.png) Klavan lining up for Liverpool in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ragnar Klavan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 October 1985[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Viljandi, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | JK Tallinna Kalev | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tulevik | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Elva | 31 | (11) |
| 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 | FC Augsburg | 125 | (4) |
| 2016–2018 | Liverpool | 39 | (1) |
| 2018–2021 | Cagliari | 61 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Paide Linnameeskond | 21 | (3) |
| 2023– | JK Tallinna Kalev | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 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) |
| 2003–2024 | Estonia | 130 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2024 | |||
Ragnar Klavan (born 30 October 1985) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for JK Tallinna Kalev. A left-footed centre back, he has also played as a left back during his career.
Klavan played for Elva, Tulevik and Flora in Estonia, winning the Meistriliiga with Flora in the 2003 season, before moving to the Netherlands where he played for 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 2016 for €5 million. In 2018, Klavan signed for Serie A's Cagliari in a transfer worth £2 million. In 2021, he returned to Estonia signing for Paide Linnameeskond.
Klavan made his senior 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 fifth-most capped player in the history of the national team. Klavan has won the Estonian Footballer of the Year award a record seven times, in 2012 and six consecutive from 2014 to 2019.
- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Ragnar Klavan: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 10 May 2022.