Urmas Kaljend is a retired Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n professional footballer, who played as a defender

Defender (association football)

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. He was affiliated with FC Norma Tallinn

FC Norma Tallinn

Norma Tallinn is a now defunct Estonian football club. Norma Tallinn became the first Estonian champions after the Soviet Union collapse, they went on to defend their title next year, in 1993. Norma also won the Estonian Cup in 1994. The club was relegated to the second division in 1995 and to the...

, SK Tallinna Sport

SK Tallinna Sport

SK Tallinna Sport is a defunct Estonian football club, originally founded in 1912 and then re-established in 2003. The club won 9 domestic league titles before Estonia became a part of Soviet Union. At last the club played in the III Liiga , northern zone of Estonian Third league, fourth tier of...

 and TVMK Tallinn. Kaljend also played in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, for IFK Mariehamn

IFK Mariehamn

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, KPV

KPV

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, LoPa, and FC Ilves.

International career

He won a total number of 20 international caps for the Estonia national football team

Estonia national football team

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 during the 1990s

1990s

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, scoring no goals. Kaljend earned his first official cap as a substitute on 1992-06-03, when Estonia played Slovenia in a friendly match.