The Most Famous
COACHES from Estonia
This page contains a list of the greatest Estonian Coaches. The pantheon dataset contains 328 Coaches, 2 of which were born in Estonia. This makes Estonia the birth place of the 37th most number of Coaches behind Algeria and North Macedonia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Estonian Coaches of all time. This list of famous Estonian Coaches is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Martin Reim (1971 - )
With an HPI of 38.89, Martin Reim is the most famous Estonian Coach. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Martin Reim (born 14 May 1971) is an Estonian football manager and former professional player. Reim played most of his professional career in Estonia as a central midfielder, including two separate stints for Flora with which he won seven Meistriliiga titles. He is also the most capped Estonia national football team player of all time with 157 appearances, and was the most capped European international player from August 2007 until December 2009, when he was surpassed by Latvia's Vitālijs Astafjevs. Reim is also the most capped player never to have played in a major tournament. Reim was named Estonian Footballer of the Year in 1995 and won the Estonian Silverball award three times, in 1995, 1997, and 1999. In 2011, he received the Order of the White Star for his services to Estonia. In 2007, Reim opened a football academy (Martin Reimi Jalgpallikool). In 2016, the academy team Viimsi MRJK merged with Esiliiga B club HÜJK Emmaste, and became Viimsi JK.
2. Marko Kristal (1973 - )
With an HPI of 34.75, Marko Kristal is the 2nd most famous Estonian Coach. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Marko Kristal (born 2 June 1973) is an Estonian football manager and former player. He is the assistant manager of Nõmme Kalju. Kristal played as a midfielder for Lõvid, Sport Tallinn, Flora, FC Lahti and the Estonia national team. With Flora, he won seven Meistriliiga titles, two Estonian Cups and two Estonian Supercups. Kristal made his international debut in Estonia's first official match since restoration of independence on 3 June 1992, a 1–1 draw against Slovenia. In 2001, he became the first Estonian player to make 100 appearances for the national team. He made a total of 143 appearances for Estonia, scoring nine goals. After retiring as a player, Kristal became a manager. He has coached Tammeka, Levadia and Tulevik. Kristal won two Meistriliiga titles, two Estonian Cups and two Estonian Supercups with Levadia.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as coaches born between 1971 and 1973. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living coaches include Martin Reim and Marko Kristal.
