Martin Vunk

Martin Vunk
Vunk with Estonia in 2010
Personal information
Full name Martin Vunk
Date of birth (1984-08-21) 21 August 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Tartu, Estonia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 Lelle
2000–2001 Kuressaare 4 (0)
2001 Tervis 21 (1)
2002–2010 Flora 114 (24)
2002–2004 → Warrior (loan) 48 (5)
2005 → Tervis (loan) 5 (0)
2010 → Syrianska (loan) 8 (0)
2011–2012 Nea Salamis Famagusta 28 (3)
2012 Panachaiki 10 (0)
2013 Sillamäe Kalev 32 (6)
2014 Nõmme Kalju 26 (4)
2015 Persija Jakarta 3 (0)
2015–2016 Pärnu Linnameeskond 42 (5)
2017 Vaprus 10 (1)
2019 Vaprus 3 (0)
International career
1999–2000 Estonia U16 2 (0)
2000 Estonia U17 1 (0)
2001–2002 Estonia U19 5 (0)
2002 Estonia U20 2 (0)
2002–? Estonia U21 14 (0)
2008–2014 Estonia 67 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Vunk (born 21 August 1984) is a retired Estonian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Vunk was named the Meistriliiga Player of the Year for his performances for Flora in 2008. On 21 November 2009, he signed a two-year loan deal with Syrianska.[1] On 5 January 2011, he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Nea Salamis Famagusta, previously released for that deal by Flora.[2] On 25 July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with the Greek club Panachaiki.

On 9 February 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Sillamäe Kalev.[3]

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

On 9 December 2014, he signed a one-year contract with Persija Jakarta.[4] However, due to financial trouble the 2015 Indonesia Super League season was cancelled and in the end of May Vunk released himself of the contract.[5]

International career

On 27 February 2008, he debuted for Estonia in a friendly match against Poland, when he came on as a substitute in the 67th minute.[6] He instantly became a regular and was the only player to appear in all 14 matches for the team in that year.[7] On 6 September 2011, Vunk scored his first International goal for Estonia in a 4–1 victory over Northern Ireland[8][9] after being very close to his first international goal in the previous game against Slovenia.[10]

International goals

Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Vunk goal.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 September 2011 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia  Northern Ireland 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

Club

Flora
Syrianska

Individual

References

  1. ^ Lukk, Kristjan (21 November 2009). "Martin Vunk siirdus Syrianskasse". Soccernet.ee.
  2. ^ "Sport – ERR". 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Martin Vunk jätkab Sillamäe Kalevis" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Persija Jakarta Resmi Dapatkan Martin Vunk Dan Yevgeni Kabayev" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Vunk jõudis Indoneesiast Eestisse: vabastasin end ise lepingust" (in Estonian). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  6. ^ "POOLA – EESTI 2:0" [POLAND – ESTONIA 2:0] (in Estonian). Jalgpallihaigla.ee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  7. ^ "Koondiseaasta numbrites 2008" [National team in numbers 2008] (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 24 November 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  8. ^ "UEFA EURO 2012 - Estonia-Northern Ireland – UEFA.com". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Martin Vunk". Eesti Jalgpalli Liit (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Eesti alistas Ljubljanas EM-valikmängus Sloveenia 2:1". ERR (in Estonian). 2 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
Awards
Preceded by Meistriliiga Player of the Year
2008 		Succeeded by