Tarmo Neemelo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tarmo Neemelo | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Paide, Estonia | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Lelle | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | Flora Kehtna | 20 | (8) |
1998–2000 | Lelle | 11 | (3) |
2000–2003 | Kuressaare | 77 | (24) |
2000 | Muhumaa | 3 | (0) |
2001 | → Tervis Pärnu (loan) | 2 | (2) |
2004–2006 | TVMK | 58 | (54) |
2004 | TVMK II | 4 | (3) |
2006–2007 | Helsingborgs IF | 5 | (0) |
2006 | → TVMK (loan) | 17 | (7) |
2007 | → GIF Sundsvall (loan) | 24 | (8) |
2008 | MYPA | 24 | (8) |
2009 | Zulte Waregem | 11 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Levadia | 49 | (29) |
2011–2017 | Nõmme Kalju | 220 | (96) |
2015 | → Nõmme Kalju II | 2 | (2) |
2018–2019 | Paide Linnameeskond | 51 | (8) |
International career | |||
Estonia U17 | 1 | (0) | |
1999 | Estonia U18 | 2 | (0) |
2000 | Estonia U19 | 3 | (0) |
2001–2003 | Estonia U21 | 9 | (0) |
2005–2012 | Estonia | 22 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2018 |
Tarmo Neemelo (born 10 February 1982) is an Estonian retired professional footballer who last played as a forward for Meistriliiga club Paide Linnameeskond.
Neemelo was the top goalscorer in the 2005 Meistriliiga with 41 goals, and won the Estonian Silverball award in 2006.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Neemelo started playing football with Lelle. He then spent several years playing for various reserve and feeder teams affiliated with Flora.
TVMK
[edit]In 2004, he signed for Meistriliiga club TVMK. In the 2005 season, he won his first Meistriliiga title, scoring a league record 41 goals, which put him in 12th place in the European Golden Shoe.
Helsingborg
[edit]In 2006, he signed for Swedish Allsvenskan club Helsingborgs IF, to potentially partner fellow striker Henrik Larsson. However, Neemelo was unable to secure a first-team position and was loaned back to TVMK. In 2007, he was once again loaned out, this time to Superettan club GIF Sundsvall.
MYPA
[edit]In February 2008, he signed a two-year contract with Finnish Veikkausliiga club MYPA.
Zulte Waregem
[edit]In January 2009, he signed for Belgian side Zulte Waregem. He was mostly used as a substitute, being a part of the starting line-up just twice. He was released by Zulte Waregem in July 2009 by mutual consent.
Levadia
[edit]In 2009, Neemelo returned to Estonia and signed with Levadia. He won his second Meistriliiga title in the 2009 season.
Nõmme Kalju
[edit]Neemelo's contract with Levadia ran out after the 2010 season. On 7 February 2011, Neemelo signed a two-year contract with Nõmme Kalju.[1] He was the team's top goalscorer in the league in 2011 and 2012 with 22 goals in both seasons.[2] Neemelo won his third Meistriliiga title in the 2012 season.
International career
[edit]Neemelo made his international debut for Estonia on 20 April 2005, against Norway in a friendly. He scored his first goal for the national team on 28 May 2006, in a friendly match against Turkey. The goal won him the Estonian Silverball award.
International goals
[edit]- Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Neemelo goal.[3]
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 28 May 2006 | Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg, Germany | 9 | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- TVMK
- Meistriliiga: 2005
- Estonian Supercup: 2005, 2006
- Levadia
- Meistriliiga: 2009
- Estonian Supercup: 2010
- Nõmme Kalju
Individual
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Kaua tehtud kaunikene – Tarmo Neemelo liitus Nõmme Kaljuga!" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Meistriliiga 2011 statistika – Väravalööjad" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Tarmo Neemelo" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
External links
[edit]- Tarmo Neemelo at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
- Tarmo Neemelo national team profile at the Estonian Football Association (archive) (in Estonian)
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Paide
- Estonian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Esiliiga players
- Meistriliiga players
- FC Kuressaare players
- FC TVMK players
- FCI Levadia Tallinn players
- Nõmme Kalju FC players
- Paide Linnameeskond players
- Allsvenskan players
- Helsingborgs IF players
- Superettan players
- GIF Sundsvall players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- S.V. Zulte Waregem players
- Estonia men's youth international footballers
- Estonia men's under-21 international footballers
- Estonia men's international footballers
- Estonian expatriate men's footballers
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium