Tarmo Rüütli (born 11 August 1954) is an Estonian
football
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manager
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and former
football player
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.
As player, Rüütli won the
1985 Estonian Championship with Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK. As manager, he led
Levadia to three
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded i ...
titles and three
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
...
s, and
Flora
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to one Estonian Cup and one
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 ...
. 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
FIFA ranking
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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
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs
The UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-off ties were played over two legs, with the first legs on 11 November and the second legs on 15 November 2011. The four winners are found according to the standard rules for the knockout phase in European compe ...
.
Honours
Player
Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK
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Estonian Championship:
1985
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Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
Manager
Levadia
*
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded i ...
:
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 ...
,
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
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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
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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
References
External links
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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
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