Siim Tenno (born 4 August 1990) is an Estonian

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who plays for German

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club MTV Gifhorn as a

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Club career

Tenno, Tartu Tammeka youth product, started his men's league career with club's third team in the

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in 2007. The next season, he played 29 matches for the club's second team and was promoted to the first team for the 2009 season.

Viktoria Žižkov

In January 2012, he and teammate

Kaarel Kiidron Kaarel Kiidron (born 30 April 1990) is a retired Estonian footballer who last played in Estonia for JK Tammeka Tartu, as a defender. Career Kaarel Kiidron began his career with FC Lootos Põlva. In 2007, he moved to JK Tammeka Tartu. He rose ...

were loaned to Czech Republic club

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until the end of the season. He made the first team debut on 30 March 2012, when he came on as a late substitute.

Narva Trans

In the start of 2014 season, Tenno signed a one-year contract with

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club Narva Trans. Before that he went on trial to 2. Bundesliga club

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. Good spell in

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helped him to sign a contract with German

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club

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Neumünster

At the start of July, Siim Tenno was with his former teammate Reio Laabus together in

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and both signed contracts.

Tartu Tammeka

On 21 July 2015, Tenno rejoined Tammeka.

MTV Gifhorn

In January 2016, Tenno joined German

club MTV Gifhorn.

International career

He made his international debut for

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in 2011.

Personal life

His brother, Simo, is also a footballer.

References

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* * 1990 births Living people Estonian footballers Sportspeople from Tartu Estonia international footballers Estonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic Estonian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic FK Viktoria Žižkov players Tartu JK Tammeka players JK Narva Trans players VfR Neumünster players Expatriate footballers in Germany Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Association football midfielders {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub