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Miika Koppinen
Finnish footballer and coach (born 1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Miika Johannes Koppinen (born 5 July 1978) is a Finnish football coach and former player who is currently assistant coach at Finnsnes IL. Koppinen played professional football as a central defender from 1998 to 2014. He started his career in Finland before moving to Norway to play for Tromsø IL and Rosenborg BK. Koppinen won 18 caps for the Finland national football team and made 337 appearances for Tromsø, the third-highest number of appearances by any player for the club.
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Full name | Miika Johannes Koppinen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1978-07-05) 5 July 1978 (age 46) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kokkola, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
KPV | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
0000–1998 | KPV | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | Jaro | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2004 | Tromsø | 121 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Rosenborg | 41 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2014 | Tromsø | 154 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Finland U21 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2006 | Finland | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015– | Finnsnes IL (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 February 2015 |
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