Dzintar Klavan (born 18 June 1961) is an Estonian former professional

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who played as a

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. He played for

FC Flora Tallinn FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a professional football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium. Fo ...

, JK Viljandi Tulevik, and FC Warrior Valga.

International career

Klavan made a total of 19 caps for the Estonia national team during his career. He earned his first official cap on 21 February

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, when Estonia met Latvia in an indoor friendly.

Personal life

He has a son,

Ragnar Klavan Ragnar Klavan (born 30 October 1985) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Estonian club Paide Linnameeskond and the Estonia national team. A left-footed centre back, he has also played as a left back during his car ...

, who is a professional footballer playing for

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 Meist ...

. Ragnar has been capped by the Estonian national team.

References

* 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Viljandi Estonian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Estonia men's international footballers FC Warrior Valga players FC Flora players Viljandi JK Tulevik players Estonian expatriate men's footballers Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Soviet men's footballers {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub