Risto Kallaste (born 23 February 1971) is an

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 ...

n football

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and former Estonian international

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who is currently the

of Flora U19 team. He played as a full back. Kallaste made his first appearance for the Estonia national football team on 3 June 1992, in a historic 1–1 friendly draw against

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. The match was Estonia's first official match since restoration of independence and Slovenia's first ever. He made a total of 36 appearances for the national team.

Style of play

Kallaste was famous for his long range flip throw-ins.

Personal

His son

Ken Kallaste Ken Kallaste (''né'' Akerta; born 31 August 1988) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Meistriliiga club Flora and the Estonia national team. Club career Flora Kallaste came through the Flora youth system. He ma ...

is also a footballer.

References

External links

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Meeting Risto Kallaste, the flip thrown-in father
13 June 2013
YouTube Video of Risto Kallaste's crazy flip throw-in

Saltoaut on tagasi!
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kallaste, Risto 1971 births Living people Soviet footballers Estonian footballers Estonia international footballers FC Flora players Viborg FF players FC Kuressaare players Nõmme Kalju FC players Estonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Sweden Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Footballers from Tallinn Association football defenders FC Nõmme United players