Full name Heinrich Uukkivi Playing position Position Forward | Place of birth Narva-Jõesuu, Estonia Height 1.75 m | |
Date of birth (1912-05-10)10 May 1912 Date of death 12 April 1943(1943-04-12) (aged 30) Place of death Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia Died 12 April 1943, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | ||
Heinrich Uukkivi (10 May 1912 – 12 April 1943) was an Estonian association football, bandy and ice hockey player. He won the Estonian Football Championship five times, the Estonian Bandy Championship three times and the Estonian Ice Hockey Championship twice.
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Internationally, Uukkivi made 46 appearances for the Estonia national football team since his debut in 1931, and scored 7 goals. He won the 1931 and the 1938 Baltic Cup with the team. He also made three appearances for the Estonia national bandy team and three appearances for the Estonia men's national ice hockey team.
In 1940, after Soviet occupation, Uukkivi was forcibly drafted into the Soviet Army and subsequently captured by the invading German forces. Later, he was released by the Soviet Army and sentenced to a prison camp, where he died.