Heinrich Uukkivi

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]

Heinrich Uukkivi
Personal information
Full name Heinrich Uukkivi
Date of birth (1912-05-10)10 May 1912
Place of birth Narva-Jõesuu, Governorate of Estonia
Date of death 12 April 1943(1943-04-12) (aged 30)
Place of death Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1928–1930 TJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931 TJK
1932–1940 Estonia
Total ? (49)
International career
1931–1940 Estonia 46 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

In 1940, after Soviet occupation, Uukkivi was forcibly drafted into the Soviet Army and subsequently captured by the invading German forces. Later, he was released by the Soviet Army and sentenced to a prison camp, where he died.[1]

Honours

Football
Estonia

Bandy
Kalev
Dünamo
  • Estonian Championship: 1941

Ice Hockey
Kalev

Football
Estonia

References
  1. "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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