Mikko Kuningas

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Mikko Kuningas
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Personal information
Date of birth (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Luumäki, Finland
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Lahti
Number 25
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Lahti 62 (5)
2015–2016 → Lahti Akatemia 12 (3)
2018–2019 Inter Turku 52 (2)
2020 Lahti 22 (3)
2021–2022 Orange County SC 49 (5)
2023– Lahti 23 (0)
International career
2015 Finland U18 8 (1)
2016 Finland U19 3 (0)
2017 Finland U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2023

Mikko Kuningas (born 30 July 1997 [1] ) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Lahti.

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Club career

Kuningas has played for PEPO Lappeenranta, Lahti, Lahti Akatemia and FC Inter Turku. [2] Kuningas started his football career in Luumäen Pojat where he played his first junior years. [3] Kuningas played same time in PEPO Lappeenranta and he did the debut in the first team of PEPO Lappeenranta in 2013.

Kuningas made the professional contract with FC Lahti in 2014. He made the debut in Veikkausliiga against FC Ilves on 19 July 2015 and he made the winning goal at the beginning of the second half. [4]

In 2015, Kuningas visited Brazil to get acquainted with the activities of Fluminense FC. He was invited to European high-level tournaments Spax Cup in Germany and Terborg Tournament in Holland according to the Fluminense FC U19-team. [5] The club management of the Fluminense FC wanted to hire him with a loan agreement from summer 2016. The transfer eventually failed with paperwork. [6]

Kuningas signed a contract with FC Inter Turku for the season 2018. FC Inter Turku won the Finnish Cup in May 2018 against HJK Helsinki 0-1 (0-0). Kuningas scored the winning goal in the 82. minute. He had been substituted to the field a moment earlier. [7]

In the season 2019 FC Inter Turku and Kuningas finished second place in Veikkausliiga. [8]

On 18 December 2020, USL Championship club Orange County SC announced the signing of Kuningas. [9]

On 18 January 2023, Kuningas returned to Lahti on a one-year contract. [10]

International career

He has represented Finland at under-18 and under-19 youth level. [11] [2]

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ U18 (1997) maajoukkue
  2. 1 2 Mikko Kuningas at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mikko Kuningas nousee jalkapallon liigajoukkue FC Lahteen". LuumaenLehti.fi. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kuningas FC Lahden sankarina – "Olimme parempia"". Veikkausliiga.com. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mikko Kuningas Fluminensen mukaan". www.fclahti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Mikko Kuningas – Luumäen kuningas". www.fclahti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "FC Inter voitti miesten Suomen Cupin". www.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Veikkausliigan kausi 2019 - mestari, kauden parhaat, miten pelattiin?". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Communications, Orange County SC (18 December 2020). "Orange County SC signs Former Finland U-21 International Mikko Kuningas". Orange County Soccer Club. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Kuningas palaa Lahteen" [Kuningas returns to Lahti] (in Finnish). Lahti. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "U18: Suomi avasi Baltic-cupin tasapelillä". Suomen Palloliitto (in Finnish). 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "FC Lahti palkitsi kauden parhaitaan". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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