Gert Kams

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 [lower-alpha 1]		League Cup [lower-alpha 2]		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 [lower-alpha 3]	0	24	5
	2007	Meistriliiga	28	3	2	3	—		2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	2 [lower-alpha 5]	0	34	6
	2008	Meistriliiga	36	5	4	1	—		2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	3 [lower-alpha 5]	0	45	6
	2009	Meistriliiga	25	4	4	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	2 [lower-alpha 5]	0	32	4
	2010	Meistriliiga	35	6	4	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	6 [lower-alpha 6]	0	47	6
	2011	Meistriliiga	35	4	3	3	—		2 [lower-alpha 7]	0	4 [lower-alpha 8]	0	44	7
	2012	Meistriliiga	27	5	4	1	—		0	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	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 [lower-alpha 4]	0	—		40	4
	2016	Meistriliiga	31	3	5	1	—		2 [lower-alpha 7]	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	39	4
	2017	Meistriliiga	26	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	26	0
	2018	Meistriliiga	34	3	2	0	—		4 [lower-alpha 9]	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. Appearance in Estonian Supercup
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
5. Appearances in Baltic League
6. One appearance in Estonian Supercup, five appearances in Baltic League
7. 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

• Meistriliiga: 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019
• Estonian Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2015–16
• Estonian Supercup: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016

SJK

• Ykkönen: 2013
• Finnish League Cup: 2014

Individual

• Meistriliiga Player of the Month: August 2016 ^[11] , August 2018 ^[12]

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. "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.

External links

• Gert Kams at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
• Gert Kams national team profile at the Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
• Gert Kams – UEFA competition record ( archive )
• Gert Kams – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Gert Kams at Soccerway
• Gert Kams at National-Football-Teams.com