Taavi Rähn (born 16 May 1981) is a retired

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n professional

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. He played in the position of a

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Club career

He started his professional career with

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as a centre-back, then moved on to

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...

club

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. In 2006, he joined Lithuanian side Ekranas. In 2010, he was on trial at

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club (, known as Hai-niu or literally Sea Bull) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team i ...

of the

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. In March 2011, he signed a deal with

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club

Tianjin Songjiang Tianjin Tianhai F.C. (; ;) was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Tianjin. History 2006-2010: Formation and League Two On June 6, 2006 the Tianjin Binhai Holdings Limited company would form a new football team based in Hohhot calle ...

. In January 2013, he signed with

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club

Hunan Billows Hunan Billows Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Changsha, Hunan and their home stadium is ...

on a free transfer.

International career

Rähn made his debut for the

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in 2001. He scored an own goal playing against

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on 13 October 2007, in an attempt to clear the ball from outside his own box, he cleanly headed

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's cross onto his own post, and past keeper and teammate

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. He made a total of 74 appearances for the senior national side.

Honours

Club

;Flora *

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 ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

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 ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

;Ekranas *

A Lyga The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. The A Lyga is an abbreviation of Aukščiausia lyga meaning Highest League. It is organized by Lithuanian Football Federation LFF ( lt, Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija). The Auk� ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

;Levadia *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahn, Taavi 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Pärnu Estonian footballers Estonia international footballers Estonia under-21 international footballers Estonia youth international footballers Viljandi JK Tulevik players Meistriliiga players FC Flora players Estonian expatriate footballers Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Ukraine FC Volyn Lutsk players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Expatriate footballers in Lithuania Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate footballers in Russia Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Russia FC Baltika Kaliningrad players Estonian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in China Tianjin Tianhai F.C. players Hunan Billows players China League One players Expatriate footballers in Finland Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland FCI Levadia Tallinn players Paide Linnameeskond players Association football defenders Neftçi PFK players Azerbaijan Premier League players Veikkausliiga players JK Tervis Pärnu players