Heinrich Uukkivi

Heinrich Uukkivi
Personal information
Full name Heinrich Uukkivi
Date of birth (1912-05-10)10 May 1912
Place of birth Narva-Jõesuu, Estonia
Date of death 12 April 1943(1943-04-12) (aged 30)
Place of death Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1928–1930 TJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931 TJK
1932–1940 Estonia
Total ? (49)
National team
1931–1940 Estonia 46 (7)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Heinrich Uukkivi (10 May 1912 – 12 April 1943) was an Estonian association football, bandy and ice hockey player. He won the Estonian Football Championship five times, the Estonian Bandy Championship three times and the Estonian Ice Hockey Championship twice.[1]

Internationally, Uukkivi made 46 appearances for the Estonia national football team since his debut in 1931, and scored 7 goals.[2] He won the 1931 and the 1938 Baltic Cup with the team. He also made three appearances for the Estonia national bandy team and three appearances for the Estonia men's national ice hockey team.[1]

After Soviet occupation, Uukkivi was forcibly drafted into the Soviet Army and subsequently captured by the German forces following their invasion. Later, he was released by the Soviet Army and sentenced to a prison camp, where he died.[1]

Honours

Club

Football

Estonia

Bandy

Kalev
Dünamo

Ice Hockey

Kalev

Country

Football

Estonia

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Uukkivi, Heinrich" (in Estonian). ESBL. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. "Kõik Eesti internatsionaalid" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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