Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin (born 10 February 1973) is a retired

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, who became a

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after his professional career. He played for several clubs in his native country, including

JK Merkuur Tartu Tartu JK Merkuur was an Estonian football club based in Tartu. Merkuur was one of the founding members of the Meistriliiga, the top-tier of Estonian football. 2006, the last year of its existence, the club was known as JK Maag for sponsorship ...

FC Levadia Tallinn Football Club Infonet Levadia Tallinn, commonly known as FCI Levadia, or simply as Levadia, is a professional football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lill ...

JK Tammeka Tartu Tartu Jalgpallikool Tammeka, commonly known as Tartu Tammeka or simply Tammeka, is an Estonia, Estonian professional Association football, football club based in Tartu that competes in Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league sy ...

, JK Viljandi Tulevik and

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International career

O'Konnel-Bronin earned his first official cap for the

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on 30 July

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, when Estonia played Latvia at the Baltic Cup 1994. He obtained a total of 22 caps.

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* * 1973 births Living people Footballers from Tartu Estonian men's footballers Estonia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Viljandi JK Tulevik players FC Ajax Lasnamäe players FC Norma Tallinn players FCI Levadia Tallinn players Estonian people of Irish descent Meistriliiga players Tartu JK Merkuur players {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub