Joonas Tamm

Joonas Tamm (born 2 February 1992) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Desna Chernihiv, and the Estonia national team.

Joonas Tamm

Tamm with Flora in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Joonas Tamm
Date of birth	(1992-02-02) 2 February 1992
Place of birth	Viljandi, Estonia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Desna Chernihiv
Number	4
Youth career
2003–2008	Tulevik
2009–2010	Sampdoria (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Tulevik	15	(0)
2008	Tulevik II	23	(24)
2009–2010	Flora	22	(3)
2009–2010	Flora II	6	(2)
2010–2013	IFK Norrköping	5	(0)
2011	→ IF Sylvia (loan)	4	(1)
2013	→ IF Sylvia (loan)	8	(4)
2013–2014	Trelleborgs FF	23	(3)
2015	Tulevik	15	(9)
2015–2019	Flora	83	(6)
2018	→ Sarpsborg 08 (loan)	25	(2)
2019	→ Korona Kielce (loan)	6	(0)
2019	→ Korona II Kielce (loan)	5	(0)
2019	→ Lillestrøm (loan)	16	(0)
2020–	Desna Chernihiv	13	(1)
National team^‡
2007	Estonia U16	2	(1)
2008	Estonia U17	9	(1)
2009	Estonia U18	1	(0)
2009–2011	Estonia U19	22	(3)
2011	Estonia U21	2	(0)
2016	Estonia U23	1	(0)
2011–	Estonia	35	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:53, 31 May 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 January 2020

Club career

Tulevik

Tamm started out playing for hometown team Tulevik. He made his debut in the Meistriliiga on 29 March 2008, in a 1–1 home draw against Sillamäe Kalev.

Flora

In February 2009, Tamm moved to Flora. He scored his first Meistriliiga goal on 9 May 2009, in a 4–0 away victory over Tammeka.

In August 2009, Tamm joined Italian club Sampdoria on a season-long loan, where he played for the club's Primavera side.

Tamm returned to Flora in August 2010. He helped the team win the Meistriliiga in 2010.[1]

IFK Norrköping

On 27 December 2010, Tamm signed a three-year contract with Allsvenskan club IFK Norrköping, with the option to extend the contract for another year.[2] In July 2011, he moved to Division 1 side IF Sylvia on loan. Tamm scored on his debut for the club on 9 July 2011, in a 2–1 away victory over Motala AIF. He made his debut in the Allsvenskan on 25 August 2011, in a 2–1 home victory over Djurgårdens IF.[3]

Trelleborgs FF

On 2 December 2013, Tamm signed a one-year contract with Division 1 club Trelleborgs FF.[4]

Return to Tulevik

On 9 February 2015, Tamm returned to his boyhood club, Tulevik, on a one-year contract.[5] Positioned as a centre-forward, he went on to score 9 goals in 15 league appearances.

Return to Flora

On 22 June 2015, Tamm joined his former club Flora for an undisclosed fee.[6][7] He went on to help Flora win Meistriliiga titles in the 2015 and 2017 seasons.[8][9]

Sarpsborg 08 (loan)

On 31 January 2018, Tamm joined Eliteserien club Sarpsborg 08 on a season-long loan.[10] Starting from the first qualifying round, he helped the team reach the UEFA Europa League group stage. Tamm played in all six group stage matches as Sarpsborg 08 finished last in their group.

Korona Kielce (loan)

On 8 February 2019 Tamm joined Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce on a six-month loan deal.[11]

Lillestrøm (loan)

On 27 June 2019, Tamm moved to Eliteserien club Lillestrøm on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season, with the option to make the deal permanent.[12]

FC Desna Chernihiv

In January 2020 he signed with FC Desna Chernihiv under the scheme 1.5 years + 1 year.[13], the main club in Chernihiv in Ukraine and played for the Ukrainian Premier League. Joonas gave his contribution for his new club to achieve the 4th place in the Premier League and qualifying for the play-offs for the Championship round table. On 16 July 2020 he scored against FC Oleksandriya during the play-offs of the Championship round table at the Stadion Yuri Gagarin in Chernihiv [14] and he was promoted for the Europa League third qualifying round.[15]

