{{short description|Estonian footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Norbert Hurt | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Norbert Hurt | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|4|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Tartu, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Flora (assistant manager) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Merkuur | years1 = | clubs1 = Merkuur | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2004 | clubs2 = Elva II | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2005–2006 | clubs3 = Tammeka II | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 10 | years4 = 2008 | clubs4 = Tammeka III | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2009–2011 | clubs5 = Otepää | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 29 | years6 = 2012–2014 | clubs6 = HÜJK Emmaste | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 13 | manageryears1 = 2008| managerclubs1 = Maag Tammeka II | manageryears2 = 2009| managerclubs2 = Tammeka | manageryears3 = 2011–2013| managerclubs3 = Flora II | manageryears4 = 2013–2016| managerclubs4 = Flora | manageryears5 = 2017–| managerclubs5 = Flora (assistant) }} '''Norbert Hurt''' (born 16 April 1983) is an Estonian football coach. He is currently an assistant manager of Flora.
==Playing career== Hurt started playing football with the Merkuur in Tartu and continued with the Tammeka Football Academy. In 2012, he joined II liiga club HÜJK Emmaste. In the following year, Emmaste was promoted to the newly established Esiliiga B division. Hurt left Emmaste in 2014 to pursue his coaching career.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jalgpall.ee/players.php?player=1964|title=Hurt, Norbert|publisher=Estonian Football Association}}</ref>
==Managerial career== In 2009, Tammeka hired Hurt as manager for the 2009 season. Since 2011, Hurt coached Flora's reserve team Flora II. On 20 July 2013, he replaced the sacked Flora manager Marko Lelov as caretaker manager, with position being made permanent later.<ref name="lelovsacked">{{cite web |url=https://soccernet.ee/flora-vallandas-lelovi-ja-otsib-asendust-valismaalt|title=Flora vallandas Lelovi ja asendust otsitakse välismaalt|language=Estonian |trans-title=Flora sacked Lelov and replacement to be sought from abroad |date=21 July 2013 |publisher=soccernet.ee|accessdate=21 July 2013}}</ref> Flora finished the 2013 season in fourth place and placed third in 2014.<ref name="Flora">{{cite web|title=Ajalugu|language=Estonian|publisher=FC Flora|url=https://fcflora.ee/klubist/ajalugu}}</ref>
In 2015, as Flora celebrated their 25th anniversary as a club, Hurt coached the team to their 10th Meistriliiga trophy, securing the league title in the 34th round of the season.<ref>{{cite web|title=FC Flora on Eesti meister 2015!|language=Estonian|publisher=FC Flora|url=https://fcflora.ee/fc-flora-on-eesti-meister-2015}}</ref>
On 8 July 2016, Hurt resigned after Flora failed to advance past the first qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, losing to Lincoln Red Imps 2–3 on aggregate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Norbert Hurt paneb Flora peatreeneri ameti maha|url=https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/norbert-hurt-paneb-flora-peatreeneri-ameti-maha|language=Estonian |date= 8 July 2016|publisher=Soccernet.ee}}</ref>
In February 2018, he became the head coach of Estonia U16 national team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jalgpall.ee/koondis/uudised/eesti-u16-koondise-peatreeneriks-saab-norbert-hurt-n13337 |title=Eesti U16 koondise peatreeneriks saab Norbert Hurt |date=16 February 2018 |website=jalgpall.ee}}</ref>
==Honours== ===Managerial=== ;Flora * Meistriliiga: 2015 * Estonian Supercup: 2014, 2016
'''Individual''' * Meistriliiga Manager of the Month: May 2014,<ref>{{cite web|title=Maikuu parimateks tunnistati Hurt ja Ratnikov|language=et|date=10 June 2014|publisher=Estonian Football Association|url=https://vana.jalgpall.ee/premium/news.php?id=6801}}</ref> March 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vana.jalgpall.ee/premium/news.php?id=8248|title=Premium liiga kuu parimad on Hurt ja Kallaste|language=et|publisher=Estonian Football Association|date=2 April 2015}}</ref> October 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vana.jalgpall.ee/premium/news.php?id=9248|title=Hurt ja Sappinen teenisid kuu parima autasu|language=et|publisher=Estonian Football Association|date=5 November 2015}}</ref>, May 2024<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jalgpall.ee/voistlused/uudised/premium-liiga-maikuu-parimad-tulevad-valitseva-meistri-ridadest-n23168|title=Premium liiga maikuu parimad tulevad valitseva meistri ridadest|publisher=Estonian Football Association|access-date=5 June 2024|date=5 June 2024|language=et}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{EFA player|id=1964|name=Norbert Hurt}}
{{FC Flora Tallinn managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hurt, Norbert}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Estonian men's footballers Category:FC Flora managers Category:Footballers from Tartu Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Estonian football managers Category:Tartu JK Merkuur players Category:21st-century Estonian sportsmen