Mart Poom

Mart Poom (born 3 February 1972) is a Estonian former professional football player. He has played for Estonia national team.

Mart Poom

Poom with Estonia in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-02-03) 3 February 1972 (age 53)
Place of birth	Tallinn, Estonia
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1979–1989	Lõvid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988	Lõvid/Flora	20	(0)
1989–1990	Sport Tallinn	59	(0)
1992	KuPS	9	(0)
1992–1993	Flora	22	(0)
1993–1994	Wil	13	(0)
1994–1997	Portsmouth	4	(0)
1995–1997	→ Flora (loan)	19	(0)
1997–2003	Derby County	146	(0)
2002–2003	→ Sunderland (loan)	0	(0)
2003–2006	Sunderland	58	(1)
2005–2006	→ Arsenal (loan)	0	(0)
2006–2007	Arsenal	1	(0)
2007–2009	Watford	19	(0)
Total		370	(1)
International career
1992–2009	Estonia	120	(0)
Managerial career
2009–	Estonia (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lõvid/Flora	1988	Estonian Championship	20	0			—		—				20	0
Sport Tallinn	1989	Soviet Second League	33	0			—		—				33	0
	1990	Baltic League	26	0			—		—				26	0
	Total		59	0			—		—				59	0
KuPS	1992	Veikkausliiga	9	0			—		—				9	0
Flora	1992–93	Meistriliiga	11	0			—		—				11	0
	1993–94	Meistriliiga	11	0			—		—				11	0
	Total		22	0			—		—				22	0
Wil	1993–94	Nationalliga B	13	0			—		—				13	0
Portsmouth	1994–95	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	1995–96	First Division	4	0	0	0	3	0	—		0	0	7	0
	Total		4	0	0	0	3	0	—		0	0	7	0
Flora (loan)	1995–96	Meistriliiga	7	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	7	0
	1996–97	Meistriliiga	12	0	0	0	—		2	0	0	0	14	0
	Total		19	0	0	0	—		2	0	0	0	21	0
Derby County	1996–97	Premier League	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
	1997–98	Premier League	36	0	2	0	3	0	—		0	0	41	0
	1998–99	Premier League	17	0	2	0	3	0	—		0	0	22	0
	1999–2000	Premier League	28	0	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	29	0
	2000–01	Premier League	33	0	2	0	4	0	—		0	0	39	0
	2001–02	Premier League	15	0	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	16	0
	2002–03	First Division	13	0	0	0	2	0	—		0	0	15	0
	Total		146	0	8	0	12	0	—		0	0	166	0
Sunderland	2002–03	Premier League	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
	2003–04	First Division	43	1	6	0	1	0	—		2	0	52	1
	2004–05	Championship	11	0	0	0	1	0	—		0	0	12	0
	Total		58	1	6	0	2	0	—		2	0	68	1
Arsenal	2005–06	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2006–07	Premier League	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Watford	2007–08	Championship	12	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	12	0
	2008–09	Championship	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	7	0
	Total		19	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	19	0
Career total			370	1	14	0	18	0	2	0	2	0	406	1

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Estonia	1992	5	0
	1993	14	0
	1994	8	0
	1995	7	0
	1996	12	0
	1997	12	0
	1998	5	0
	1999	6	0
	2000	7	0
	2001	3	0
	2002	7	0
	2003	11	0
	2004	4	0
	2005	1	0
	2006	6	0
	2007	8	0
	2008	3	0
	2009	1	0
Total		120	0

Honours

Sunderland

• Football League Championship: 2004–05

Arsenal

• Football League Cup runner-up: 2006–07^[1]
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06

Individual

• Estonian Footballer of the Year: 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003
• Derby County F.C. Player of the Year: 1999–2000
• UEFA Jubilee Awards – Greatest Estonian Footballer of the last 50 Years (Golden Player): 2003
• Order of the White Star, 4th Class