Ragnar Klavan

Ragnar Klavan is the kind of footballer I quietly admire, the dependable left-footed centre back who rarely makes headlines but anchors everything. Being called one of the greatest Estonian players ever says a lot, because Estonia isn't a footballing giant, so rising to the top there means you carried a national flag with limited spotlight. I like that he could slot in at left back too, the mark of a defender who reads the game rather than just occupying a position. Defenders like Klavan are easy to overlook, but anyone who has watched a back line collapse without one knows exactly what he was worth.

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Name (English)

Ragnar Klavan

Name (Japanese)

ラグナル・クラヴァン

Reading

らぐなる・くらゔぁん

Born

October 30, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Viljandi, Viljandi County, Estonia

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%20Klavan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B0%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458302

Tags

• Viljandi County
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.