{{short description|Estonian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Robi Saarma | image = | caption = | fullname = Robi Saarma | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|5|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia | height = | position = Forward | currentclub = Pardubice | clubnumber = 77 | youthyears1 = 2010–2020 | youthclubs1 = Nõmme United | years1 = 2017–2021 | clubs1 = Nõmme United | caps1 = 108 | goals1 = 73 | years2 = 2021 | clubs2 = → Nõmme United U21 | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2022–2025 | clubs3 = Paide Linnameeskond | caps3 = 117 | goals3 = 43 | years4 = 2022–2023 | clubs4 = → Paide Linnameeskond U21 | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = Pardubice | caps5 = 21 | goals5 = 0 | club-update = 27 May 2026 | nationalteam1 = Estonia U15 | nationalteam2 = Estonia U16 | nationalyears3 = 2015 | nationalteam3 = Estonia U17 | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2018 | nationalcaps4 = 1 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalteam4 = Estonia U18 | nationalyears5 = 2019 | nationalcaps5 = 9 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | nationalteam5 = Estonia U19 | nationalyears6 = 2022 | nationalcaps6 = 4 | nationalgoals6 = 0 | nationalteam6 = Estonia U21 | nationalyears7 = 2023– | nationalteam7 = Estonia | nationalcaps7 = 13 | nationalgoals7 = 1 | nationalteam-update = 14 November 2025 }}
'''Robi Saarma''' (born 20 May 2001)<ref name="Jalgpall">{{cite web|url=https://jalgpall.ee/voistlused/player/26052|title=Robi Saarma|website=Eesti Jalgpalli Liit|date=2022|accessdate=1 February 2023|language=et}}</ref> is an Estonian professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Czech First League club Pardubice and the Estonia national team.<ref name="Saarma2">{{cite news|url=https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/robi-saarma-viis-varavat-on-tore-kull-aga-loodame-et-karikafinaalis-tuleb-uks-juurde|title=Robi Saarma: viis väravat on tore küll, aga loodame, et karikafinaalis tuleb üks juurde|trans-title=Robi Saarma: five goals is nice, but we hope that there will be one more in the cup final|website=soccernet.ee|first=Kris|last=Ilves|date=20 May 2022|accessdate=1 February 2023|language=et}}</ref>
==Club career== He played for Nõmme United and was the league's top goal scorer before he joined Paide Linnameeskond in January 2022.<ref name="Post">{{cite news|url=https://jarvateataja.postimees.ee/7431161/linnameeskonnaga-liitus-talendikas-varavakutt|title=Linnameeskonnaga liitus talendikas väravakütt|trans-title=A talented goalkeeper joined the city team|work=Postimees|date=16 January 2022|accessdate=1 February 2023|language=et}}</ref><ref name="TV3">{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv3.ee/jalgpall/premium-liiga/video-paide-suurim-varavakutt-robi-saarma-aasta-on-olnud-paris-hullumeelne/|title=Video: Paide suurim väravakütt Robi Saarma – aasta on olnud päris hullumeelne|trans-title=Video: Paide's greatest goal scorer Robi Saarma - it's been a pretty crazy year|work=TV3|date=19 November 2022|accessdate=1 February 2023|language=et}}</ref>
On 22 July 2025, Saarma signed a contract with Czech First League club Pardubice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-ceska-1-liga-pardubicke-fotbalisty-posilil-estonsky-reprezentant-5264290|title=Pardubické fotbalisty posílil estonský reprezentant|trans-title=Pardubice football players strengthened by Estonian international|publisher=Borgis|date=22 July 2025|accessdate=22 July 2025|language=cs|website=Sport.cz|agency=Czech News Agency}}</ref>
==International career== Saarma made his senior international debut for Estonia on 12 January 2023, in a 1–0 victory over Finland in a friendly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jalgpall.ee/koondis/1/uudised/meeste-koondis-alistas-soome-ning-teenis-aasta-esimese-voidu-n21062|title=Meeste koondis alistas Soome ning teenis aasta esimese võidu|trans-title=The men's national team defeated Finland in their first win of the year|publisher=Estonian Football Association|accessdate=15 January 2023|language=et}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 4 October 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Nõmme United |2018 |Esiliiga B |34||15||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||18 |- |2019 |Esiliiga B |29||26||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||26 |- |2020 |Esiliiga |13||4||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||4 |- |2021 |Esiliiga |30||28||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||31||28 |- !colspan="2"|Total !106!!74!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!109!!74 |- |Nõmme United U21 |2021 |Esiliiga B |1||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||3 |- |rowspan="5"|Paide Linnameeskond |2022 |Meistriliiga |34||16||1||0||5{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||40||16 |- |2023 |Meistriliiga |28||4||3||1||1{{efn|name=UECL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||42||5 |- |2024 |Meistriliiga |36||15||5||5||6{{efn|name=UECL}}||2||colspan="2"|—||47||22 |- |2025 |Meistriliiga |19||8||1||0||2{{efn|name=UECL}}||2||colspan="2"|—||22||10 |- !colspan="2"|Total !117!!43!!10!!6!!14!!4!!colspan="2"|—!!141!!53 |- |rowspan="3"|Paide Linnameeskond U21 |2022 |Esiliiga |3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- |2023 |Esiliiga |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !4!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!4!!0 |- |Pardubice |2025–26 |Czech First League |10||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !238!!110!!15!!6!!14!!4!!0!!0!!277!!130 |} {{notelist}}
===International=== {{updated|match played 13 November 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Estonia |2023||1||0 |- |2024||4||0 |- |2025||8||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!13!!1 |}
:''Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Saarma goal.''<ref name="FIGC"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Robi Saarma !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Cap !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center" | 1 || 13 November 2025 ||Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|| align="center" | 13 || {{fb|NOR}} || align="center" | 1–4 || align="center" | 1–4 || 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |}
==Honours== '''Nõmme United''' *Esiliiga B: 2019
'''Paide Linnameeskond''' *Estonian Cup: 2021–22
'''Individual''' *Esiliiga Top Goalscorer: 2021<ref name="Saarma1">{{cite news|url=https://jalgpall.ee/voistlused/uudised/esiliiga-kuu-parimad-on-saarma-ja-klasen-n19281?siteacc=events|title=Esiliiga kuu parimad on Saarma ja Klasen|trans-title=The best of the month in the Premier League are Saarma and Klasen|work=Eesti Jalgpalli Liit|date=13 October 2022|accessdate=1 February 2023|language=et}}</ref> *Meistriliiga Fans' Player of the Year: 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/fannide-lemmik-2022-%E2%80%93-robi-saarma|publisher=soccernet.ee|date=29 November 2022|title=Fännide lemmik 2022 – Robi Saarma|access-date=1 February 2022|language=et}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{EFA|26052}} *{{EFA2|56|old_id=26052}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saarma, Robi}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Tallinn Category:Estonian men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:FC Nõmme United players Category:Paide Linnameeskond players Category:Esiliiga B players Category:Esiliiga players Category:Meistriliiga players Category:Estonia men's youth international footballers Category:Estonia men's under-21 international footballers Category:Estonia men's international footballers Category:21st-century Estonian sportsmen Category:FK Pardubice players Category:Estonian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
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