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Tarmo Rüütli (born 11 August 1954) is an Estonian
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and former
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. As player, Rüütli won the 1985 Estonian Championship with Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK. As manager, he led Levadia to three
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titles and three
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s, and
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to one Estonian Cup and one
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. Rüütli has served as the manager of the Estonia national team twice, from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2013. He led the team to their highest ever
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of 47th in 2012, and came close to qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in Estonia's history, reaching the
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Player

Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK * Estonian Championship:
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Manager

Levadia *
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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
,
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
*
Estonian Cup The Estonian Cup () 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 qualifying round. Finals ...
: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07 Flora *
Estonian Cup The Estonian Cup () 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 qualifying round. Finals ...
: 2008–09 *
Estonian Supercup The Estonian Supercup () 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 Estonian Cup, then the league ...
: 2009 Individual *
Estonian Coach of the Year The Estonian Coach of the Year is chosen annually each December, since 1988. The winner is voted by a group of sports journalists, public, and sports associations. Skiing coach Mati Alaver has won the award a record five times. List of award wi ...
: 2011 *
Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star (; ) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonian citizens and foreigners to give recognition for services rendered to the Estonian state. Design Classes The Order of the White Star ...
, 4th Class


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* 1954 births Living people Footballers from Viljandi Estonian football managers Estonian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers FC Flora managers Viljandi JK Tulevik managers FCI Levadia Tallinn managers Estonia national football team managers Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Men's association football midfielders Estonian expatriate football managers FC Nõmme United managers FC Norma Tallinn players Pärnu JK Tervis players {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub