Ingemar Teever (born 24 February 1983) is an Estonian former professional

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who last played as a forward for Estonian

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club Levadia. Teever was the top goalscorer in the

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and the

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seasons. Teever was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year in 2015.

Club career

At the age of 19, Teever started his professional career with TVMK, having previously played for lower division clubs Nõmme Kalju and M.C. Tallinn. There he won the

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in 2003 and

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in 2005, before leaving the club in 2005.

Öster

On 1 December 2015, Teever joined the Swedish

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club Öster. His first appearances for Öster were very promising, but as competitive matches approached, Teever's scoring record decreased rapidly. Teever scored a total of only five goals during his two seasons in Sweden, despite playing regularly.

Nõmme Kalju

Teever joined newly promoted Nõmme Kalju on loan after Öster were relegated to Swedish

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. He became an instant hit, scoring 23 goals in 35 matches, winning the top goalscorer award, and driving the team to the 4th place, just a point behind the third, Trans Narva. After the first season back in Estonia, the player signed a permanent deal. Then he was hit by a knee injury leaving him sidelined for the first half of the season. Teever returned for only 6 appearances, when he injured his neck in a life-threatening pool accident, but made a full recovery and returned for the 2010 season.

Pfullendorf

On 29 July 2010 it was announced that Ingemar Teever joined German Regionalliga Süd club Pfullendorf. He spent two years in Germany, scoring ten goals in 51 matches.

Levadia

After his contract expired in May 2012, Teever returned to Estonia and joined Nõmme Kalju's beach soccer team. He was also part of Estonian national team that played 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification matches in

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in the beginning of July. Teever then signed a year-and-a-half long contract with Levadia and was instantly added to the

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squad. He also got offers from

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and

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, but decided to stay in Estonia so he could have better chance to return to the

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. On 19 July 2012, Teever made his debut for Levadia when he came on as a second-half substitute in a Europa League match against Cypriot side

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. He opened his goal scoring tally on his

debut on 23 July 2012, when his injury time

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found the net against Tallinna Kalev.

International career

Teever made his international debut for the

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on 29 March 2003 in a

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against

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International goals

:''Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Teever goal.''

Honours

Club

;TVMK *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: 2002–03 *

: 2005 ;Levadia *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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: 2013–14 *

: 2013, 2015

Individual

Player of the Month: May 2015, August 2015 *

Player of the Year:

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Top scorer:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teever, Ingemar 1983 births Living people People from Saue Parish Sportspeople from Harju County Estonian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Estonia men's international footballers Estonian expatriate men's footballers FC TVMK players Meistriliiga players Östers IF players Nõmme Kalju FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Allsvenskan players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany SC Pfullendorf players FCI Levadia Tallinn players FCI Levadia U21 players 21st-century Estonian sportsmen