Kaire Kimsen (born 13 March 1978) is an Estonian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender for the Estonia women's national team.

Career

Kimsen played for the Estonia national team 17 times between 1996 and 2002, playing alongside her older sister

Kadri Kimsen Kadri Kimsen (born 8 October 1976) is an Estonian former footballer who played as a midfielder for the Estonia women's national team. Career Kimsen played in the first ever official match for Estonia, against Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, ...

on eight of those occasions. Kaire and Kadri Kimsen were the first pair of sisters to represent the Estonian national football team.

Personal life

Her niece,

Marie Heleen Lisette Kikkas Marie Heleen Lisette Kikkas (born 17 June 1996) is an Estonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for JK Tallinna Kalev and the Estonia women's national team. Early life Kikkas' mother, Kadri Kimsen, and her aunt, Kaire Kimsen, also played fo ...

, is also an Estonian international footballer and debuted in December 2020.

References

1978 births Living people Women's association football defenders Estonian women's footballers Estonia women's international footballers People from Saue Parish {{Estonia-women-footy-bio-stub