Madis Vihmann (born 5 October 1995) is a retired Estonian professional

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who played as a

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. He played in the Estonia national team in 19 matches.

Club career

Elva

Vihmann came through the

Elva Elva may refer to: Places *Elva, Estonia, town in Tartu County, Estonia *Elva Parish, municipality in Estonia *Elva (river), a river in Estonia *Elva, Illinois, unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States *Elva, Manitoba, u ...

youth system. He made his debut for the first team on 23 April 2011.

Levadia (loan)

In 2013, Vihmann moved to

Levadia Livadeia ( el, Λιβαδειά ''Livadiá'', ; grc, Λεβάδεια, Lebadeia or , ''Lebadia'') is a town in central Greece. It is the capital of the Boeotia regional district. Livadeia lies north-west of Athens, west of Chalkida, south-eas ...

on loan where he primarily played for the club's reserve side Levadia II. He made his debut in the

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football (soccer), football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-p ...

on 18 August 2014, in a 7–0 away win over Tallinna Kalev.

Flora

On 19 December 2014, Vihmann signed for

Flora Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. E ...

. He helped Flora win two Meistriliiga titles in

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and

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Stabæk (loan)

On 16 March 2019, Vihmann joined

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club Stabæk on two-year loan deal.

St Johnstone (loan)

On 26 July 2019, Vihmann cut short his loan deal with Stabæk to join

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club

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on a season-long loan, with the option to either extend the loan by another year or to make the deal permanent. He made his debut the next day in a 1–2 away loss to

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in a group stage match of the

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. The loan deal with St Johnstone was ended on 31 January 2020 and Vihmann returned to Flora. A few days later he chose to retire from football, citing only private personal reasons for his retirement.

International career

Vihmann has represented Estonia at under-21 and under-23 levels. He made his senior international debut for

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

on 12 June 2017, in a 2–1 away victory over

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

in a friendly.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

;Levadia II *

Esiliiga The Esiliiga is the second division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga is ranked below the Meistriliiga and above the Esiliiga B. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends i ...

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;Flora *

Estonian Cup The Estonian Cup ( et, Eesti Karikas) is the national knockout competition in Estonian football. In 2012, the competition was unofficially rebranded as Evald Tipner's Cup. The winner will compete in UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifyi ...

: 2015–16 *

Estonian Supercup The Estonian Supercup ( et, Eesti Superkarikas) is Estonian football's annual super cup, contested between the champions of the previous Meistriliiga season and the holders of the Estonian Cup. If the Meistriliiga champions also won the Estoni ...

: 2016 Estonia U21 *

Under-21 Baltic Cup The Under-21 Baltic Cup is an biennial football competition for under-21 national football teams organised by the Baltic states The Baltic states, et, Balti riigid or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term, which currently is used to ...

: 2014

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vihmann, Madis 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Valga, Estonia Estonian footballers Association football defenders FC Elva players Esiliiga players FCI Levadia U21 players Meistriliiga players FCI Levadia Tallinn players FC Flora players Eliteserien players Stabæk Fotball players St Johnstone F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Estonia youth international footballers Estonia under-21 international footballers Estonia international footballers Estonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate footballers in Scotland Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland