Madis Vihmann

Madis Vihmann (born 5 October 1995) is a retired Estonian professional footballer who played as a centre back. He represented the Estonia national team 19 times.

Madis Vihmann
Vihmann (no 5) in Germany-Estonia
Personal information
Full name Madis Vihmann
Date of birth (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995
Place of birth Valga, Estonia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2005–2012 Elva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Elva 7 (0)
2013–2014 → Levadia II (loan) 57 (4)
2014 → Levadia III (loan) 1 (0)
2014 → Levadia (loan) 2 (0)
2014–2020 Flora 95 (16)
2015–2016 Flora U21 8 (0)
2019 → Stabæk (loan) 14 (1)
2019 → Stabæk 2 (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2020 → St Johnstone (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2014–2016 Estonia U21 24 (1)
2014–2016 Estonia U23 2 (0)
2017–2019 Estonia 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:00, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 July 2019

Club career

Elva

Vihmann came through the Elva youth system. He made his debut for the first team on 23 April 2011.

Levadia (loan)

In 2013, Vihmann moved to Levadia on loan where he primarily played for the club's reserve side Levadia II. He made his debut in the Meistriliiga on 18 August 2014, in a 7–0 away win over Tallinna Kalev.[1]

Flora

On 19 December 2014, Vihmann signed for Flora.[2] He helped Flora win two Meistriliiga titles in 2015 and 2017.[3][4]

Stabæk (loan)

On 16 March 2019, Vihmann joined Eliteserien club Stabæk on two-year loan deal.[5]

St Johnstone (loan)

On 26 July 2019, Vihmann cut short his loan deal with Stabæk to join Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone on a season-long loan, with the option to either extend the loan by another year or to make the deal permanent.[6][7] He made his debut the next day in a 1–2 away loss to Forfar Athletic in a group stage match of the Scottish League Cup.[8]

The loan deal with St Johnstone was ended on 31 January 2020 and Vihmann returned to Flora. A few days later he chose to retire from football, citing only private personal reasons for his retirement.[9]

International career

Vihmann has represented Estonia at under-21 and under-23 levels. He made his senior international debut for Estonia on 12 June 2017, in a 2–1 away victory over Latvia in a friendly.

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 December 2019.[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Elva 2011 III liiga 3000———30
2012 II liiga 4000———40
Total 700000000070
Levadia II (loan) 2013 Esiliiga 250————250
2014 Esiliiga324————324
Total 57400000000574
Levadia III (loan) 2014 II liiga 10————10
Levadia (loan) 2014 Meistriliiga 2000—000020
Flora U21 2015 Esiliiga 3000———30
2016 Esiliiga 5000———50
Total 800000000080
Flora 2015 Meistriliiga 20130—00—231
2016 Meistriliiga 14150—2[lower-alpha 2]000211
2017 Meistriliiga 26610—2[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0306
2018 Meistriliiga 35830—4[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 4]0438
Total 951612000802011716
Stabæk (loan) 2019 Eliteserien 14131———172
Stabæk 2 (loan) 2019 3. divisjon 30————30
St Johnstone (loan) 2019–20 Scottish Premiership 400010——50
Career total 1902115110802021622
  1. Includes the Estonian Cup and Norwegian Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance in Estonian Supercup
  5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of 23 July 2019.[12]
Vihmann (no 5) playing for Estonia against Germany in 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Estonia
201750
201880
201960
Total190

Honours

Club
Levadia II
Flora

Estonia U21

References
  1. "JK Tallinna Kalev 0 - 7 Tallinna FC Levadia" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  2. "FC Floraga liitus keskkaitsja Madis Vihmann" [FC Flora signed centre back Madis Vihmann] (in Estonian). FC Flora. 19 December 2014.
  3. "Tallinna FC Flora – Eesti meister 2015" [FC Flora Tallinn – Estonian champions 2015] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 24 October 2015.
  4. "FC Flora kindlustas meistritiitli" [FC Flora secured championship title] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 28 October 2017.
  5. "Madis Vihmanni karjäär jätkub Norra kõrgliigas" [Madis Vihmann's career to continue in the Norwegian top-flight] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 16 March 2019.
  6. "Saints secure Vihmann signing". St Johnstone FC. 26 July 2019.
  7. "St Johnstone sign Estonia centre-half Madis Vihmann on loan from Flora". BBC Sport. 26 July 2019.
  8. "Forfar Athletic 1–2 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 27 July 2019.
  9. "Former Ladbrokes Premiership player announces his retirement from football at just 24 for 'personal reasons'". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  10. "Madis Vihmann" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  11. "Madis Vihmann" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway.
  12. "Madis Vihmann" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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