Miikka Oinonen (born 26 May 1983) is a
Finnish footballer
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who plays for Ristiinan Pallo as a
striker
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Club career
Miikka Oinonen was youth-trained at
Mikkelin Palloilijat
Mikkelin Palloilijat (or MP) is a Finnish professional football club, based in Mikkeli, that competes in the Ykkönen. The club was founded in 1929 and also included volleyball, bandy and ice hockey sections.
History
In 1998, MP merged with Mi ...
. While playing for MP in the
Ykkönen in 2004, he scored 14 goals, and was the league's top scorer.
This attracted attention from larger clubs, and he joined
Turun Palloseura in 2005, allowing him to play in
Veikkausliiga for the first time.
He found little success with TPS and after only a few months he transferred to another Veikkausliiga club in July 2005,
Kuopion Palloseura.
With KuPS, he played in the Veikkausliiga for one and a half seasons, appearing in 33 league matches and scoring nine goals. In 2006, Miikka won the
Finnish League Cup, scoring both goals in the final against
FC KooTeePee
FC KooTeePee was a Finnish football club.
History
Originally FC KooTeePee was founded as a reserve team of Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (founded 1927). In the year 2000, it became an independent club. At that time Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat ...
and was named the player of the match.
The six league goals he scored in the 2006 Veikkausliiga season led the team.
However, KuPS was relegated at the end of the season, and nearly went bankrupt. Back in the Ykkönen, Oinonen scored 3 goals in 24 games as KuPS was promoted back to the Veikkausliiga.
However, Oinonen would return to MP following the season.
In 2017, Miikka returned to MP and scored 17 goals in 24 matches across the next two seasons, after which he decided to retire.
However, by March of the following season, he decided to continue playing, but at a lower level with Ristiinan Pallo in the Kolmonen. After scoring 19 goals in 10 games with Ristiinan, MP decided to bring Oinonen back for one more season, and Oinonen helped MP get promoted from the Kakkonen to the Ykkönen.
He then returned to Ristiinan, where he continues to play.
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1983 births
Living people
Finnish men's footballers
Kuopion Palloseura players
Turun Palloseura footballers
Kakkonen players
Veikkausliiga players
Men's association football forwards
Sportspeople from Mikkeli
Mikkelin Kissat players