Tarmo Neemelo

Tarmo Neemelo

Personal information
Full name	Tarmo Neemelo
Date of birth	(1982-02-10) 10 February 1982
Place of birth	Paide, Estonia
Height
Position(s)	Centre forward
Team information
Current team	Nõmme Kalju
Number	99
Youth career
	Lelle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2003	Kuressaare	80	(24)
2004–2006	TVMK Tallinn	58	(54)
2006–2007	Helsingborgs	5	(0)
2006	→ TVMK Tallinn (loan)	17	(7)
2007	→ Sundsvall (loan)	24	(8)
2008	MYPA	24	(8)
2009	Zulte Waregem	11	(0)
2009–2010	Levadia Tallinn	49	(29)
2011–	Nõmme Kalju	154	(80)
International career‡
	Estonia U17	1	(0)
	Estonia U18	2	(0)
	Estonia U19	3	(0)
	Estonia U21	9	(0)
2005–2012	Estonia	22	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 March 2016

Tarmo Neemelo (born 10 February 1982) is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for Nõmme Kalju. He plays the position of striker and is also a member of the Estonia national football team.

Club career

Tarmo Neemelo was born in Paide, Estonia. He began playing football in local club Lelle and was noticed by Flora Tallinn, one of the major clubs in Estonia. He did not manage to get into the first team and decided to move from Flora Tallinn to Kuressaare. He then moved to TVMK Tallinn in 2004.

In the 2005 season, for TVMK Tallinn, he scored 41 goals in 33 games, which put him in 12th place in the ESM Golden Shoe.

In 2006 he has moved to Sweden for the coming season, to potentially partner fellow striker Henrik Larsson at Helsingborgs IF. In the previous season, he scored 13 goals in 25 games for his club. He soon moved back to TVMK Tallinn though on a short loan spell to gain match practice. At the start of the 2007 Allsvenskan season, he was again loaned out to Superettan club GIF Sundsvall.

In February 2008, he signed a two-year contract with Finnish Veikkausliiga club MYPA. On 1 January 2009 joined to Belgian club Zulte Waregem, with teammate Eetu Muinonen, but he was often a substitute being a part of the starting eleven just twice. On 31 July 2009, Zulte Waregem officials released the Estonian forward by mutual consent, he returned to Levadia Tallinn.

When his contract ran out at Levadia after the 2010 season, he trained with Nõmme Kalju and joined the club on 7 February 2011 on a two-year contract, despite league rival Flora Tallinn's attempts to sign him as a replacement for Sander Post. He finished the season as the club's top league goalscorer with 22 goals in 32 matches.

International career

For Estonia, Neemelo is capped 22 times, scoring 1 goal. He debuted internationally on 20 April 2005 against Norway in a friendly match. He scored his first and only goal on 28 May 2006 against Turkey also in a friendly match. That goal won the Silverball.

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 November 2015.

Club	Season	League
		Division	Apps	Goals
Kuressaare	2000	Meistriliiga	14	1
	2001	Meistriliiga	23	2
	2002	Esiliiga	25	14
	2003	Meistriliiga	18	7
	Total		80	24
TVMK Tallinn	2004	Meistriliiga	25	13
	2005	Meistriliiga	33	41
	Total		58	54
Helsingborgs	2006	Allsvenskan	5	0
	Total		5	0
TVMK Tallinn (loan)	2006	Meistriliiga	17	7
	Total		17	7
Sundsvall (loan)	2007	Superettan	24	8
	Total		24	8
MYPA	2008	Veikkausliiga	24	8
	Total		24	8
Zulte Waregem	2008–09	Belgian Pro League	10	0
	Total		10	0
Levadia Tallinn	2009	Meistriliiga	17	9
	2010	Meistriliiga	32	20
	Total		49	29
Nõmme Kalju	2011	Meistriliiga	32	22
	2012	Meistriliiga	26	22
	2013	Meistriliiga	34	11
	2014	Meistriliiga	30	14
	2015	Meistriliiga	32	11
	Total		154	80
Career total			421	210

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 May 2006	Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg, Germany	Turkey	1–1	1–1	Friendly

Honours

Club

TVMK Tallinn

• Meistriliiga: 2005

Levadia Tallinn

• Meistriliiga: 2009
• Estonian Cup: 2009–10
• Estonian Supercup: 2010

Nõmme Kalju

• Meistriliiga: 2012
• Estonian Cup: 2014–15

Individual

• Meistriliiga top goalscorer: 2005
• Estonian Silverball: 2006

External links

• Tarmo Neemelo at Estonian Football Association (Estonian)