Martin Vunk (born 21 August 1984) is a retired Estonian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
 Vunk with Estonia in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Vunk | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Tartu, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Lelle | ||
| 2000–2001 | Kuressaare | 4 | (0) |
| 2001 | Tervis | 21 | (1) |
| 2002–2010 | Flora | 114 | (24) |
| 2002–2004 | → Warrior (loan) | 48 | (5) |
| 2005 | → Tervis (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Syrianska (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 28 | (3) |
| 2012 | Panachaiki | 10 | (0) |
| 2013 | Sillamäe Kalev | 32 | (6) |
| 2014 | Nõmme Kalju | 26 | (4) |
| 2015 | Persija Jakarta | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 42 | (5) |
| 2017 | Vaprus | 10 | (1) |
| 2019 | Vaprus | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Estonia U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2000 | Estonia U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Estonia U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2002 | Estonia U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–? | Estonia U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2008–2014 | Estonia | 67 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editVunk was named the Meistriliiga Player of the Year for his performances for Flora in 2008. On 21 November 2009, he signed a two-year loan deal with Syrianska.[1] On 5 January 2011, he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Nea Salamis Famagusta, previously released for that deal by Flora.[2] On 25 July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with the Greek club Panachaiki.
On 9 February 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Sillamäe Kalev.[3]
On 22 February 2014, he signed a one-year contract with Nõmme Kalju.
On 9 December 2014, he signed a one-year contract with Persija Jakarta.[4] However, due to financial trouble the 2015 Indonesia Super League season was cancelled and in the end of May Vunk released himself of the contract.[5]
International career
editOn 27 February 2008, he debuted for Estonia in a friendly match against Poland, when he came on as a substitute in the 67th minute.[6] He instantly became a regular and was the only player to appear in all 14 matches for the team in that year.[7] On 6 September 2011, Vunk scored his first International goal for Estonia in a 4–1 victory over Northern Ireland[8][9] after being very close to his first international goal in the previous game against Slovenia.[10]
International goals
edit- Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Vunk goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 September 2011 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia |  Northern Ireland |
1–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
Honours
editClub
edit- Flora
- Syrianska
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ Lukk, Kristjan (21 November 2009). "Martin Vunk siirdus Syrianskasse". Soccernet.ee.
- ^ "Sport – ERR". 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
- ^ "Martin Vunk jätkab Sillamäe Kalevis" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Persija Jakarta Resmi Dapatkan Martin Vunk Dan Yevgeni Kabayev" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Vunk jõudis Indoneesiast Eestisse: vabastasin end ise lepingust" (in Estonian). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ "POOLA – EESTI 2:0" [POLAND – ESTONIA 2:0] (in Estonian). Jalgpallihaigla.ee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ "Koondiseaasta numbrites 2008" [National team in numbers 2008] (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 24 November 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ "UEFA EURO 2012 - Estonia-Northern Ireland – UEFA.com". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011.
- ^ "Martin Vunk". Eesti Jalgpalli Liit (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Eesti alistas Ljubljanas EM-valikmängus Sloveenia 2:1". ERR (in Estonian). 2 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
External links
edit- Martin Vunk at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
- Martin Vunk national team profile at the Estonian Football Association (archive) (in Estonian)
- Martin Vunk at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Player profile on SyrianskaFC.com". Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- Martin Vunk at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Martin Vunk at Soccerway