I
2007 FC Levadia Tallinn Flag of Estonia I 31 16
2006 FC Levadia Tallinn Flag of Estonia I 16 3
2006 FC Spartak Moscow Flag of Russia I 0 0
2005 FC Spartak Moscow Flag of Russia I 0 0
2004 FC Spartak Moscow Flag of Russia I 0 0
2003 FC Spartak Moscow Flag of Russia I 2 0
2003 SC Real Tallinn Flag of Estonia III 6 16
2002 FC Narva Trans Flag of Estonia I 24 4
2001 SC Real Tallinn Flag of Estonia III 10 30

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