Urmas Rooba (born 8 July 1978 in

Kaaruka Kaaruka is a village in Paide (urban municipality), Järva County in northern-central Estonia. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform in Estonia of local governments, it was located in Roosna-Alliku Parish Roosna-Alliku Parish ( et, Roosna-Al ...

) is a retired

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, who last played for

Paide Linnameeskond Paide Linnameeskond is a professional football club based in Paide, Estonia that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Paide linnastaadion. Founded in 2004, the club has played in the Meistr ...

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. He played the position of defender.

Club career

Rooba played for

FC Midtjylland FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Su ...

before he joined

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. He was injury plagued at the Danish capital, and moved to

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in 2006, but because of his injuries he waited until 20 May 2007 to make his debut for the first team. In his

days was touted as one of the best defenders in the Danish league, before injury after injury has put his playing career on a downfall. He has also played in

FC Lelle FC Lelle is an amateur football club in Lelle, Estonia. It is not to be confused with Lelle SK, a former club in the same town, which was renamed as JK Tervis Pärnu. External linksClub website Lelle SK Lelle is a small borough (') in Kehtna Parish, Rapla County, in central Estonia. It has a station on the Tallinn - Viljandi railway line operated by Elron, and until December 2018 was the junction with the former branch to Pärnu. As of 2011 C ...

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and TPS.

International career

He has made 70 appearances for Estonian national team and has scored 1 goal.

Personal

Rooba is the brother of former Estonian international

Meelis Rooba Meelis Rooba (born 20 April 1977) is an Estonian professional football coach and former player. He also played for the Estonian national team. International career Rooba made his debut for Estonia national football team on 7 July 1996, against ...

, who made 50 caps for the national team between 1996 and 2004.

References

Guardian Football

External links

* * * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Paide Estonian men's footballers Estonia men's international footballers Meistriliiga players Danish Superliga players Veikkausliiga players FC Flora players FC Midtjylland players F.C. Copenhagen players Vejle Boldklub players FF Jaro players Men's association football fullbacks Estonian expatriate men's footballers Turun Palloseura footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Paide Linnameeskond players {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub