Otto Kemppainen

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Otto Kemppainen
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-10-27) 27 October 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Rovaniemi, Finland
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 SJK
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2020 RoPS
2022 Hellas Verona
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 RoPS II 10 (1)
2021 RoPS 26 (4)
2022–2023 SJK II 3 (0)
2023– SJK 26 (1)
International career‡
2019 Finland U16 3 (0)
2019–2020 Finland U17 9 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U19 8 (0)
2023– Finland U21 3 (0)
Medal record
RoPS
Silver medal icon.svg Ykkönen 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 October 2023

Otto Kemppainen (born 27 October 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club SJK and the Finland U21 national team. [1]

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Club career

Born in Rovaniemi, Kemppainen started his playing career in RoPS. After a short stint with Hellas Verona in 2022, [2] [3] [4] Kemppainen signed with SJK on 26 July 2022, on a deal until the end of 2024. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Otto Kemppainen: "Ammattimaisessa ympäristössä on kiva tehdä hommia"". Finnish FA (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Virtanen, Ari (4 January 2022). "HS:n tiedot: RoPS:n kasvatti Otto Kemppainen, 18, siirtyy Serie A-seura Hellas Veronaan". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Saukko, Markku (31 January 2022). ""Olen jo näyttänyt, että pysyn mukana" RoPSin nuori kasvatti Otto Kemppainen elää todeksi lapsuuden haavettaan ja pelaa ammattilaisena Italiassa". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Saukko, Markku (12 July 2022). "Nuoret jalkapalloilijat uuden edessä - Italian kova koulu teki pojista miehiä". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Huippulupaava Otto Kemppainen SJK:n riveihin". SJK (in Finnish). 26 July 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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