Armi Pärt (born 18 June 1991) is an Estonian handballer, playing in French D2 for Massy Essonne Handball.[2] He is also a member of Estonian national team.

Armi Pärt
Personal information
Born (1991-06-18) 18 June 1991 (age 32)
Tallinn, Estonia
Nationality Estonian
Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club HK Varberg  [sv]
Number 50
Senior clubs
Years Team
2008–2013
HC Kehra
2013–2014
Besiktas
2014–2015
Rækker Mølle
2015-2016
CB Villa de Aranda
2016-2017
Massy Essonne Handball
2017-2019
Mecklenburger Stiere Schwerin
2019-2020
HIF Karlskrona
2021
HK Varberg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–
Estonia 60[1] (78)

Club career edit

HC Kehra edit

Armi Pärt started his handball career in HC Kehra. Club what is located in the small town of Kehra (population only 3060 people) gave him an opportunity to play for the first team when Pärt was 17. In his first season they made "the double" in Estonia as winning both- the league and the Cup.

With Pärt on the line, HC Kehra won the league again in 2012[3] and cup in 2011. In Baltic League where are top clubs from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Finland, HC Kehra and Armi Pärt won the league in a row in 2011 and 2012.[4] In the summer of 2013 Armi signed a one-year contract with Turkish Champions.[5]

Besiktas J.K. edit

Pärt moved to Besiktas[6] for the 2013–2014 season from HC Kehra and made his debut for the new club in "The Annual Doboj International Champions Handball Tournament". Next step was EHF Champions League Qualification tournament[7] against HT Tatran Prešov and A.E.K Athens. Despite good game and goals against Prešov and AEK, Pärt and Besiktas lost both of the games and went to play EHF Cup 2 round.

Second round draw gave Besiktas chance to play against Switzerland club Pfadi Winterthur. Draw[8] from the first game was a waking clock for the Turkish and Istanbul club won the second game with three goals and moved forward to the 3rd round. Last opponent in Besiktas Europe adventure was Hungarian Csurgói KK, who won a two-game fight with 9 goals.

In Turkish Handball Super League regular season, Besiktas showed really good form and won 24 games out of 26. One game ended with a draw and one Besiktas lost. Armi Pärt scored 52 goals from 26 games. In play-offs Besiktas great form continued and they won in final Ankara İl Özel İdare SK with games 3:0. That victory was Besiktas sixth in a row and overall tenth.[9] With play-offs Armi finished his season scoring 60 goals.

Besiktas and Pärt also won Turkish Handball Cup. In the final they won 33:27 Nilüfer Belediyespor [10] [11]

Rækker Mølle edit

In the beginning of August 2014 the strong Estonian Pivot signed a contract with Danish first division club Rækker Mølle. By his own words, he was looking for new experience in his career and chance to develop in different handball environment.[12]

CB Villa de Aranda edit

After a season in Denmark, Pärt moved to Liga ASOBAL. He signed a three-year contract with Spanish side CB Villa de Aranda. He made his debut[13] for the club in a league game against CB Cangas on 5 September 2015. He scored his first goal [14] for the club against SD Teucro on 31 October 2015. For CB Villa de Aranda Pärt played in 29 games, scored 14 goals, received 11 yellow cards and was sent off for 2 minute penalty for 16 times.[15][16]

Massy Essonne Handball edit

At the end of the season in Spain, Pärt was approached by France Pro D2 division club Massy Essonne Handball with whom he signed a one-year deal.[17]

Mecklenburger Stiere Schwerin edit

Since summer of 2017, Pärt plays for the team of Mecklenburger Stiere Schwerin in the Northern division of Germany's third league. The Stiere place third place in February after about half the season.

International career edit

Pärt is a member of Estonian national team and he made his debut on 31 October 2012[18] against Ireland.

Honours edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Eesti koondislane liitub tugeva Prantsusmaa liigaga - Sport , Käsipall - Postimees.ee". sport.postimees.ee. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
  3. ^ "HC Kehra on nüüd 10kordne Eesti meister | Sõnumitooja". Sonumitooja.ee. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ^ Madis Kalvet (25 March 2012). "Käsipalli Balti liiga võitis Kehra – Sport, Käsipall – Postimees.ee". Sport.postimees.ee. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Kehra joonemängija Armi Pärt siirdub Türgi meisterklubisse – Sport". Sport.delfi.ee. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü". Bjk.com.tr. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  7. ^ "EHF Champions League 2013/14 – Armi+P%C3%A4rt". Ehfcl.com. 18 June 1991. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Armi Pärdi koduklubi tegi šveitslastega viigi | Sport | ERR". Sport. 12 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Beşiktaş J.K. Official Web Site". Bjk.com.tr. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Spor Haberleri". Spor.Haberler.Com. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  11. ^ "FOTO: Eesti käsipallikoondislane krooniti Türgi karikavõitjaks! | Õhtuleht". Ohtuleht.ee. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Türgi käsipallimeister Armi Pärt siirdus Taani | Õhtuleht". Ohtuleht.ee. 8 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Accion Por Accion". Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Accion Por Accion". Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Livescores - Soccer - Scoresway". Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  16. ^ "Armi Part - Blasgon/Bodegas Ceres VA - Liga Sacyr ASOBAL". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  17. ^ "Eesti koondislane liitub tugeva Prantsusmaa liigaga - Sport , Käsipall - Postimees.ee". sport.postimees.ee. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
  18. ^ "VIDEO ja FOTOD: Käsipallikoondis purustas iirlased 31 väravaga! – Sport". Sport.delfi.ee. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

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