Gert Kams
Kams playing for Estonia in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gert Kams
Date of birth (1985-05-25) 25 May 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Koeru, Estonia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right back / Winger
Youth career
Kehtna
0000–2004 FCF Järvamaa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Koeru 54 (17)
2004 Ervita United 2 (7)
2005 Valga 25 (3)
2006–2012 Flora 207 (32)
2006–2007 Flora II 12 (10)
2013–2014 SJK 52 (7)
2014 Kerho 07 1 (0)
2014–2019 Flora 157 (13)
2017 Flora U21 2 (1)
International career
2005 Estonia U20 2 (0)
2006 Estonia U21 2 (0)
2007–2019 Estonia 60 (3)
Managerial career
2019– Paide Linnameeskond (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gert Kams (born 25 May 1985) is a retired Estonian professional footballer who played as a right back. From 2019 he works as a sporting director for Paide Linnameeskond.[1]

Club career

Early career

Kams started out playing for hometown team Koeru before moving to Meistriliiga side Valga in 2005.

Flora

In 2006, Kams joined Meistriliiga club Flora. He helped Flora win two successive Meistriliiga titles in 2010 and 2011.[2]

SJK

On 18 January 2013, Kams signed a two-year contract with Finnish club SJK.[3] SJK won the 2013 Ykkönen and were promoted to the Veikkausliiga.

Return to Flora

On 27 October 2014, Kams rejoined his former club Flora.[4] He was named as the club's captain ahead of the 2015 season. Kams went on to help Flora win Meistriliiga titles in the 2015 and 2017 seasons.[5]

International career

Kams has represented Estonia at under-20 and under-21 levels.

He made his senior international debut for Estonia on 3 February 2007, in a 0–4 loss to Poland in a friendly. Kams scored his first international goal on 29 February 2012, in a 2–0 friendly victory over El Salvador. It was an unconventional goal as the ball deflected off his back.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 January 2019.[7][8][9]
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Koeru 2001 III liiga 12 3 — — — — 12 3
2002 III liiga 14 3 — — — — 14 3
2003 III liiga 13 6 — — — — 13 6
2004 III liiga 15 5 — — — — 15 5
Total 54 17 — — — — 54 17
Ervita United 2004 V liiga 2 7 — — — — 2 7
Valga 2005 Meistriliiga 25 3 3 0 — — — 28 3
Flora 2006 Meistriliiga 21 5 2 0 — 0 0 1[c] 0 24 5
2007 Meistriliiga 28 3 2 3 — 2[d] 0 2[e] 0 34 6
2008 Meistriliiga 36 5 4 1 — 2[d] 0 3[e] 0 45 6
2009 Meistriliiga 25 4 4 0 — 1[d] 0 2[e] 0 32 4
2010 Meistriliiga 35 6 4 0 — 2[d] 0 6[f] 0 47 6
2011 Meistriliiga 35 4 3 3 — 2[g] 0 4[h] 0 44 7
2012 Meistriliiga 27 5 4 1 — 0 0 1[c] 0 32 6
Total 207 32 23 8 — 9 0 19 0 258 40
Flora II 2006 Esiliiga 10 8 0 0 — — — 10 8
2007 Esiliiga 2 2 0 0 — — — 2 2
Total 12 10 0 0 — — — 12 10
SJK 2013 Ykkönen 22 4 1 0 — — — 23 4
2014 Veikkausliiga 30 3 2 0 4 0 — — 36 3
Total 52 7 3 0 4 0 — — 59 7
Kerho 07 2014 Kakkonen 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Flora 2015 Meistriliiga 35 4 3 0 — 2[d] 0 — 40 4
2016 Meistriliiga 31 3 5 1 — 2[g] 0 1[c] 0 39 4
2017 Meistriliiga 26 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 26 0
2018 Meistriliiga 34 3 2 0 — 4[i] 1 0 0 40 4
Total 126 10 10 1 — 8 1 1 0 145 12
Flora U21 2017 Esiliiga 2 1 0 0 — — — 2 1
Career total 481 87 39 9 4 0 17 1 20 0 561 97
  1. ^ Includes the Estonian Cup and Finnish Cup
  2. ^ Includes the Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearance in Estonian Supercup
  4. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b c Appearances in Baltic League
  6. ^ One appearance in Estonian Supercup, five appearances in Baltic League
  7. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  8. ^ Two appearances in Baltic Champions Cup, two appearances in Baltic League
  9. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 19 July 2019.[10]
Kams (right) playing for Estonia against Germany in 2019.
National team Year Apps Goals
Estonia
2007 5 0
2008 2 0
2009 3 0
2010 5 0
2011 4 0
2012 6 2
2013 6 0
2014 6 0
2015 4 0
2016 7 0
2018 5 0
2019 5 1
Total 58 3

International goals

As of 19 July 2019. Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kams goal.[10]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 February 2012 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States 20  El Salvador 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2 8 November 2012 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman 24  Oman 2–1 2–1 Friendly
3 11 January 2019 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar 54  Finland 1–0 2–1 Friendly

Honours

Club

Flora
SJK

Individual

References

  1. ^ https://sport.postimees.ee/6845250/gert-kamsist-sai-paide-linnameeskonna-spordidirektor
  2. ^ "FC Flora kindlustas 2011. aasta meistritiitli" [FC Flora secured the 2011 championship title] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 1 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Gert Kams ja Stanislav Goldberg siirdusid Soome esiliigasse" [Gert Kams and Stanislav Goldberg moved to Finnish second division] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 19 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Gert Kams naaseb FC Florasse" [Gert Kams returns to FC Flora] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 27 October 2014.
  5. ^ "FC Flora kindlustas meistritiitli" [FC Flora secured championship title] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 28 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Eesti alustas aastat 2:0 võiduga El Salvadori üle" [Estonia began the year with a 2–0 victory over El Salvador] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 1 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Gert Kams" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  8. ^ "Kams, Gert". National-Football-Teams.com.
  9. ^ "Gert Kams". Soccerway.com.
  10. ^ a b "Gert Kams" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  11. ^ "Premium liiga parimaks valiti suurepärase alguse teinud Arbeiter" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 13 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Premium liiga kuu parimateks valiti Koppel ja Kams" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 10 September 2018.

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