Eugen Einman (6 October 1905 – 12 September 1963) was an

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who played as a

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for the Estonian national team. He spent most of his career at

Tallinna Sport SK Tallinna Sport is a defunct Estonian football club, founded in 1912 and then re-established in 2003. The club won nine domestic league titles before Estonia became a part of Soviet Union. The club also played bandy in the interwar years, becom ...

and won a total of eight Estonian Championship titles. Einman is widely considered to be the greatest Estonian defensive player during the country's first period of independence.

Club career

Einman began playing football at the Tiigiveski Ground and joined

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B team in 1920. He was promoted to the first team in 1923 and quickly established himself as a starter. Einman lifted his first Estonian Championship title in

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, before winning the league again in

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and

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. In

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, Eugen Einman moved to TJK and won the league in the same season. He returned to Sport in the following year and again won the league title in 1929, before dominating Estonian football in 1931–1933, during which Sport also performed strongly against top European clubs. Eugen Einman retired after the 1936 season, at 31 years of age.

International career

Eugen Einman made his

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debut on 14 September 1924 in a 0–4 loss against

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. From 1924 until 1932, Einman played in a record 45 consecutive national team matches. In total, Einman made 64 appearances for Estonia and was only surpassed by

Evald Tipner Evald Tipner (13 March 1906 – 18 July 1947) was an Estonian footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest Estonian goalkeepers of all time. He was capped 66 times for Estonian national football team, 7 times for bandy national team and onc ...

(66 appearances) during the country's first period of independence. He also lifted the Baltic Cup twice, in

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and

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Honours

Club

Sport

* Estonian champion:

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TJK * Estonian champion:

International

Estonia * Baltic Cup:

References

1905 births 1963 deaths Footballers from Tallinn People from the Governorate of Estonia Estonian men's footballers Estonia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Estonia {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub