Martin Vunk

Martin Vunk

Vunk with Estonia in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Martin Vunk
Date of birth	(1984-08-21) 21 August 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Tartu, Estonia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999	Lelle
2000–2001	Kuressaare	4	(0)
2001	Tervis	21	(1)
2002–2010	Flora	114	(24)
2002–2004	→ Warrior (loan)	48	(5)
2005	→ Tervis (loan)	5	(0)
2010	→ Syrianska (loan)	8	(0)
2011–2012	Nea Salamis Famagusta	28	(3)
2012	Panachaiki	10	(0)
2013	Sillamäe Kalev	32	(6)
2014	Nõmme Kalju	26	(4)
2015	Persija Jakarta	3	(0)
2015–2016	Pärnu Linnameeskond	42	(5)
2017	Vaprus	10	(1)
2019	Vaprus	3	(0)
International career
1999–2000	Estonia U16	2	(0)
2000	Estonia U17	1	(0)
2001–2002	Estonia U19	5	(0)
2002	Estonia U20	2	(0)
2002–?	Estonia U21	14	(0)
2008–2014	Estonia	67	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Vunk (born 21 August 1984) is a retired Estonian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Vunk was named the Meistriliiga Player of the Year for his performances for Flora in 2008. On 21 November 2009, he signed a two-year loan deal with Syrianska.[1] On 5 January 2011, he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Nea Salamis Famagusta, previously released for that deal by Flora.[2] On 25 July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with the Greek club Panachaiki.

On 9 February 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Sillamäe Kalev.[3]

On 22 February 2014, he signed a one-year contract with Nõmme Kalju.

On 9 December 2014, he signed a one-year contract with Persija Jakarta.[4] However, due to financial trouble the 2015 Indonesia Super League season was cancelled and in the end of May Vunk released himself of the contract.[5]

International career

On 27 February 2008, he debuted for Estonia in a friendly match against Poland, when he came on as a substitute in the 67th minute.[6] He instantly became a regular and was the only player to appear in all 14 matches for the team in that year.[7] On 6 September 2011, Vunk scored his first International goal for Estonia in a 4–1 victory over Northern Ireland[8][9] after being very close to his first international goal in the previous game against Slovenia.[10]

International goals

Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Vunk goal.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 September 2011	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	Northern Ireland	1–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

Club

Flora

• Meistriliiga: 2002
• Estonian Cup: 2008–09, 2008–09
• Estonian Supercup: 2002

Syrianska

• Superettan: 2010

Individual

• Meistriliiga Player of the Year: 2008

References

1. Lukk, Kristjan (21 November 2009). "Martin Vunk siirdus Syrianskasse". Soccernet.ee.
2. "Sport – ERR". 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
3. "Martin Vunk jätkab Sillamäe Kalevis" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
4. "Persija Jakarta Resmi Dapatkan Martin Vunk Dan Yevgeni Kabayev" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 9 December 2014.
5. "Vunk jõudis Indoneesiast Eestisse: vabastasin end ise lepingust" (in Estonian). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
6. "POOLA – EESTI 2:0" [POLAND – ESTONIA 2:0] (in Estonian). Jalgpallihaigla.ee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
7. "Koondiseaasta numbrites 2008" [National team in numbers 2008] (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 24 November 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
8. "UEFA EURO 2012 - Estonia-Northern Ireland – UEFA.com". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011.
9. "Martin Vunk". Eesti Jalgpalli Liit (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2023.
10. "Eesti alistas Ljubljanas EM-valikmängus Sloveenia 2:1". ERR (in Estonian). 2 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

External links

• Martin Vunk at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
• Martin Vunk national team profile at the Estonian Football Association (archive) (in Estonian)
• Martin Vunk at National-Football-Teams.com
• "Player profile on SyrianskaFC.com". Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
• Martin Vunk at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
• Martin Vunk at Soccerway

Awards
Preceded by Juha Hakola	Meistriliiga Player of the Year 2008	Succeeded by Konstantin Nahk