Annika Tammela

Annika Tammela
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-07-01)1 July 1979
Place of birth Pärnu, Estonia
Date of death 26 June 2001(2001-06-26) (aged 21)
Place of death Pärnu, Estonia
Position(s) Midfielder
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2000 Estonia 27 (1)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2010

Annika Tammela (1 July 1979 – 26 June 2001) was an Estonian women's footballer. She was a member of the Estonia women's national football team from 1994–2000, playing 27 matches and scoring 1 goal. She became the Estonian Women's Footballer of the Year in 1999.[1]

Tammela died, aged 21, died when her bicycle collided with a garbage truck that pulled out in front of her at the intersection of Tallinna Road and Rohu Street in Pärnu.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Eesti Spordi biograafiline leksikon" (in Estonian). esbl.ee.


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