Ragnar Klavan
Klavan with AZ in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ragnar Klavan | ||
| Date of birth | 30 October 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Viljandi, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Liverpool | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–2000 | Tulevik | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001 | Elva | 25 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Tulevik | 28 | (2) |
| 2003–2005 | Flora | 28 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | → Vålerenga (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Heracles Almelo | 95 | (4) |
| 2009 | → AZ (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | AZ | 66 | (0) |
| 2012–2016 | Augsburg | 125 | (4) |
| 2016– | Liverpool | 19 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999 | Estonia U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2001 | Estonia U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2002 | Estonia U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2003 | Estonia U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Estonia U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2003– | Estonia | 118 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:47, 8 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
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Ragnar Klavan (born 30 October 1985) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Liverpool and the Estonia national team. A left-footed centre-back, he has also played as a left-back during his career.
He played for Elva, Tulevik and Flora in Estonia, winning the Meistriliiga with Flora in the 2003 season, before moving to the Netherlands where he represented Heracles Almelo and AZ, winning the Eredivisie with the latter in the 2008–09 season. In 2012, he transferred to FC Augsburg and spent four seasons in the Bundesliga before his move to Liverpool in July 2016 for €5 million.
Klavan made his international debut for Estonia in 2003, and became captain in 2012. In 2015, he became the ninth player to make 100 appearances for Estonia, and is currently the sixth highest capped Estonian player of all time. Klavan has won the Estonian Footballer of the Year award four times, in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Klavan was born on 30 October 1985 in Viljandi, Estonia to Tiina and Dzintar Klavan. His father was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder and represented the Estonia national team. Klavan also started playing football as a midfielder; later stating that Zinedine Zidane was his childhood hero.
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