Jani Kauppila (born 16 January 1980, Oulu) is a retired Finnish
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Kauppila joined
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
in January 2001. He made his debut as a sub against
Hearts on 3 March 2001, coming on in the 23rd minute before being substituted off at half-time. After four appearances in total Kauppila left Rangers in 2002.
He won the
Finland Cup with his side
FC Haka
FC Haka is a Finnish football club based in the industry town of Valkeakoski. It is currently competing in Finland's premier division of football, Veikkausliiga. It is one of the most successful clubs in Finland, with nine Finnish championships a ...
in 2005.
References
Finnish men's footballers
Finnish expatriate men's footballers
Veikkausliiga players
FC Haka players
Rangers F.C. players
AC Oulu players
Living people
1980 births
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Scottish Premier League players
Footballers from Oulu
Men's association football midfielders
Oulun Luistinseura players
Tervarit players
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