Tarmo Rüütli

Tarmo Rüütli
	Rüütli in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Tarmo Rüütli
Date of birth	11 August 1954 (age 71)
Place of birth	Viljandi, Estonia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1971–1975	Norma
1975–1977	Pärnu Kalev
1978–1984	Pärnu Kalakombinaat
1985–1991	Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK
1992–1994	Tervis Pärnu
2003	JK Tallinna Kalev
2004–2005	JK Tallinna Kalev U21
2006–2008	Tallinna FC Soccernet
2009–2017	JK Retro
Managerial career
1990	Pärnu Kalakombinaat
1991–1997	Flora (assistant)
1997–1999	Tulevik
1998–2000	Estonia U21
1999–2000	Estonia
2000	Flora
2001–2002	Tulevik
2003–2008	Levadia
2008–2013	Estonia
2009	Flora
2010–2012	Nõmme United
2014	Tallinna Kalev
2014	Estonia U18
2014	Irtysh Pavlodar
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tarmo Rüütli (born 11 August 1954) is an Estonian football manager and former football player.

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As player, Rüütli won the 1985 Estonian Championship with Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK. As manager, he led Levadia to three Meistriliiga titles and three Estonian Cups, and Flora to one Estonian Cup and one Estonian Supercup. Rüütli has served as the manager of the Estonia national team twice, from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2013. He led the team to their highest ever FIFA ranking of 47th in 2012, and came close to qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in Estonia's history, reaching the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs.^[1]^[2]

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