Gert Kams

Gert Kams (born 25 May 1985) is a retired Estonian professional footballer who played as a right back.

Gert Kams
Kams playing for Estonia in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gert Kams
Date of birth (1985-05-25) 25 May 1985
Place of birth Koeru, Estonia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Right back / Winger
Youth career
Kehtna
0000–2004 FCF Järvamaa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Koeru 54 (17)
2004 Ervita United 2 (7)
2005 Valga 25 (3)
2006–2012 Flora 207 (32)
2006–2007 Flora II 12 (10)
2013–2014 SJK 52 (7)
2014 Kerho 07 1 (0)
2014–2019 Flora 157 (13)
2017 Flora U21 2 (1)
National team‡
2005 Estonia U20 2 (0)
2006 Estonia U21 2 (0)
2007–2019 Estonia 60 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 July 2019

Club career

Early career

Kams started out playing for hometown team Koeru before moving to Meistriliiga side Valga in 2005.

Flora

In 2006, Kams joined Meistriliiga club Flora. He helped Flora win two successive Meistriliiga titles in 2010 and 2011.[1]

SJK

On 18 January 2013, Kams signed a two-year contract with Finnish club SJK.[2] SJK won the 2013 Ykkönen and were promoted to the Veikkausliiga.

Return to Flora

On 27 October 2014, Kams rejoined his former club Flora.[3] He was named as the club's captain ahead of the 2015 season. Kams went on to help Flora win Meistriliiga titles in the 2015 and 2017 seasons.[4]

International career

Kams has represented Estonia at under-20 and under-21 levels.

He made his senior international debut for Estonia on 3 February 2007, in a 0–4 loss to Poland in a friendly. Kams scored his first international goal on 29 February 2012, in a 2–0 friendly victory over El Salvador. It was an unconventional goal as the ball deflected off his back.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 January 2019.[6][7][8]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Koeru2001III liiga123————123
2002III liiga143————143
2003III liiga136————136
2004III liiga155————155
Total5417————5417
Ervita United2004V liiga27————27
Valga2005Meistriliiga25330———283
Flora2006Meistriliiga21520—001[lower-alpha 3]0245
2007Meistriliiga28323—2[lower-alpha 4]02[lower-alpha 5]0346
2008Meistriliiga36541—2[lower-alpha 4]03[lower-alpha 5]0456
2009Meistriliiga25440—1[lower-alpha 4]02[lower-alpha 5]0324
2010Meistriliiga35640—2[lower-alpha 4]06[lower-alpha 6]0476
2011Meistriliiga35433—2[lower-alpha 7]04[lower-alpha 8]0447
2012Meistriliiga27541—001[lower-alpha 3]0326
Total20732238—9019025840
Flora II2006Esiliiga10800———108
2007Esiliiga2200———22
Total121000———1210
SJK2013Ykkönen22410———234
2014Veikkausliiga3032040——363
Total5273040——597
Kerho 072014Kakkonen10————10
Flora2015Meistriliiga35430—2[lower-alpha 4]0—404
2016Meistriliiga31351—2[lower-alpha 7]01[lower-alpha 3]0394
2017Meistriliiga26000—0000260
2018Meistriliiga34320—4[lower-alpha 9]100404
Total12610101—811014512
Flora U212017Esiliiga2100———21
Career total481873994017120056197
  1. Includes the Estonian Cup and Finnish Cup
  2. Includes the Finnish League Cup
  3. Appearance in Estonian Supercup
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearances in Baltic League
  6. One appearance in Estonian Supercup, five appearances in Baltic League
  7. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  8. Two appearances in Baltic Champions Cup, two appearances in Baltic League
  9. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International
As of 19 July 2019.[9]
Kams (right) playing for Estonia against Germany in 2019.
National team Year Apps Goals
Estonia
200750
200820
200930
201050
201140
201262
201360
201460
201540
201670
201850
201951
Total583

International goals
As of 19 July 2019. Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kams goal.[9]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 February 2012Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States20 El Salvador2–02–0Friendly
2 8 November 2012Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman24 Oman2–12–1Friendly
3 11 January 2019Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar54 Finland1–02–1Friendly

Honours

Club
Flora
SJK
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References
  1. "FC Flora kindlustas 2011. aasta meistritiitli" [FC Flora secured the 2011 championship title] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 1 November 2011.
  2. "Gert Kams ja Stanislav Goldberg siirdusid Soome esiliigasse" [Gert Kams and Stanislav Goldberg moved to Finnish second division] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 19 January 2013.
  3. "Gert Kams naaseb FC Florasse" [Gert Kams returns to FC Flora] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 27 October 2014.
  4. "FC Flora kindlustas meistritiitli" [FC Flora secured championship title] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 28 October 2017.
  5. "Eesti alustas aastat 2:0 võiduga El Salvadori üle" [Estonia began the year with a 2–0 victory over El Salvador] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 1 March 2012.
  6. "Gert Kams" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  7. "Kams, Gert". National-Football-Teams.com.
  8. "Gert Kams". Soccerway.com.
  9. "Gert Kams" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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