Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 31 January 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Kuopio, Finland | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | KuPS | ||
Youth career | |||
–2021 | KuPS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021 | KuFu-98 | 11 | (0) |
2022– | KuPS II | 15 | (1) |
2023– | KuPS | 4 | (1) |
2023 | → MP (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]
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]
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.
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]
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.
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
KuFu-98 | 2021 | Kakkonen | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
KuPS II | 2022 | Kakkonen | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
KuPS | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2024 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 2] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | ||
MP (loan) | 2023 | Ykkönen | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||
Career total | 58 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 7 |
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