Urmas Rooba

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Urmas Rooba
Full name	Urmas Rooba
Date of birth	July 8, 1978 (1978-07-08) (age 29)
Place of birth	Järva County, Estonian SSR, USSR
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	TPS
Number	2
Youth clubs
	FC Lelle Lelle SK JK Tervis Pärnu
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995 1996–2000 2000–2002 2002–2006 2006–2007 2007 2008–	JK Tervis Pärnu FC Flora Tallinn FC Midtjylland FC København Vejle Boldklub → TPS (loan) TPS	3 (0) 42 (1) 63 (0) 33 (0) 1 (0) 8 (0) 5 (0)
National team²
1996–	Estonia	70 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 18, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 4, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Urmas Rooba (born July 8, 1978 in Roosna-Alliku Parish) is an Estonian football defender playing for Turun Palloseura in Finnish Veikkausliiga. He is a regular with the Estonian national team. He has got 70 caps and 1 goal since 1996.

Rooba played in FC Midtjylland before he came to FC København. He has also played in FC Lelle, Lelle SK, JK Tervis Pärnu and FC Flora Tallinn. He was injury plagued at the capital, and moved to Vejle Boldklub in 2006, but because of his injuries he waited until May 20, 2007 to make his debut for the first team. In his FC Midtjylland days was touted as one of the best defenders in the Danish league, before injury after injury has put his playing career on a downfall.