Uno Piir

Uno Piir
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-11-13)13 November 1929
Place of birth Tallinn, Estonia
Date of death 4 May 2025(2025-05-04) (aged 95)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1950 Dünamo
1954–1955 Tallinna Kalev
Managerial career
1960–1961 Tallinna Kalev (assistant manager)
1962–1989 Norma
1990 VaKP
1992–1993 Estonia
1995–1996 Tallinna Sadam
1997–2004 Nõmme Kalju
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Uno Piir (12 November 1929 – 4 May 2025) was an Estonian football coach and player. He was the first manager of the Estonia national team after the Soviet occupation. In 1997, together with Anton Siht and Värner Lootsmann, he re-established the Nõmme Kalju football club and coached it until 2004. On 4 May 2025, Piir died at the age of 95.

Honours

Player

Dünamo Tallinn

Kalev Tallinn

Manager

Norma Tallinn

Tallinna Sadam

References

  1. ↑ "Piir, Uno" (in Estonian). ESBL.
  2. ↑ "Endine, Giorgio", Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford University Press, 31 October 2011, retrieved 12 May 2025
  3. ↑ Suri Eesti jalgpallikoondise endine peatreener Uno Piir (in Estonian)