Kristen Viikmäe (born 10 February 1979) is an Estonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He now plays

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Club career

Born in

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, Viikmäe started his career with FC Flora Tallinn, and has since played for Tallinna Jalgpallikool, Tallinna Sadam, Vålerenga, Enköpings SK,

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, Gefle IF and Jönköpings Södra IF. January 2010 he moved to

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, a third division team in Greece. He left the club in September because of salary problems. In January 2011 he joined JK Nõmme Kalju. On 9 October 2012, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory against FC Kuressaare, which secured JK Nõmme Kalju's first ever title. After the match, Viikmäe announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. He scored in his last match on 5 November 2012.

International career

During his Estonia national team career Viikmäe was capped 115 times and scored 15 goals. He made his debut on 26 January 1997 in a friendly against

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, replacing Andres Oper in the second half. On 30 May 2006, at the age of 27 years and 109 days, Viikmäe became the youngest European footballer to reach 100 caps, which was beaten by German striker Lukas Podolski (27 years and 13 days) during Euro 2012. His testimonial match for the national team, as with all Estonians who are capped more than 100 times during their career, was held on 3 June 2013 against

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Post-retirement career

Viikmäe became the head of youth department at JK Nõmme Kalju after his retirement.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Estonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Viikmäe goal.''

Honours

Individual * Estonian Silverball: 2004

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Viikmae, Kristen 1979 births Living people Footballers from Tallinn Estonian men's footballers Estonia men's international footballers FC Flora players Meistriliiga players FIFA Men's Century Club Estonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Vålerenga Fotball players Fredrikstad FK players Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Enköpings SK FK players Gefle IF players Jönköpings Södra IF players Allsvenskan players Eliteserien players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Nõmme Kalju FC players Estonian beach soccer players Panegialios F.C. players Men's association football forwards