Otto Ruoppi

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Otto Ruoppi
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-01-31) 31 January 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth Kuopio, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
KuPS
Youth career
0000–2021 KuPS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021 KuFu-98 11 (0)
2022– KuPS II 15 (1)
2023– KuPS 4 (1)
2023MP (loan) 28 (2)
International career
2021–2022 Finland U16 7 (1)
2022–2023 Finland U17 15 (2)
2023– Finland U18 4 (1)
2023– Finland U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024

Otto Ruoppi (born 31 January 2006) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga side KuPS. [1]

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Club career

KuPS

After playing in a youth sector of his home town club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS), Ruoppi started his senior career with KuFu-98, the club's reserve team at the time, in 2021 at the age of 15, playing in third-tier Kakkonen. [2]

MP (loan)

He was loaned out to second-tier Ykkönen club Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP) for the 2023 season. [3] [4] During the season, he made 30 appearances for MP in all competitions combined, scoring two goals.

Return to KuPS

On 6 April 2024, Ruoppi debuted in Veikkausliiga with KuPS first team, as a starter in the opening match of the 2024 season, in a 3–1 home win against HJK Helsinki. [5] He scored his first league goal in the next game on 13 April 2024, in a 2–2 away draw against IFK Mariehamn. [6]

International career

Ruoppi is a regular Finnish youth international, and has represented his country at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 national team levels. [7] He was part of the Finland U17 squad, scoring once, in the 2023 UEFA Euro U17 Championship qualification, where Finland advanced to the Elite round.

Career statistics

As of 28 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] OtherContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
KuFu-98 2021 Kakkonen 110110
KuPS II 2022Kakkonen151151
KuPS 2023 Veikkausliiga 00002 [lower-alpha 2] 00020
2024 Veikkausliiga41006 [lower-alpha 2] 300104
Total41008300124
MP (loan) 2023 Ykkönen 28220302
Career total584208300687

Honours

KuPS

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