Tarmo Kink

Tarmo Kink (born 6 October 1985 in Tallinn) is an Estonian professional footballer who currently plays for Levadia. He is an attacking left-footed winger or striker and is also a member of the Estonia national football team.

Club career

Early career

In 2001, Kink started his career with SC Real Tallinn, scoring 46 goals in 15 games. In 2001, Kink had a short loan with FC Viimsi, he played there 6 games, scoring 9 goals in one match against JK Sillamäe Kalev and 31 in total. In 2002 season he had another loan spell, this time with Meistriliiga club FC Narva Trans, where he made 24 appearances, mostly as a substitute. In 2003, he returned to Real. At the age of 17, after two seasons in Real, Kink moved abroad. During his early career his prolific goalscoring record had made Russian giants Spartak Moscow interested in the young Estonian.

Spartak Moscow

In 2003, he signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow. On 6 February 2003, Kink played his first game for FC Spartak Moscow against Shchyolkovo in a friendly match. He played his first Russian Premier League match on 23 August 2003, in a 2–0 defeat against FC Rubin Kazan. Kink mostly played for Spartak's reserves in Russia, although he did make two league appearances, as well as coming on as a sub in the UEFA Cup third round defeat to RCD Mallorca. In 2006, after failing to break into the first team at Spartak, Kink returned to Estonia. Kink remains friends with the Russia international footballer Roman Shishkin, his teammate from the Spartak days.