Andre Frolov (born 18 April 1988) is an

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n professional

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who plays as a

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for Estonian

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club Nõmme United. Since 2024, he holds the record for most appearances in Meistriliiga.

Club career

Flora

Frolov started playing football with

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's youth academy. He spent several years playing for various reserve and feeder teams affiliated with Flora, before becoming a regular with the main team. He won his first

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title with Flora in the 2010 season, and his second one in the 2011 season, having scored 3 goals. He went on to score another 10 goals in the following

2012 Meistriliiga The 2012 season of the Meistriliiga the first level in the Estonian football system is the 22nd season in the league's history. The competition started on 10 March 2012 and will end on 3 November 2012. The defending champions are Flora, who won t ...

season and becoming an integral part of the first team as Flora finished in third place. On 19 October 2012, Frolov was appointed as Flora

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for the remainder of season. In the 2015 season, Frolov won his third Meistriliiga title.

Paide Linnameeskond

On 29 December 2016, Frolov signed a two-year contract with

Paide Linnameeskond Paide Linnameeskond, or simply Paide, is an Estonian professional football club based in Paide that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Paide linnastaadion. Founded in 2004, the club has ...

. He captained the club to their first-ever trophy, as Paide Linnameeskond lifted the

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in the 2021–22 season. In 2023, Frolov captained the club to their first

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victory. On 21 September 2024, Frolov made his 518th

appearance during Paide's 4–3 victory against

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, and became the most capped player in the Estonian top flight.

International career

Frolov made his international debut for

on 8 November 2012 against

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, coming off the bench during the 74th minute as a substitute for

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. On the 88th minute he delivered a corner kick which took a deflection off

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before being headed into the net by Flora teammate

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Honours

Club

;Flora *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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, 2015–16 *

: 2011, 2012, 2014 Paide Linnameeskond *

: 2021–22 *

: 2023

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frolov, Andre 1988 births Living people Estonian men's footballers Estonia men's international footballers People from Hiiumaa Parish Estonian people of Russian descent FC Flora players Viljandi JK Tulevik players FC Warrior Valga players Paide Linnameeskond players Men's association football midfielders Pärnu JK Tervis players Esiliiga players FC Nõmme United players Estonia men's youth international footballers Estonia men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Estonian sportsmen