 Kuremaa in 1938 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Ferdinand Kuremaa | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1912 | ||
| Place of birth | Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire | ||
| Date of death | 1 October 1991 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Tallinn, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward/Second striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930 | Hermes Tallinn | ?? | (0) |
| 1931–1932 | Puhkekodu Tallinn | ?? | (1) |
| 1932 | Kalev | ?? | (3) |
| 1933–1935 | TJK | ?? | (16) |
| 1936 | Pärnu Tervis | ?? | (16) |
| 1937 | Tartu Olümpia | ?? | (??) |
| 1938 | JS Estonia Tallinn | ?? | (16) |
| 1939–1940 | Tartu Olümpia | ?? | (13) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1933–1940 | Estonia | 42 | (19) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2009 | |||
Richard Kuremaa (1 December 1912 – 1 October 1991) was an Estonian footballer – one of the most famous before World War II.[1] He played 42 times for Estonia national football team, scoring 19 goals. Kuremaa was the Estonian top division's record goalscorer during the country's first period of independence.
After the Soviet Union occupied Estonia in 1940, Kuremaa was sent to hard labour and spent more than a decade in prison camps in Russia, before being released in 1952.
- ^ "Richard Kuremaa". www.esbl.ee.