Taavi Rähn (born 16 May 1981) is a retired

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n professional

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. He played in the position of a

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Club career

He started his professional career with

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as a centre-back, then moved on to

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club

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. In 2006, he joined Lithuanian side Ekranas. In 2010, he was on trial at

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in . Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, located within Chengyang District. Their curren ...

of the

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. In March 2011, he signed a deal with

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club Tianjin Songjiang. In January 2013, he signed with Chinese League One club

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on a free transfer.

International career

Rähn made his debut for the

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in 2001. He scored an own goal playing against

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on 13 October 2007, in an attempt to clear the ball from outside his own box, he cleanly headed Ashley Cole's cross onto his own post, and past keeper and teammate Mart Poom. He made a total of 74 appearances for the senior national side.

Honours

Flora *

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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Ekranas *

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Levadia *

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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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahn, Taavi 1981 births Living people Footballers from Pärnu Estonian men's footballers Estonia men's international footballers Estonia men's under-21 international footballers Estonia men's youth international footballers Viljandi JK Tulevik players Meistriliiga players FC Flora players Estonian expatriate men's footballers Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine FC Volyn Lutsk players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Russia FC Baltika Kaliningrad players Estonian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China Tianjin Tianhai F.C. players Hunan Billows F.C. players China League One players Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland FCI Levadia Tallinn players Paide Linnameeskond players Men's association football defenders Neftçi PFK players Azerbaijan Premier League players Veikkausliiga players Pärnu JK Tervis players 21st-century Estonian sportsmen