Joonas Tamm (born 2 February 1992) is an Estonian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Estonia national team. Tamm has won the

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in 2022.

Club career

Tulevik

Tamm started out playing for hometown team Tulevik. He made his debut in the

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on 29 March 2008, in a 1–1 home draw against Sillamäe Kalev.

Flora

In February 2009, Tamm moved to

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. He scored his first Meistriliiga goal on 9 May 2009, in a 4–0 away victory over Tammeka. In August 2009, Tamm joined Italian club

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on a season-long loan, where he played for the club's ''Primavera'' side. Tamm returned to Flora in August 2010. He helped the team win the Meistriliiga in

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IFK Norrköping

On 27 December 2010, Tamm signed a three-year contract with

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club

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, with the option to extend the contract for another year. In July 2011, he moved to Division 1 side

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on loan. Tamm scored on his debut for the club on 9 July 2011, in a 2–1 away victory over

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. He made his debut in the Allsvenskan on 25 August 2011, in a 2–1 home victory over

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Trelleborgs FF

On 2 December 2013, Tamm signed a one-year contract with Division 1 club

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Return to Tulevik

On 9 February 2015, Tamm returned to his boyhood club, Tulevik, on a one-year contract. Positioned as a centre-forward, he went on to score 9 goals in 15 league appearances. On 2 May 2015, in the season 2015 he scored a Hat-tricks against

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Return to Flora

On 22 June 2015, Tamm joined his former club Flora for an undisclosed fee. He went on to help Flora win Meistriliiga titles in the

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and

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seasons.

Sarpsborg 08 (loan)

On 31 January 2018, Tamm joined

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club

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on a season-long loan. Starting from the first qualifying round, he helped the team reach the

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group stage. Tamm played in all six group stage matches as Sarpsborg 08 finished last in their group.

Korona Kielce (loan)

On 8 February 2019 Tamm joined

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club

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on a six-month loan deal.

Lillestrøm (loan)

On 27 June 2019, Tamm moved to Eliteserien club

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on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season, with the option to make the deal permanent.

FC Desna Chernihiv

In January 2020 he signed with

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of the

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. Tamm helped his new club to a 4th place finish in the

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and qualifying for the play-offs. On 16 July he scored against

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during the play-offs. On 22 August he scored in a 3–1 victory over

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in the opening match of the

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season. On 24 September he was included in the squad for the Europa League third qualifying round tie against

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Vorskla Poltava

On 28 May 2021 he signed for

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and on 22 June started his preparation with the new club. With the club he played in the 2020–21 Europa League second qualifying round. On 21 November he scored his first goal of the 2021–22 season against

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Second return to Flora

In March 2022, Tamm returned to Flora once again on loan until the end of the season due to the interruption of the

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. He played the first match on 9 March in the

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against

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, helping the side advance to the semi-final. On 12 April, he scored again against

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at the

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. He helped the club to win the

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FCSB

On 10 July 2022 he signed for Romanian

club

. On 24 July 2022, he made his debut in Liga I against

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at the Stadionul Rapid-Giulești in

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. He scored his first goal for the club in a league match against Craiova on 31 July. He was later chosen for the league's Team of the Week. On 3 August he scored his first goal in the

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against DAC Dunajská Streda at the

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providing the 1–0 away victory for his team. On 14 August he scored the winning goal in a league game against Targoviste Chindia and again was named to the Team of the Week.

International career

Tamm has represented Estonia at all levels, from the under-16 side to

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squad. He represented Estonia's under-17 team at the 2008 Under-17 Baltic Cup, eventually reaching the final. On 10 June 2011, he was named by manager

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to the Estonian senior squad to face

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and

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in friendly matches. He made his senior debut for the on 19 June in a 4–0 away defeat to Chile. Tamm scored his first international goals on 7 October 2017, when he scored a second-half

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in a 6–0 away victory over

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. In doing so, he became the first player to score a hat-trick for Estonia since 1996. He won the

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with Estonia, playing in the final against

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. On 2 June 2022 he scored against

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play in

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''As of 2 June 2022. Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Tamm goal.''

Honours

Club

Flora *

: (4)

: 2015–16 *

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: (2) 2009, 2016

International

Estonia * Baltic Cup:

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* Baltic Cup runner-up:

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Estonia U19 * Under-19 Baltic Cup runner-Up: 2009, 2010, 2011 Estonia U17 * Under-17 Baltic Cup runner-Up: 2008

Individual

: 2022

Gallery

File:Tamm, 2009.jpg, Joonas Tamm playing for

in 2009 File:2019-06-11 Fußball, Männer, Länderspiel, Deutschland-Estland StP 2255 LR10 by Stepro.jpg, Joonas Tamm (16) with the Estonia National Team against

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in 2019

References

External links

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