Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 May 2007 | ||
Place of birth | Finland | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | KuPS | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Youth career | |||
PK-37 | |||
KuPS | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023 | PK-37 | 14 | (0) |
2024– | KuPS II | 15 | (2) |
2025– | KuPS | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2025 |
Rasmus Tikkanen (born 10 May 2007) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a left back for Veikkausliiga side KuPS.
Tikkanen has played for youth sectors of Pallo-Kerho 37 and Kuopion Palloseura. He made his senior debut with PK-37 in 2023 in fourth-tier Kolmonen. [1] Next season he played for KuPS reserve team in third-tier Ykkönen.
On 6 February 2025, Tikkanen signed a professional contract with KuPS. [2] Tikkanen made five appearances for KuPS first team in Finnish League Cup in 2025, providing three assists in total, and debuted in Veikkausliiga on 12 April, as a starting left-back in a 1–0 home win against AC Oulu. [3] [4] One week later, Tikkanen scored the winning goal in a 1–0 home win over FF Jaro, with his first Veikkausliiga goal. [5]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
PK-37 | 2023 | Kolmonen | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||
KuPS Akatemia | 2024 | Ykkönen | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | |||
2025 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
KuPS | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Career total | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 |