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Football player Pekka Kupiainen

Pekka Kupiainen

Born on 25 November 1929
Died on 4 March 2019 (aged 89)

National team appearances of Pekka Kupiainen

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Finland	1953 - 1955	6	1
Total:		6	1

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Kotkan Jäntevä, Kotka	23 Sep 1953 - 14 Aug 1955	6	1

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Nordic Championship (NC)

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

Friendly matches and other tournaments

Total:

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
23 Sep 1953	Belgium	debut	23 years 9 months 29 days
19 May 1955	Hungary	first cap as captain	25 years 5 months 24 days
14 Aug 1955	Norway	last appearance	25 years 8 months 20 days

Record of national team matches played by Pekka Kupiainen

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Finland football team	6	0	1	5	7	25	8.4

Pekka Kupiainen's international caps

as player of Kotkan Jäntevä, Kotka:

debut age - 23 years 9 months 29 days

23 Sep 1953 17:00 (+1:00)

Brussels, Stade du Heysel

2-2

Belgium vs Finland

1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2

04 Oct 1953 13:30 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

6-1

Denmark vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1952-1955

29 Aug 1954 13:15 (+1:00)

Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion

3-1

Norway vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1952-1955

19 May 1955 14:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-9

Finland vs Hungary

Friendly International

19 Jun 1955 13:30 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

2-1

Denmark vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1952-1955

14 Aug 1955 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-3

Finland vs Norway

Nordic Football Championship 1952-1955

Comments

Finnish international football players by name

Footballer

Born

Died

Team, period

Caps

First match

Last match

Petteri Kupiainen

26 Feb 1960

1979 - 1981

07 Jun 1979

24 May 1981

Njazi Kuqi

25 Mar 1983

2005 - 2013

12 Mar 2005

26 Mar 2013

Shefki Kuqi

10 Nov 1976

1999 - 2010

18 Aug 1999

17 Nov 2010

Raimo Kuuluvainen

23 Apr 1955

29 Mar 1999

1975 - 1980

16 Apr 1975

08 Dec 1980

Martti Kuusela

09 Oct 1945

1972 - 1973

30 Jul 1972

08 Jul 1973

Finland national football team players

Other international football players who were born on 25 November

Footballer

Born

Died

Team, period

Caps

First match

Last match

Marcel De Corte

25 Nov 1929

27 Feb 2017

1954 - 1954

04 Apr 1954

30 May 1954

Jacques Faivre

25 Nov 1932

12 Aug 2020

1961 - 1961

28 Sep 1961

18 Oct 1961

Joe Cini

25 Nov 1936

1957 - 1972

24 Feb 1957

06 May 1972

Şenol Birol

25 Nov 1937

03 Mar 2022

1960 - 1963

08 Jun 1960

09 Oct 1963

Ole Sørensen

25 Nov 1937

29 Jan 2015

1961 - 1969

18 Jun 1961

01 Jul 1969

Reija

25 Nov 1938

1962 - 1967

31 May 1962

22 Oct 1967

Jan Jongbloed

25 Nov 1940

30 Aug 2023

1962 - 1978

26 Sep 1962

25 Jun 1978

international footballers born on 25 November

Finland upcoming fixtures

UEFA Nations League

Finland vs Rep. of Ireland

Helsinki, Thursday 10 October 2024

UEFA Nations League

Finland vs England

Helsinki, Sunday 13 October 2024

UEFA Nations League

Rep. of Ireland vs Finland

Dublin, Thursday 14 November 2024

UEFA Nations League

Finland vs Greece

Helsinki, Sunday 17 November 2024

Finland football fixtures

Pekka Kupiainen's most often teammates

Olavi Lahtinen (1953 - 1955) - 6 games
Åke Lindman (1953 - 1955) - 6 games
Pertti Vanhanen (1954 - 1955) - 4 games
Seppo Pelkonen (1953 - 1955) - 4 games
Stig-Göran Myntti (1953 - 1955) - 4 games

Finland players born on 3 October

Raimo Toivanen (1945) - 19 caps
Marko Rajamäki (1968) - 16 caps, 3 goals
Kalle Parviainen (1982) - 1 cap