Estonia – Home – 2015
9 years ago I started a mission to collect the national shirts of all of FIFA’s 208 members (now 211), Estonia seemingly want to play against all of FIFA’s members. They were proudly the only national team to have played against every other UEFA member, and quickly secured a friendly against Gibraltar when they joined. Since then they’ve also played St Kitts & Nevis from the Caribbean, as well as embarking on a tour of the pacific islands with friendlies against New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu.
This shirt was obtained via the Malta kit man, so presumably used by Sandir Puri in their 2016 friendly. Puri currently plys his trade in Ireland with Waterford his second Irish club after Sligo Rovers. He’s previously spent time in Scotland, England, Czech Republic, Finland, Estonia, Greece, Poland and Hungary, as well as having trials with Celtic and Borussia Dortmund.
The hedgehog on the back is a recent addition to the Estonia shirts. It’s supposed to be a metaphor for how they maybe tiny, but can be dangerous (or just massive pricks?).
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