Martin Reim (born 14 May 1971) is an Estonian football

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and former professional player. Reim played as a

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for Lõvid, Sport Tallinn,

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, KTP and the Estonia national team. He is Estonia's most capped player of all time with 157 appearances, and was the most capped European player from August 2007 until December 2009, when he was surpassed by

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. Reim is also the most capped player never to have played in a major tournament. Reim was named

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in 1995 and won the Estonian Silverball award three times, in 1995, 1997, and 1999. In 2011, he received the

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for his services to Estonia. In 2007, Reim opened a football academy (''Martin Reimi Jalgpallikool''). In 2016, the academy team Viimsi MRJK merged with Esiliiga B club HÜJK Emmaste, and became Viimsi JK.

Early life

Reim was born in

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and grew up in

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. He graduated from the Tallinn Secondary School No. 49 in 1989, and from the

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in 2000.

Club career

Early career

Reim played for a local club Tallinna Lõvid (''Lions of Tallinn''), where he was coached by his father Olev Reim and Roman Ubakivi. In 1989, he joined

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club Sport Tallinn. Reim returned to the Estonian league after a season and joined

. He was the top goalscorer in the 1990 season with 18 goals.

Flora

In 1992, Reim joined

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club

, the successor of the Lõvid team. He won seven trophies with the club, including four Meistriliiga titles, in 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98 and

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, two

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s, in 1994–95 and 1997–98, and an

Estonian Supercup The Estonian Supercup ( et, Eesti Superkarikas) is Estonian football's annual super cup, contested between the champions of the previous Meistriliiga season and the holders of the Estonian Cup. If the Meistriliiga champions also won the Estoni ...

in 1998.

KTP

In June 1999, Reim joined

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club KTP on loan until the end of the season. The move was made permanent in December 1999, for a reported fee of 150,000 FIM (400,000 EEK).

Return to Flora

In 2001, Reim returned to Flora. During his second spell at Flora, he won three consecutive Meistriliiga titles, in

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and

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, another Estonian Cup in

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, and three more Estonian Supercups, in 2002, 2003 and 2004. On 5 December 2008, Reim announced his retirement from professional football. He holds the club record for the most appearances in the Meistriliiga, with 385.

International career

Reim made his international debut for

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on 3 June 1992, in a historic 1–1 draw against

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in a friendly at

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. The match was Estonia's first official match since restoration of independence and Slovenia's first match ever. Reim scored his first international goal on 23 May 1994, in a 1–2 home loss to

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in a friendly. He won the Estonian Silverball award for the best national team goal of the year three times, in 1995, 1997, 1999. On 2 June 2001, Reim made his 100th appearance for Estonia in a 2–4 home loss to the

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in a

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match for the

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. He ended his international career with a

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on 6 June 2009, a 3–0 home win over Equatorial Guinea. With 157 appearances and 14 goals scored, he is Estonia's most capped player of all time.

Managerial career

Flora

On 3 December 2009, Flora announced that Reim would replace Tarmo Rüütli as the new manager of the club. He led Flora to victory in the 2010 season, ending the reign of Levadia who had won the four previous Meistriliiga titles. Flora successfully defended their title in 2011 season and won the

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, defeating

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2–0 in the final. On 14 October 2012, Reim resigned after poor results in the Meistriliiga, with

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and Norbert Hurt taking over.

Estonia youth teams

In October 2012, Reim was named as manager of the Estonia under-18, under-21 and under-23 national sides. He led the under-21 team to win the

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Estonia

On 14 September 2016, the

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appointed Reim as manager of the Estonia national team until the end of the

tournament for the

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. On 17 June, he and his coaching staff resigned from Estonia national team, six days after the 0–8 defeat to Germany in the

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Career statistics

International goals

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

Managerial statistics

References

External links

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Martin Reimi Jalgpallikool
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