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
Number 34
Youth career
–2021 KuPS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021 KuFu-98 11 (0)
2022 KuPS II 15 (1)
2023– KuPS 25 (3)
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 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 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 in 2021 at the age of 15 with KuFu-98, the club's reserve team at the time, 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, as MP surprisingly finished in the 3rd place of the 2023 Ykkönen.

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, in a 2–2 away draw against IFK Mariehamn. [6] [7] On 31 May, Ruoppi extended his deal until the end of 2026. [8] On 18 July, he scored a brace as KuPS defeated UNA Strassen 5–0 in the first round of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifiers. [9]

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. [10] 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 19 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
KuFu-98 2021 Kakkonen 110———110
KuPS Akatemia2022Kakkonen151———151
KuPS 2023 Veikkausliiga 0000200020
2024 Veikkausliiga25351634 [c] 2409
2025 Veikkausliiga0000100010
Total253519342439
MP (loan) 2023 Ykkönen 28220——302
Career total7967193429912

Honours

KuPS

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