Rami Nieminen (born 25 February 1966) is a Finnish former footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 February 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Tampere, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defence | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1984 | PPT | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1987 | PPT | 60 | (4) |
| 1988–1989 | FC Haka | 52 | (2) |
| 1990–2002 | PPT / FC Jazz | 328 | (46) |
| 2003 | FC Jokerit | 7 | (0) |
| 2004 | FC Jazz | 25 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | FC PoPa | 16 | (2) |
| Total | 488 | (56) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993–1996 | Finland | 14 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He is the most capped player in Finnish top divisions Mestaruussarja and Veikkausliiga.[1] Nieminen played 19 seasons and 459 matches from 1985 to 1989 and 1991 to 2004 for FC Jazz (previously known as PPT), FC Haka and FC Jokerit.[2] After his professional career Nieminen worked several years as a marketing director for FC PoPa.
Honours
editReferences
edit- ^ Veikkausliiga club and player records Archived 2014-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ Veikkausliiga player statistics Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today (in Finnish)