Juha Riippa (born 12 September 1968 in

Kokkola Kokkola (; sv, Karleby, ) is a cities of Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. The town is located in the Central Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of ...

) is a Finnish former

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player, who played in

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and

midfield Midfield is the part of a sports field that lies approximately in the center. In American football, association football (soccer) and field hockey, it is the area in and around the center circle, as well as the players who occupy that region. In ...

. Riippa won the Finnish league championship in

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with

FC Jazz FC Jazz is a football club from Pori, Finland. It plays in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen. It was invented in 1934. FC Jazz has won two Finnish championships ( 1993 & 1996 ). History PPT 1934–1991 FC Jazz was established in 1934 as ...

. Riippa played one international match for

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in 1996.

Clubs

*1986–1989

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(74 matches, 3 goals) *1990

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(23 matches, 1 goal) *1991 PPT (33 matches, 4 goals) *1992

(33 matches, 7 goals) *1994–1998 FC Jazz (119 matches, 20 goals) *1996 Hibernian (1 match) *1999 HJK (5 matches) *2000–2003 FC Jazz (89 matches, 7 goals)

Honours

* Finnish league championship (1):

References

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1968 births Living people Finnish footballers Finland men's international footballers Finnish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Scotland Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Kokkola FC Jazz players Hibernian F.C. players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Veikkausliiga players Scottish Football League players 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub