Tarmo Neemelo (born 10 February 1982) is an Estonian retired professional

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who last played as a forward for

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football (soccer), football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-p ...

club

Paide Linnameeskond Paide Linnameeskond is a professional football club based in Paide, Estonia that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Paide linnastaadion. Founded in 2004, the club has played in the Mei ...

. Neemelo was the top goalscorer in the

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with 41 goals, and won the

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award in 2006.

Club career

Early career

Neemelo started playing football with

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. He then spent several years playing for various reserve and feeder teams affiliated with

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TVMK

In 2004, he signed for

club TVMK. In the 2005 season, he won his first Meistriliiga title, scoring a league record 41 goals, which put him in 12th place in the

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Helsingborg

In 2006, he signed for Swedish

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club

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, to potentially partner fellow striker

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. However, Neemelo was unable to secure a first-team position and was loaned back to TVMK. In 2007, he was once again loaned out, this time to

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club

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MYPA

In February 2008, he signed a two-year contract with Finnish

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club MYPA.

Zulte Waregem

In January 2009, he signed for Belgian side

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. He was mostly used as a substitute, being a part of the starting line-up just twice. He was released by Zulte Waregem in July 2009 by mutual consent.

Levadia

In 2009, Neemelo returned to Estonia and signed with

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. He won his second Meistriliiga title in the 2009 season.

Nõmme Kalju

Neemelo's contract with Levadia ran out after the 2010 season. On 7 February 2011, Neemelo signed a two-year contract with

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. He was the team's top goalscorer in the league in 2011 and

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with 22 goals in both seasons. Neemelo won his third Meistriliiga title in the 2012 season.

International career

Neemelo made his international debut for

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on 20 April 2005, against

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in a friendly. He scored his first goal for the national team on 28 May 2006, in a friendly match against

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. The goal won him the

award.

International goals

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

Honours

Club

;TVMK *

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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 ...

: 2005, 2006 ;Levadia *

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: 2010 ;Nõmme Kalju *

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: 2014–15

Individual

* Meistriliiga top scorer:

: 2006

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neemelo, Tarmo 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Paide Estonian footballers Association football forwards Esiliiga players Meistriliiga players FC Kuressaare players FC TVMK players FCI Levadia Tallinn players Nõmme Kalju FC players Paide Linnameeskond players Allsvenskan players Helsingborgs IF players Superettan players GIF Sundsvall players Veikkausliiga players Myllykosken Pallo −47 players Belgian First Division A players S.V. Zulte Waregem players Estonia youth international footballers Estonia under-21 international footballers Estonia international footballers Estonian expatriate footballers Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Sweden Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate footballers in Finland Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium