Kristen Viikmäe

Kristen Viikmäe (born 10 February 1979 in Tallinn) is an Estonian football player and coach. The offensive player who made ​​his debut in the Estonian national team in 1997, played in the course of his career in his home country, Norway and Sweden.

Career

Career start in Estonia and first experience abroad in Norway

Viikmäe comes from the youth of the Tallinna Jalgpallikool. Tallinna Sadam he came over in 1996 to FC Flora Tallinn. For the club he ran then in the Meistriliiga. Quick regulars, he was appointed the following year to the national team. On the side of players like Andres Oper, Indrek Zelinski and Martin Reim, he won with the club in 1998 his first title when the double was recovered from championship title and National Cup. Since the style of play Autumn Spring- rhythm was converted to play in the calendar year in the same year, he won with the team in the shortened season his second championship. Therefore, he came two times in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League action against Steaua Bucharest respectively FK Partizan Belgrade, he retired with the team from each early.

While Viikmäe had placed with the team behind FC Levadia Maardu him in the course of the 1999 succeeded the final breakthrough. After the change of opera to Denmark one of two strikers, he scored twelve goals this season, paving attention to themselves outside the country's borders. In the first half of the season the following season still active in Estonia, he moved to Norway in summer 2000.

For a million Norwegian kroner to Viikmäe joined the serviced by coach Tom Nordlie Oslo club Vålerenga IF. On the side of players like Per Espen Musæus, Aasmund Karl Bjørkan and Aki Riihilahti he played until the end of the 2000 seven matches in the Tippeligaen, despite two goals this season he reached the club just a relegation place. In the duels with Sogndal IL him scoring was denied and after a 2-2 draw and a 0-1 defeat he went with the team at the Adecco Ligaen from. In the subsequent second league season he was sidelined by hamstring problems at times. Thus he helped with only two goals in twelve games for direct re-emergence. Subsequently, however, he could no longer play permanently in the starting line- up. In 2002, the club reached the Cup final, a 1-0 success against Odd Grenland with a goal by Bjørn Arild Levernes he came on as a substitute in stoppage time when he replaced Tobias Grahn, a short use.

Since Viikmäe had not prevailed in the Tippeligaen, gave him Vålerenga IF in 2003 to his former club Flora Tallinn in Estonia. When reigning champions he trained with Tor Henning Hamre and Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko the attack and carried with eleven goals this season in the regained the championship title. Subsequently, the Estonian club him arrested under contract and also at the beginning of the following season showed the striker 's goal threat.

Years abroad

In autumn 2004 Viikmäe left his homeland again, this time he moved to Sweden. The Erstligaabsteiger Enköpings SK had fallen into the Superettan in danger of relegation. Although he scored four goals in nine games for the ostschwedischen club, the team was denied a third from bottom of the final table of the league. With his performances he had woken up in Norway 's interest. Also on loan he joined in February 2005 Fredrikstad FK. After he stood at the beginning of 2005 Erstligaspielzeit in the starting, he was injured again in an international match. Due to the failure of the club waived in the summer at the end of the loan period to exercise the purchase option. Viikmäe returned first then back to Estonia. By the end of the season he ran for Flora Tallinn and shone again as a regular goalscorer. Then Gefle IF reported interest in him and he went on loan for one season in the Allsvenskan, then he played again in Estonia.

2008 Viikmäe left again in the direction of Estonia Sweden. In the second division Jönköping Södra IF he signed a contract with two years duration. In the second division season 2008 he took the club to the third last in the league. Then the team met in the relegation play on Östers IF. After the first leg ended with a 1-2 defeat, he could be next to Tomas Backman 's 3-0 second leg victory, which meant relegation, as Enter scored twice on the scoresheet. In the following season, he contributed eight goals this season in reaching the tenth table space.

After two seasons Viikmäe left the Swedish Club and went to Greece. In the third-tier Football League 2, he ran for the FC Panegialios.

Return to Estonia

At the start of the 2011 season, signed a contract with Viikmäe JK Nõmme Kalju from the Estonian capital Tallinn. With the club from the district of Nõmme he was sensational runner-up behind the record champions Flora Tallinn. In November 2012 Viikmäe then went into early retirement as a player and instead took up his new post as head of the research department at Nõmme Kalju on. In early March, he continued his career as a player but again, when he, the FC Sumio joined in the last Estonian football league. However, the way he was still in use as a youth leader and also began work as an assistant coach of the Estonian U-17 national team. Approximately three and a half years after his last appearance for the national team, he graduated on June 3, 2013, already as a player of the sixth and final league Estonia, his farewell game for the national team of his native country. The game in the capital Tallinn went 0-2 lost to the guests from Belarus.

Awards and achievements

• Estonian champion: 1997/ 98, 1998, 2003, 2012
• Estonian Cup Winners: 1998
• Norwegian Cup winner: 2002