Ragnar Klavan

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Ragnar Klavan
The Liverpool team line-up before the game v Spartak Moskva, December 2017 (cropped) (cropped) .jpg
in
Liverpool FC jersey (2017)
Personnel
birthday October 30, 1985
place of birth Viljandi ,  Soviet Union
size 186 cm
position Defender
Juniors
Years station
1991-2000 JK Tulevik Viljandi
2000 FC Elva
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2001 FC Elva 25 (5)
2002-2003 JK Tulevik Viljandi 26 (0)
2003-2005 FC Flora Tallinn 28 (2)
2004-2005 →  Vålerenga IF  (loan) 2 (0)
2005-2009 Heracles Almelo 95 (4)
2009–2012 AZ Alkmaar 78 (0)
2012-2016 FC Augsburg 125 (4)
2016-2018 Liverpool FC 39 (1)
2018– Cagliari Calcio 19 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2003 Estonia U20 1 (0)
2003-2005 Estonia U21 7 (0)
2003– Estonia 127 (3)
1 Only league games are given.
As of September 25, 2019

2 As of September 9, 2019

Ragnar Klavan (born October 30, 1985 in Viljandi ) is an Estonian football player . His father Dzintar was also a professional footballer and national player.

Career

In the club

In Estonia and the Netherlands

In his youth, Klavan played for FC Elva and JK Tulevik Viljandi from his hometown. Here he made the leap into the first team and moved to FC Flora Tallinn in 2003 , for which he played for a year and was Estonian champion. In August 2004 he signed a contract with the Norwegian first division club Vålerenga IF from Oslo , for which he was also active for a year. In August 2005 he went to Heracles Almelo in the Netherlands , where he played 95 league games until 2009, scoring four goals. From January to June 2009, Heracles loaned it to AZ Alkmaar and sold it to AZ Alkmaar in the summer of the same year. With AZ Alkmaar, Klavan became Dutch champions in 2009.

FC Augsburg

For the 2012/13 season, Klavan moved to FC Augsburg . He made his Bundesliga debut on September 14, 2012 (3rd matchday) in a 0-0 home game against VfL Wolfsburg with a substitution in the 67th minute for Matthias Ostrzolek .

In the 2012/13 season he played 30 Bundesliga games and established himself in central defense. He also played two games in the DFB Cup , in which FCA was eliminated from Bayern Munich in the round of 16. On March 1, 2014, he was the first Estonian to score a goal in the Bundesliga against Hannover 96 on matchday 23 . Klavan played 30 games in the Bundesliga this season. In the 2014/15 season, he qualified for participation in the Europa League with FC Augsburg . He was used in all 34 games in the Bundesliga and scored two goals.

On September 17, 2015, Klavan played his first game in the European Cup wearing the FC Augsburg jersey, when he started the first game in the group stage of the Europa League against Athletic Bilbao . FC Augsburg met FC Liverpool in the sixteenth finals . After the first leg (0-0), Klavan was voted “Player of the Week” by UEFA in an internet vote. His contract with FC Augsburg ran until 2017.

Liverpool FC, Cagliari Calcio

For the 2016/17 season , Klavan moved to Liverpool FC in the English Premier League .

He has been under contract with the Italian first division club Cagliari Calcio since August 2018 .

National team

Klavan has been an Estonian national player since 2003. He made his debut for the Estonian national team on September 6, 2003 in the European Championship qualifier against Bulgaria .

Klavan played his 100th international match on March 27, 2015 in the European Championship qualification in a 3-0 draw against Switzerland . For some time he has been leading the national team onto the field as team captain .

official

Klavan has been president of the Estonian second division club JK Tallinna Kalev since May 2, 2016 .

successes

Private

Klavan and his wife became parents of a son in Augsburg in August 2012 .

Web links

Commons : Ragnar Klavan  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klavan siirdub Norrasse on soccernet.ee from August 31, 2004.
  2. ↑ Klavanist sai heraclese mängija on soccernet.ee from August 4, 2005.
  3. ↑ FCA commits Ragnar Klavan , notification on the FC Augsburg homepage of July 2, 2012.
  4. ↑ Olympia Verlag GmbH (ed.): Kahlenberg forgives the great opportunity. In: kicker online. September 14, 2012, accessed February 20, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Olympia Verlag GmbH (ed.): Aduriz ends Augsburg's hopes. In: kicker online. September 17, 2015, accessed February 20, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Olympia Verlag GmbH (ed.): Cheeky FCA defies Liverpool from a draw. In: kicker online. February 18, 2016, accessed February 20, 2016 .
  7. ↑ UEFA (Ed.): Ragnar Klavan is your Player of the Week. In: uefa.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016 .
  8. ↑ a b Klavan moves to Liverpool fcaugsburg.de, accessed on July 20, 2016
  9. ↑ Liverpool complete deal to sign Ragnar Klavan liverpoolfc.com, accessed on July 20, 2016 (English)
  10. ^ Ragnar Klavan completes move to Cagliari . In: Liverpool FC . ( liverpoolfc.com [accessed August 18, 2018]).
  11. ↑ uefa.com: "Klavan does not give up"
  12. ↑ Esiliiga: Promotion race is decided on the last day of the game . October 30, 2017 ( transfermarkt.de [accessed October 30, 2017]).
  13. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Klavan, Ragnar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Viljandi , Estonian SSR, Soviet Union