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	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
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Elva	2011	III liiga	3	0	0	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2012	II liiga	4	0	0	0	—		—		—		4	0
	Total		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Levadia II (loan)	2013	Esiliiga	25	0	—		—		—		—		25	0
	2014	Esiliiga	32	4	—		—		—		—		32	4
	Total		57	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	4
Levadia III (loan)	2014	II liiga	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Levadia (loan)	2014	Meistriliiga	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	2	0
Flora U21	2015	Esiliiga	3	0	0	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2016	Esiliiga	5	0	0	0	—		—		—		5	0
	Total		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Flora	2015	Meistriliiga	20	1	3	0	—		0	0	—		23	1
	2016	Meistriliiga	14	1	5	0	—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	21	1
	2017	Meistriliiga	26	6	1	0	—		2[lower-alpha 3]	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	30	6
	2018	Meistriliiga	35	8	3	0	—		4[lower-alpha 5]	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	43	8
	Total		95	16	12	0	0	0	8	0	2	0	117	16
Stabæk (loan)	2019	Eliteserien	14	1	3	1	—		—		—		17	2
Stabæk 2 (loan)	2019	3. divisjon	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
St Johnstone (loan)	2019–20	Scottish Premiership	4	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		5	0
Career total			190	21	15	1	1	0	8	0	2	0	216	22

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 team	Year	Apps	Goals
Estonia
	2017	5	0
	2018	8	0
	2019	6	0
Total		19	0

Honours

Club

Levadia II

• Esiliiga: 2013

Flora

• Meistriliiga: 2015, 2017
• Estonian Cup: 2015–16
• Estonian Supercup: 2016

Estonia U21

• Under-21 Baltic Cup: 2014

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.

External links

• Madis Vihmann at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
• Madis Vihmann national team profile at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
• Madis Vihmann – UEFA competition record