Marie Heleen Lisette Kikkas (born 17 June 1996) is an Estonian

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who plays as a

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for

JK Tallinna Kalev JK Tallinna Kalev, also known as Tallinna Kalev or simply Kalev, is a football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is the Kalevi Keskstaadion. Formed as ...

and the Estonia women's national team.

Early life

Kikkas' mother,

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, ...

, and her aunt, Kaire Kimsen, also played for the Estonia women's football team and were the first pair of sisters to do so. Kadri Kimsen played in the first ever official match for Estonia, against

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. Marie Kikkas started playing football at the age of eight. In addition to football, she danced and performed

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. At the age of 15, she committed to football and played in a boys' team.

Career

Kikkas played in Sweden for DFK Värmbol in 2016 and stayed there for one season. She made her debut for the Estonia national team on 1 December 2020 against

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, coming on as a substitute for

Kristina Bannikova Kristina Bannikova (born 15 June 1991) is an Estonian football player, who plays as a striker for Naiste Meistriliiga club Pärnu and the Estonia women's national football team The Estonia women's national football team ( et, Eesti naiste ja ...

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* * 1996 births Living people Women's association football midfielders Estonian women's footballers Estonia women's international footballers FC Flora (women) players Footballers from Tallinn {{Estonia-women-footy-bio-stub