Uno Piir

{{Short description|Estonian footballer and coach (1929–2025)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Uno Piir

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|11|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|5|4|1929|11|13|df=y}}

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1949–1950 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = Dünamo

| years2 = 1954–1955 | caps2 = | goals2 = | clubs2 = Tallinna Kalev

| manageryears1 = 1960–1961 | managerclubs1 = Tallinna Kalev (assistant manager)

| manageryears2 = 1962–1989 | managerclubs2 = Norma

| manageryears3 = 1990 | managerclubs3 = VaKP

| manageryears4 = 1992–1993 | managerclubs4 = Estonia

| manageryears5 = 1995–1996 | managerclubs5 = Tallinna Sadam

| manageryears6 = 1997–2004 | managerclubs6 = Nõmme Kalju

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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.{{cite web|title=Piir, Uno|url=http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Uno_Piir|publisher=ESBL|language=Estonian}} On 4 May 2025, Piir died at the age of 95.{{Citation |title=Endine, Giorgio |date=2011-10-31 |work=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00058858 |access-date=2025-05-12 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}[https://sport.err.ee/1609684130/suri-eesti-jalgpallikoondise-endine-peatreener-uno-piir Suri Eesti jalgpallikoondise endine peatreener Uno Piir] {{in lang|et}}

Honours

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Norma Tallinn

Tallinna Sadam

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