Indro Olumets
Indro Olumets (born 10 April 1971 in Tartu) is a former Estonian footballer who played as an offensive-minded midfielder. His last years of playing professional football were in the Estonian Meistriliiga side Nõmme Kalju. After that he played for an amateur team, JK Kaitseliit Kalev for two years until ending his career as a footballer in 2011.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Indro Olumets | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Tartu, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1989 | FC Flora Tallinn | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989 | SK Sport | 31 | (2) |
| 1990–1995 | FC Flora Tallinn | 121 | (41) |
| 1996 | Lelle SK | 6 | (2) |
| 1996–1998 | Sadam Tallinn | ? | (?) |
| 1999–2003 | FC Levadia Tallinn | 101 | (25) |
| 2004 | FC TVMK Tallinn | 12 | (1) |
| 2005– | Nõmme Kalju | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1991–1996 | Estonia | 32 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 March 2008 | |||
He has also played for major Estonian clubs such as Flora Tallinn, Tallinna Sadam, Levadia Tallinn and TVMK Tallinn.
Player qualities
He is known for his excellent passing skills, positioning and instinct for finding strikers. Thanks to these, he has a lot of assists to his name. He played a big role in Kalju's 2005 season, when the club won promotion to Esiliiga. Olumets is considered to be one of the most technical Estonian players ever.
International career
Olumets has represented the Estonia national football team 32 times and scored 2 goals, both in the 1992 Baltic Cup.[1] He earned his first official cap at the age of 21 on 3 June 1992, when Estonia played Slovenia in a friendly match.
Coaching career
Having retired from professional football, he is now the coach of one of the many Nõmme Kalju[2] youth teams.[3]
His coaching career started when he was still an active professional player, when he became the coach for a Nõmme Kalju youngsters team and the Kalju reserve team.