Harald Kaarmann Explained

Harald Kaarmann
Birth Date:12 December 1901
Birth Place:Paide, Estonia
Death Place:Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1920–1925
Clubs1:JK Tallinna Kalev
Years2:1925–1926
Clubs2:Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi
Nationalyears1:1921–1926
Nationalteam1:Estonia
Nationalcaps1:17
Nationalgoals1:0

Harald Kaarma (12 December 1901 – 19 August 1942[1]) was an Estonian footballer.[2]

Career

Kaarma earned 17 caps for the Estonian national team between 1921 and 1926. He spent the majority of his career playing for JK Tallinna Kalev and participated at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[3]

He became an Estonian champion in 1923 with JK Tallinna Kalev and in 1926 with Tallinna JK.

Following the annexation of Estonia by the Soviet Union, he was arrested by the Soviet authorities in the summer of 1941 because of his occupation as an Estonian state policeman and was deported to a labor camp in Sverdlovsk Oblast. Kaarma was executed a year after deportation.[4]

Honours

JK Tallinna Kalev

Tallinna JK

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann . Harald Kaarman . National Football Teams . 2016-11-16.
  2. Web site: Harald Kaarmann . Olympedia . 24 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Harald Kaarman Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/harald-kaarman-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . Sports-reference.com . 2016-11-16.
  4. Web site: KAARMA, HARALD. Esbl.ee. 2016-11-16.