Peter Kopteff

Peter Kopteff
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-04-10) 10 April 1979
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left-winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996–1998 HJK Helsinki 10 (1)
1998 Jazz Pori 20 (2)
1999–2001 HJK Helsinki 66 (4)
2001–2005 Viking 101 (12)
2005–2006 Stoke City 6 (0)
2006–2008 FC Utrecht 33 (4)
2008–2009 Aalesund 18 (4)
Total 254 (27)
National team
2002–2009 Finland 39 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Peter Kopteff (born 10 April 1979) is a Finnish former footballer who played in the position of left winger.

Club career

Kopteff was born in Helsinki and began his career with HJK Helsinki and Jazz Pori before moving to Norway with Viking. He spent four years at Stavanger making over 100 Tippeligaen appearances before joining English club Stoke City in December 2005.[1] Kopteff failed to make any impact at Stoke making nine appearances in 2005–06 and was released at the end of the season. He then joined Dutch side FC Utrecht where he spent two years and on 31 August 2008 Kopteff signed a short-term contract to play for Aalesund for the remainder of the 2008 season. The contract was later extended for the 2009 season at the end of which he decided to retire.

International career

Kopteff used to be a regular squad member of the Finland national football team. Due to his lack of first-team football caused by an injury during his second season in Utrecht, he has not played international football since 2007, only limiting him to occasional call-ups. He has been capped 39 times and scored once. He was recalled to the national team in April 2009 against Norway.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 2005–06 Championship 60300090
Career Total 60300090

References

  1. ↑ "Kopteff completes Stoke switch". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2013.

External links

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