International career

Tamm has represented Estonia at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19, under-21 and under-23 levels. On 10 June 2011, Tamm was named by manager Tarmo Rüütli in the Estonia squad to face Chile and Uruguay in friendly matches.[16] He made his debut for the senior national team on 19 June 2011, in a 0–4 away loss to Chile.[17] Tamm scored his first international goals on 7 October 2017, when he found the net three times in the second half of a 6–0 away victory in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Gibraltar, becoming the first player to score a hat-trick for Estonia since 1996.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 July 2019.[19][20]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Gkarioals
Tulevik	2008	Meistriliiga	15	0	0	0	—		—		15	0
Tulevik II	2008	II liiga	23	24	4	3	—		—		27	27
Flora	2009	Meistriliiga	9	1	2	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	13	2
	2010	Meistriliiga	13	2	1	1	0	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	15	3
	Total		22	3	3	2	1	0	2	0	28	5
Flora II	2009	Esiliiga	3	1	0	0	—		—		3	1
	2010	Esiliiga	3	1	0	0	—		—		3	1
	Total		6	2	0	0	—		—		6	2
IFK Norrköping	2011	Allsvenskan	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2012	Allsvenskan	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2013	Allsvenskan	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
IF Sylvia (loan)	2011	Division 1	4	1	—		—		1[lower-alpha 5]	0	5	1
	2013	Division 1	8	4	—		—		—		8	4
	Total		12	5	—		—		1	0	13	5
Trelleborgs FF	2014	Division 1	23	3	—		—		—		23	3
Tulevik	2015	Meistriliiga	15	9	0	0	—		—		15	9
Flora	2015	Meistriliiga	18	1	3	5	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		23	6
	2016	Meistriliiga	31	2	5	0	1[lower-alpha 6]	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	38	2
	2017	Meistriliiga	34	3	0	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	36	3
	Total		83	6	8	5	5	0	1	0	97	11
Sarpsborg 08 (loan)	2018	Eliteserien	25	2	0	0	12[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		37	2
Korona Kielce (loan)	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	6	0	0	0	—		—		6	0
Korona II Kielce (loan)	2018–19	IV liga	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Desna Chernihiv	2019–20	Ukrainian Premier League	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	13	1
	2020-21	Ukrainian Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			240	54	15	10	18	0	4	0	277	64

1. Includes the Estonian Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in Estonian Supercup
4. Appearance in Baltic League
5. Appearance in Division 1 promotion play-offs
6. Appearance in UEFA Champions League

International

As of 30 July 2019.[21]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Estonia
	2011	2	0
	2012	3	0
	2016	2	0
	2017	9	3
	2018	11	0
	2019	4	0
Total		31	3

International goals

As of 7 October 2017. Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Tamm goal.[21]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 October 2017	Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal	10	Gibraltar	4–0	6–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2					5–0
3					6–0

Honours

Club

Flora

• Meistriliiga: 2010, 2015, 2017
• Estonian Cup: 2015–16
• Estonian Supercup: 2009, 2016

References

1. "FC Flora võitis Nõmme Kalju 3:0 ja tuli Eesti meistriks!" [FC Flora defeated Nõmme Kalju 3–0 to win Estonian championship!] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 30 October 2010.
2. "FC Flora jalgpallur siirdub Rootsi liigasse" [FC Flora footballer moving to the Swedish league]. Postimees (in Estonian). 27 December 2010.
3. "Joonas Tamm debüteeris Rootsi kõrgliigas" [Tamm made his debut in the Swedish top flight] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 26 August 2011.
4. "Joonas Tammel uus välisklubi" [Joonas Tamm has found a new club abroad] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 3 December 2013.
5. "Viljandi Tulevikuga liitus Joonas Tamm" [Joonas Tamm joined Tulevik Viljandi] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 9 February 2015.
6. "Joonas Tamm naasis Florasse" [Joonas Tamm returned to Flora] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 22 June 2015.
7. "Ründaja Joonas Tamm tagasi FC Floras!" [Forward Joonas Tamm back at FC Flora!] (in Estonian). FC Flora. 22 June 2015.
8. "Tallinna FC Flora - Eesti meister 2015" [FC Flora Tallinn - Estonian champions 2015] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 24 October 2015.
9. "FC Flora kindlustas meistritiitli" [FC Flora secured championship title] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 28 October 2017.
10. "Joonas Tamm liitus Norra mulluse pronksiklubiga" [Joonas Tamm joined the Norway's third placed team] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 31 January 2018.
11. "Joonas Tamm läheb Poola, koondisekaaslasele seltsi" [Joonas Tamm moving to Poland, will join fellow Estonia international] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 8 February 2019.
12. "Joonas Tamm lõi käed viiekordse Norra meistriga" [Joonas Tamm joined five-time Norwegian champions] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 27 June 2019.
13. "Joonas Tamm signed a contact with FC Desna Chernihiv | Referee report". www.112.international/. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
14. "Joonas Tamm scored against FC Oleksandriya | Referee report". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
15. "Joonas Tamm got the Europa League third qualifying round with FC Desna". thetimeshub.in. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
16. "Eesti koondise esialgne koosseis mängudeks Lõuna-Ameerikas" [Estonia preliminary squad for the matches in South America] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 10 June 2011.
17. "Eesti koondis kaotas Tšiilile 0:4" [Estonia squad lost to Chile 0–4] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 19 June 2011.
18. "Eesti alistas võõrsil Gibraltari 6:0!" [Estonia defeated Gibraltar away 6–0!] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 7 October 2017.
19. "Joonas Tamm" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
20. "J. Tamm". Soccerway.com.
21. "Joonas Tamm" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.

External links

• Joonas Tamm at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
• Joonas Tamm national team profile at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
• Joonas Tamm – UEFA competition record
• Profile on Official website of FC Desna Chernihiv