Marko Koivuranta

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Marko Koivuranta
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-03-10) 10 March 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Rovaniemi, Finland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1999 RoPS 33 (0)
2000–2003 FC Jazz 75 (1)
2004–2005 AC Oulu 49 (3)
2006–2008 FC YPA ? (?)
2009 RoPS 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2009

Marko Koivuranta (born 10 March 1978) is a Finnish former footballer who most recently played for RoPS; he formerly played for FC Jazz, AC Oulu and FC YPA. [1] [2]

After Finnish Premier League season 2009 Koivuranta decided to retire his footballing career.

Koivuranta has also played 18 matches in Finnish national futsal team. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.rops.fi/content/view/2030/451/ (in Finnish)
  2. ↑ "Veikkausliiga - Hall of Fame" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Futsal".
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