Martin Vunk (born 21 August 1984) is a retired Estonian professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Vunk was named the

Meistriliiga Player of the Year The Meistriliiga Player of the Year is an annual award given to the best Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football ( ...

for his performances for

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in 2008. On 21 November 2009, he signed a two-year loan deal with Syrianska. On 5 January 2011, he signed a one and a half-year contract with Nea Salamis Famagusta, previously released for that deal by Flora. On 25 July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with the Greek club

Panachaiki Panachaiki G.E. (Greek: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση, ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi'', "Pan- Achaean Gymnastic Union") is a Greek multi-sport club based in the city of Patras, Greece. The history of Panachaiki began in 1891 ...

. On 9 February 2013, he signed a one-year contract with

Sillamäe Kalev Sillamäe ( Estonian for 'Bridge Hill'; also known by the Germanised names of ''Sillamäggi'' or ''Sillamägi'') is a town in Ida-Viru County in the northern part of Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. It has a population of ...

. On 22 February 2014, he signed a one-year contract with

Nõmme Kalju Nõmme (Estonian for ''"Heath"'') is one of the 8 administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-cl ...

. On 9 December 2014, he signed a one-year contract with

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. However, due to financial trouble the

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season was cancelled and in the end of May Vunk released himself of the contract.

International career

On 27 February 2008, he debuted for

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

in a friendly match against

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, when he came on as a substitute in the 67th minute. He instantly became a regular and was the only player to appear in all 14 matches for the team in that year. On 6 September 2011, Vunk scored his first International goal for

in a 4–1 victory over

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after being very close to his first international goal in the previous game against

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International goals

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

Honours

Club

;Flora *

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Estonian Cup The Estonian Cup ( et, Eesti Karikas) is the national knockout competition in Estonian football. In 2012, the competition was unofficially rebranded as Evald Tipner's Cup. The winner will compete in UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifyi ...

: 2008–09, 2008–09 *

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 ...

: 2002 ;Syrianska *

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Individual

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vunk, Martin 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Tartu Estonian footballers FC Warrior Valga players Meistriliiga players FC Flora players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Syrianska FC players Panachaiki F.C. players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Superettan players Football League (Greece) players Estonia international footballers Estonia under-21 international footballers Estonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Sweden Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Pärnu JK Vaprus players Association football midfielders FC Kuressaare players