Henrik Ojamaa (born 20 May 1991) is an Estonian professional

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who plays as a

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for

FC Flora 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. For ...

and the Estonia national team. In 2012, Ojamaa was named the Estonian Young Footballer of the Year.

Club career

Flora

Ojamaa began playing football with the

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youth academy. He made his senior league debut for the club's reserve side Flora II in the

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on 4 April 2007.

Derby County

In 2007, Ojamaa joined the

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academy. He was Derby County's Scholar of the Year in the 2008–09 season. In June 2009, he signed his first professional contract. On 28 November 2009, Ojamaa joined Stafford Rangers on a one-month loan. He won numerous Man of the Match awards during his short spell at the

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side. On 5 May 2010, it was announced that Ojamaa would be released after the 2009–10 season.

Alemannia Aachen

On 19 May 2010, Ojamaa signed a two-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club

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. He made a single appearance in the 2. Bundesliga on 27 November 2010, replacing

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in the 88th minute of a 1–3 loss to

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Fortuna Sittard (loan)

In January 2011, Ojamaa joined

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club

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on loan for the remainder of the 2010–11 season.

RoPS

On 22 July 2011, Ojamaa signed for the

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club

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for the remainder of the 2011 season. He went on to score two goals in 17 appearances, but couldn't save his club from relegation.

Motherwell

On 4 January 2012, Ojamaa signed for

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club

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until the end of the 2011–12 season. He made an instant impact on his debut for Motherwell, scoring in a 4–0 home win over Queen's Park in the fourth round of the

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in a 0–1 home loss to

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. He scored four goals in his first five appearances for Motherwell and on 2 February 2012, he signed a new two-and-a-half year contract with the club. Ojamaa celebrated his contract extension with another goal and two assists in a 6–0 victory over

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in a Scottish Cup match on 4 February 2012. Ojamaa became referred to as "The Sheriff" by fans during his stay at Motherwell due to his pistols goal celebration. His performances in January 2012 led to him being named Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month, as well as the player of the fifth round of the Scottish Cup. In addition to his four goals in the 2012–13 season, Ojamaa was also the league's top assist provider with 16.

Legia Warsaw

On 6 June 2013, Ojamaa signed a three-year contract with Polish champions

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for a fee of €500,000. He made his debut in the

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on 27 July 2013, coming on as a substitute and providing an assist for

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's goal in the 3–0 away victory over

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. Ojamaa scored his first Ekstraklasa goal on 3 August 2013, in a 4–0 home victory over

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. He won the Ekstraklasa title in the 2013–14 season, his first league title.

Motherwell (loan)

On 14 August 2014, Ojamaa returned to Motherwell on a six-month loan deal. At the conclusion of the loan in January 2015, Ojamaa opted not to extend his stay at Motherwell and returned to Legia Warsaw.

Sarpsborg 08 (loan)

On 2 February 2015, Ojamaa joined

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club

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on loan. He made his debut in the Tippeligaen on 6 April 2015, in a 1–0 away victory over

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Swindon Town

On 4 September 2015, Ojamaa signed for

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side

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on a one-year deal. He made his debut for Swindon Town on 12 September 2015, in a 1–4 away loss to

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Wacker Innsbruck

On 7 January 2016, Ojamaa signed for Erste Liga club

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Go Ahead Eagles

On 21 June 2016, Ojamaa signed a two-year contract with

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club

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. He made his debut in the Eredivisie on 6 August 2016, starting in a 0–3 away loss to

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. Ojamaa scored in his second match, a 2–2 home draw against

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on 14 August 2016.

Dundee (loan)

On 31 January 2017, Ojamaa joined Scottish Premiership club

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on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.

Gorica

On 21 October 2017, Ojamaa signed for

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club Gorica until the end of the 2017–18 season. He scored 6 goals in 19 games as Gorica won the league and promotion to the

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Miedź Legnica

On 21 June 2018, Ojamaa signed for Ekstraklasa club

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on a two-year deal, with an option to extend the contract for another year.

International career

Ojamaa began his international career for Estonia with the under-17 national team. He was a part of the under-19 team that reached the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification round. Ojamaa also represented the under-21 team in the Under-21 Baltic Cup in 2008, and scored a hat-trick against

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in a 6–0 friendly win on 29 March 2011. On 3 February 2012, Ojamaa received his first senior call-up by

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for a friendly against

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. However the call-up was later dismissed by his club,

. He made his senior debut for

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on 25 May 2012, in a 1–3 loss to

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in a friendly. Ojamaa scored his first international goal on 30 May 2018, in a 2–0 win over

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at the 2018 Baltic Cup.

Personal life

Ojamaa has two brothers: Hindrek, the younger brother, is also a professional footballer, while Harri, the older brother, was forced to end his football career at the age of 19 due to an injury. Harri now works as an agent for Golden Star Management who also represent Henrik.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''As of 30 May 2018. Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ojamaa goal.''

Honours

Club

Legia Warsaw *

: 2013–14 Gorica *

: 2017–18 Flora *

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Individual

* Estonian Young Footballer of the Year: 2012

References

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